The only think I can add is +1 on Direct Drives notion to get close to the work. A scissor lift or even rolling scaffolds will help tremendously for the type of work you are doing.
Yep, safety and access.
And then the cheat....use the lift to push up on the panels.
You're not supposed to do it officially.....a large gas rig has a big platform, good power and is very stable.
The skinny electrics that can fit through 3'-0" door openings can be wiggly when you're way up.
Some guys get nervous on those when they're fully extended.
The electrics don't have near the power (to push) of the gas rigs.
The only other way I can see doing this productively is with an industrial fork lift to push up on the panels.
But then your guys have to be totally on the roof or on ladders.
Not as safe.
So Hoquiam wants the roof torn off but the beams to remain? Or do they want the whole thing taken down? The CMU walls shouldn't be left free-standing. Thats not safe.
That's a good point.
Long, high, unbraced CMU walls are sketchy.
We use tilt-up braces on them until the diaphragm is built.
Depends too, on how well the CMU (block walls) is tied to the roof frame.
This is a car wash so there are probably going to be lots of perpendicular/intersecting walls.
That fact should make it pretty stable with the roof off.
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