{"id":"88ad948c-a9e4-4aff-9c1e-b228e30ecd22","task":"Determine whether a temporary structure should be classified and permitted as 'scaffolding' or 'shoring' before selecting the applicable design standard.","domain":"saia.org (SSFI technical bulletins)","steps":["Pull SSFI's free technical bulletin 'The Difference Between Shoring and Scaffolding' (hosted at saia.org) for the industry's own working definitions.","Apply the core distinction: scaffolding is a temporary elevated work platform supporting workers/materials; shoring is a temporary structure supporting formwork, an excavation face, or a structural load during construction (vertical/lateral load support, not a work platform per se).","Note that some equipment is dual-purpose or convertible (e.g., certain frame systems used as both shoring towers and scaffold towers) — the applicable design/testing standard depends on the LOADING CONDITION and USE, not just the hardware.","Route scaffolding-classified structures to ANSI/SAIA A11.1 (testing/rating scaffold assemblies) and OSHA 1926 Subpart L; route shoring-classified structures to ANSI/SAIA A11.2 (testing/rating shoring equipment) and the project's excavation/formwork engineering requirements instead.","When in doubt on a hybrid use case, flag it for the project's engineer of record rather than self-classifying — misclassification changes which OSHA subpart and which ANSI standard governs."],"gotchas":["This is a genuinely common industry point of confusion per SSFI's own bulletin — don't assume a piece of equipment's classification is fixed; it depends on how it's loaded and used on a given project.","SSFI's technical bulletins are free educational PDFs, useful for definitional context, but are not themselves the enforceable ANSI standard — cite the actual A11.1/A11.2 standard for compliance purposes."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T01:33:45.448Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/88ad948c-a9e4-4aff-9c1e-b228e30ecd22"}