SMART Estimator

Adding Pavement Gantries

  1. Overview of Pavement Gantries

    When it comes to modelling a Pavement Gantry in SMART Estimator, due to the sophisticated nature of these structures, there is no ‘Click on it to create’ option. However, it is possible to construct the Pavement Gantry manually by assembling the Independent Scaffold and the Birdcage Scaffold together.

    Saving to the Scaffold Library

    Once you’ve manually assembled the Pavement Gantry, you can save it as a reusable item in the Scaffold Library. You will be able to import this saved item easily when constructing Pavement Gantries in the future.

  2. Creating the Birdcage Gantry Scaffold

    The first step is to create the Pavement Frame. In order to accomplish this, navigate to the Scaffold View and select the Rectangular Birdcage option to create a Birdcage. We will use the boarded lift of the birdcage as a protection deck.

    Once you have created a Birdcage, you will need to adjust its dimensions. To adjust the Birdcage dimensions, hover your mouse over the Birdcage standards. From here, you can click and drag the standards or set the Height, Width, and Length parameters in the Toolbox Dialog.

    As soon as the Birdcage has been designed with the appropriate dimensions, we need to create the Gantry so that pedestrians can safely access through the scaffold. Navigate over to the Bridge Tool and apply the Bridge onto the top unboarded lift of the Birdcage scaffold. Once it’s applied, the bridge can be adjusted accordingly.

  3. Creating the Working Independent Scaffold

    The second step is to construct the Working Independent Scaffold. We recommend using the Draw Plan tool and drawing an overlay along the edge of the birdcage so that the scaffold intentionally overlaps. As an alternative, you can manually create an Independent Scaffold and move it by dragging and rotating it into position.

    The next step is to drag or set the Lift Height to the height at which you would like the Pavement Gantry to be, followed by dragging or setting the Ground Height to match the boarded lift of the Birdcage. All that remains is to ensure that the Standards from the Birdcage and Independent Scaffold are aligned and to apply a Transparent Ground Condition to the scaffold.

  4. Finalising the Pavement Gantry

    Once you have tweaked, aligned and applied the Add-Ons necessary to the Birdcage Gantry Scaffold and the Working Independent Scaffold, you have now completed making a Pavement Gantry. You can save your design to the Scaffold Library, so that it can be reused for any future pavement gantry projects.

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