With over sixty years of experience installing scaffolds in the metropolitan Chicago area, Gilco can meet all of your job-site access needs. Our expertise includes the following:
When a building or structure is under construction, being demolished, repaired or modified, the appropriate protection must be provided for pedestrians on nearby sidewalks. This is most often accomplished by the construction of a temporary pedestrian sidewalk canopy that is intended to protect individuals from falling objects.
Gilco provides three types of pedestrian sidewalk canopy systems:
Heavy-duty post type canopy
Heavy-duty walk-through frame type canopy
Light duty rolling canopy
The heavy duty post canopy is designed to meet the higher load requirements (e.g. 250 lbs per square foot) typically specified in the building codes for the cities of Chicago and Milwaukee. Walk-through ...
Gilco's electric powered swing stages provide a safe and cost effective method for quick access up and down tall buildings, tanks, stacks and other structures.
We provide expert design and installation of suspended work platforms in addition to sales and rentals.
Our line of products and services includes the following:
Electric Swing Stage Hoist Motors
Modular Staging
All types of Rigging systems
Work Cages and Bosun's Chairs
Fall Protection Equipment
Certified service provider for Power Climber Swing Stage Motors
Reasons to use swing stage platforms:
Flexibility: It's easy to change the length of a platform ...
As the Chicago Area Distributor for Fraco Mast Climbing Work Platforms, Gilco offers the following for the full range of Fraco products:
A. Expert Installations
B. Rentals
C. Sales
D. Training
E. Engineering
The benefits of using Mast Climbers include:
* Reduced labor costs and improved productivity
* Easy material loading at ground level
* High capacity material movement
* Quick access up and down the building facade
* Fewer accidents and lower risk to the work force
* Work decks that adapt to a building's profile
For temporary access to all levels of your job site, Gilco offers two types of stair towers:
Systems stairs – 30” wide treads
Frame-type stairs – 20” wide treads
Gilco does installations with our trained crews, or we offer simple rentals if your staff is qualified to do the work themselves. Gilco can also enclose your stair for improved job site security.
*Remember, OSHA requires two means of egress for limited access work-sites.
With years of experience doing wall bracing for the preservation of some of Chicago’s historic buildings, Gilco has the know-how and qualifications to handle any difficult wall bracing job.
Complete engineering services are available to cover proper load calculations including wind load and wall brace spacing.
Gilco provides expert installation, rentals and sales of construction debris chutes. Made of heavy duty polyethylene, our chutes are safe, dependable and cost-effective. The flexibility of our system allows installation from windows, parapets, flat roofs or free-standing scaffolds.
Ideal applications include:
Roofing
Renovation
Masonry
Demolition
Please give us a call - we provide prompt site visits and quotations. Please note that the use of a debris chute can be hazardous. Before using, putting up or taking down a debris chute, be sure to read and observe all warnings, safety instructions and operating manuals.
Gilco can help you develop a fall protection plan that fits your job, your personnel and site conditions. We carry a broad selection of the essential Fall Protection Equipment for safely working at heights.
1. Full Body Harnesses As of 1998, the full body harness is the only OSHA approved body wear acceptable for fall arrest systems
2. Connecting Devices The connecting device is the critical link between the harness and anchorage or tie-off point
Shock-Absorbing Lanyard
Self Retracting Lifeline
Tie-Back Lanyards
Vertical Lifelines
Rope Grab
3. Anchorage Connectors -Anchorage connectors are used to join the ...
