COP 26 – Pontoon Sinking
Wednesday, 10th November 2021
Our innovative ScaffFloat system was used today at COP26 to build a sunken protest pontoon for The Climate Coalition.
The pontoon was mobbed at short notice and installed with the help of our local Approved Installer, i-Scaff, who is one of Scotland’s largest independent specialist scaffold contractors.
For the press photo, an 8m x 4m scaffold platform was sunk just below the water surface and supported by a set of plastic ScaffFloats on deck. This gives the impression of a ‘flooded’ floor which the charity utilised for a creative photo showing world leaders meeting on a flooded stage.
Ross Brown, MD at i-Scaff said ”We love helping our customers find innovative solutions to their problems, and this has been a great example of the sort of work we can do. We worked in partnership with the ScaffFloat team who did all the design, project management, RAMS and on water safety, whilst we supplied the scaffold and an experienced scaffolder to help with the build.”
Toby Budd, MD at ScaffFloat, added ”This is such a great example of how we add value. Initially, the client only wanted a floating pontoon with a banner, so we suggested we sink the pontoon to create this great photo opportunity. We knew the objective was press coverage, so we worked hard to give them a photo that would get traction in the world’s media – and within an hour, it was on BBC News and Sky News, to name but a few.”
