PROJECT PHOTOS
Peter Scalamandre & Sons brought Eagle Scaffolding Services, Inc. in to shore an active Amtrak rail corridor in Midtown Manhattan.
Eagle furnished, erected, and dismantled a heavy-duty protection deck over an active railway. The work included shoring layout across multiple wall sections, steel beam installation over the tracks using a knuckleboom, double-plank decking with plywood, C-clamped beam connections, and fencing along both sides of the shoring structure.
Working over an active rail corridor meant operating on Amtrak’s schedule — nights only, with clearance windows that opened and closed on their terms. Eagle’s crew adapted to shifting start times and brief work windows and kept the job moving.
SCAFFOLDING TERMINOLOGY
What is a knuckleboom?
A knuckleboom is a hydraulic crane with a jointed, folding arm rather than a single straight boom. The joints let it bend around obstacles and reach tight angles that a standard crane can’t. That’s what let Eagle’s crew place steel beams directly over an active Amtrak rail line, working around the tracks in a confined space.