Building components and structures

A construction comprising a building structure, an adjacent structure, and an extendible lateral support arm spanning between said building structure and said adjacent structure, said support arm comprising at least a first arm and at least a second arm threadingly coupled to be displaced relative to each other, said second arm extending from and coaxial with said first arm, said first arm terminating into a first end of said support arm, said second arm terminating into a second end of said support arm, a distance between said first end and said second end being variable,

• wherein the first end of said first arm presents a first head configured to make contact with said building structure, and wherein the second end of said second arm presents a second head secured to said adjacent structure, said second head and said second arm being arranged so that said second arm projects laterally away from said adjacent structure toward said building structure, and said support arm is rigidly connected to said adjacent structure to permit lateral force transfer from said adjacent structure to said building structure, and
• wherein the adjacent structure is a scaffold structure, said scaffold structure comprises a plurality of vertical standards, wherein each one of said plurality of vertical standards having a rosette, the vertical standards being interconnected by horizontal ledgers, wherein each one of the plurality of the horizontal ledgers is engaged to at least one of said rosettes, wherein said first head has a roller adapted and configured to roll along said building structure as the scaffold structure moves vertically there-along, and wherein said second head comprises a connector adapted and configured to become secured to at least one of said rosettes.

A scaffolding system that comprises:

• a plurality of standards and a plurality of ledgers configured to connect to form a scaffold structure adjacent to a wall of a building, and at least one extendible arm comprising a first arm and a second arm, said second arm coaxially extending from said first arm, said first arm having a first end configured to make contact with said wall and said second arm having a second end which is securable to said scaffold structure, said first and said second arms threadingly coupled together to allow a distance between said first and said second ends to vary, the at least one extendible arm being configured to tie said wall to said scaffold structure so as to create a lateral support to said scaffold structure from said wall, said second arm being arranged to project laterally away from said scaffold structure toward said building when said second end is secured to said scaffold structure, wherein said at least one extendible arm, when secured to said scaffold structure, rigidly connects said scaffold structure to said wall of said building to allow for lateral force transfer from said scaffold structure to said wall of said building;
• the scaffolding system further comprising another extendible arm, wherein each one of the another extendible arm and the at least one extendible arm respectively has a roller configured to contact and vertically roll along a respective wall of two opposite walls of the building as the scaffold structure is raised and lowered, each one of said at least one extendible arm and said another extendible arm respectively has a variable length configured to create a lateral clamping force to be exerted on said scaffolding structure to thereby laterally support said scaffold structure between said two opposite walls,
• wherein each one of said standards presents a plurality of spaced rosettes along a length thereof, each one of said rosettes defining a coupling zone, said second end of said second arm including a coupling that is complementary to each of said coupling zones of said rosettes to allow said coupling to be secured to said rosettes.