QFS scaffolding services

Commercial scaffolding

QFS delivers commercial scaffolding packages for Tier 1 and Tier 2 contractors across London and the South East. Our teams support the package from tender review and design coordination through erection, adaptation, inspection and controlled dismantling.

Planned properly. Managed carefully. Delivered safely.

What the service can include.

  • External access scaffolding
  • Internal birdcages and working platforms
  • Stair towers and controlled access
  • Loading bays, gantries and protection
  • Planned scaffold adaptations
  • Inspection and site coordination

Planning and coordination

The scaffold is part of the programme.

A commercial scaffold must work around the construction sequence, not simply the building elevation. QFS reviews access requirements alongside programme, logistics, interfaces and the needs of specialist trades before delivery begins.

Early involvement helps establish a clearer scope and identify access requirements that may otherwise emerge as variations once work is under way. During delivery, our site management teams coordinate labour, materials and adaptations as the project develops.

Controlled delivery

From early review to dismantling.

  1. Tender and scope review
  2. Site and logistics assessment
  3. Design and temporary-works coordination
  4. Mobilisation and phased erection
  5. Inspection, handover and adaptation
  6. Planned dismantling and close-out

Relevant environments

Capability applied where it matters.

  • Major construction
  • Mixed-use development
  • High-rise residential
  • Commercial refurbishment
  • Heritage redevelopment
  • Building-safety remediation

Relevant QFS projects

Evidence from live construction environments.

Historic 2004 view of Battersea Power Station before its redevelopment

Major construction project

Battersea Power Station – Phase 2

A major scaffolding and specialist access package supporting Phase 2 of the transformation of the Grade II* listed Battersea Power Station.

Scaffolding installed around the Taxi House development in Westbourne Park

Constrained London site

Taxi House, Westbourne Park

Scaffolding and access for a major mixed-use development beside the Grand Union Canal in Westbourne Park.

Encapsulated scaffolding and access arrangements at The Westbury Hotel in Mayfair

Luxury hotel redevelopment

The Westbury Hotel, Mayfair

Adaptable scaffolding and specialist access for the major redevelopment of a high-profile hotel in a restricted Mayfair location.

The new St Andrew the Apostle School in North London

New-build education

St Andrew the Apostle School

A comprehensive access package supporting the construction of new teaching and sports facilities.

Worthing Integrated Care Centre on Stoke Abbott Road

Healthcare construction

Worthing Integrated Care Centre

Full external and internal access supporting the delivery of a major new integrated healthcare facility.

The Garratt Mills development in Earlsfield

Residential development

Garratt Mills, Earlsfield

External and internal access for a major residential scheme beside a live rail environment.

The completed Ropemaker development in the City of London

Complex commercial access

Ropemaker Street

Gantry, lifting and public-access solutions for a major City of London commercial development.

The completed Springfield University Hospital redevelopment

Healthcare redevelopment

Springfield University Hospital

External, atrium and hoist access supporting a complex construction project.

Barlby New Schools under construction in North Kensington

New-build education

Barlby New Schools

Access and protection during the construction of new primary and specialist education facilities.

UCL East Marshgate at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Specialist university access

UCL East – Marshgate

Suspended, atrium and façade access for UCL’s landmark interdisciplinary campus building.

The Marshall Building at the London School of Economics

Logistically complex education

The Marshall Building, LSE

Hoist, atrium and external access on a technically and logistically demanding central London project.

The K1 Knightsbridge development during construction

Restricted city-centre access

K1 Knightsbridge – Basil Street

Public protection, lifting and multi-level access on a highly constrained mixed-use development.

The completed 80 Fenchurch Street development

Commercial construction

80 Fenchurch Street

A comprehensive access, lifting and protection package on a major City office development.

The completed 60 London Wall commercial development

Major commercial refurbishment

60 London Wall

Atrium, façade and protection scaffolding during a major structural refurbishment in the City.

Capstan House at East India Dock

Commercial refurbishment

Capstan House

Hoist access, loading and edge protection during the refurbishment of Capstan House.

The completed 100 Liverpool Street development at Broadgate

Transport-interface construction

100 Liverpool Street

Stair, atrium and edge-protection access above one of London’s busiest stations.

The completed Hambrook House development in Brixton

Mixed-use residential

Hambrook House, Brixton

External, hoist and lift-shaft access on a new mixed-use residential development.

Tilbury Power Station before demolition

Industrial demolition access

Tilbury Power Station

Specialist demolition access supporting the controlled dismantling of a major industrial site.

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Planning a commercial scaffolding package?

Share the available drawings, programme and access requirements with our estimating team so the package can be reviewed properly.