Who are we?
Skyline Scaffold Ltd. is a supplier of high-end, engineered access solutions designed to maximize your company’s productivity. Throughout the industry, we are known as a supplier of top quality equipment and superior service. Our company uses Layher system equipment, made in Germany, which is the safest and strongest system available. With over $13M in scaffold assets and 65 full-time employees we can service even the largest and most complex projects.
How long have we been in business?
Skyline Scaffold Ltd. was launched in 1994. We have grown from a four-person operation out of the back of a pickup truck, to the leader in Access innovation and safety across North America, illustrated by our awards and the quality of our work.
Skyline brings over 70 years of scaffolding experience with our ownership alone. Our in-house CSO helps us to deliver the highest level of scaffolding expertise with a focus on safety.
Who are the key players?
Arka Chorbajian – Founder and CEO
Jeff Remfert – Partner-General Manager
What are our values?
Safety – In all aspects of what we do, safety is our first priority, which means supplying only the best equipment (Layher), the most highly trained workforce, and ensuring accountability via the most comprehensive Safety Program in the industry.
Quality – Through the work we perform, the high-end equipment we supply, and the customer services we offer.
Quantity – Through comprehensive project management, supplied by our General Manager, Project Superintendents and our engineering department.
What products do we offer?
All Layher products, including top industry weather protection products like Keder, Cassett, and Protect. We carry IXI Truss, through our partners Optimal Access Solutions and Pilosio that is strong enough to span over 100’, light enough to build by hand with accessories that can double, triple and quadruple the truss with little effort. We also insist on high-end public access solutions by Layher, and can offer exceptional proprietary solutions like ‘City Super Frame’, a revolution in sidewalk pedestrian protection, site logistics, and material storage.
What jobs have we done that deserve attention?
In recent years we’ve worked on a variety of industrial, commercial, and civil projects, such as:
- Amazon Warehouse in Richmond
- First Baptist Church Heritage Restoration
- The NEW Pattullo Bridge project
- Broadway Subway Line
- SFU Lorne Davies Building (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby)
- Justice Institute, New Westminster
- Museum of Anthropology, UBC
- YVR International Airport
- Empire Landmark Hotel
- Vancouver Skytrain Re-Roofing Project
- Nelson Creek Bridge
We have also won awards for our work:
- Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) 2024 – Commercial Collaborative Project of the Year, with aDB Engineering – a complex shoring and access project for the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia
- Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) 2023 – Innovation Project of the Year – for our Justice Institute of British Columbia skylight replacement project.
- Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) 2019 – AWP Project of the Year – for our Landmark Hotel Rooftop Revolving Restaurant Deconstruction project.
- 2015 Deputy Minister’s Contractor of the Year Award Kingston Construction Ltd.
- Finalist in recognition of Excellence in Bridges and Structures for our work on the Highway 1 Nelson Creek Bridge’s rehabilitation and seismic retrofit.
What products can we offer that no one else does?
- The Keder Roofing system, capable of spans of over 125’.
- City Super Frame, capable of spans exceeding 40’, and supporting loads in excess of 50,000 lbs.