DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR
SHIPBUILDING & MARINAS

Connecting Planning to Marine Project Delivery

Layher Digital Scaffold Solutions help shipyards, marine contractors, naval facilities, and marina construction teams connect scaffold planning, engineering, logistics, and field operations in one continuous digital workflow, reducing the digital break while strengthening planning certainty, coordination, productivity, and marine project delivery.

FROM PLANNING TO PROJECT DELIVERY

Coordinate Complex Marine Scaffold Projects

Shipbuilding, vessel maintenance and repair, dry dock operations, marina construction, and waterfront infrastructure require precise planning, specialized access solutions, and coordinated project information. Complex vessel geometry, multiple trades, evolving work conditions, and demanding schedules make effective scaffold planning and coordination essential.

When project information becomes disconnected between planning and field assembly, it creates the digital break. Communication gaps increase, coordination becomes more difficult, field teams may be working from disconnected information, and project schedules can become more vulnerable.

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REDUCING THE DIGITAL BREAK

Connect Scaffold Planning to Field Assembly

Marine scaffold projects depend on accurate information moving from project inputs and scaffold planning through engineering, logistics, and field assembly. When information becomes disconnected between these phases, coordination gaps, field adjustments, and unnecessary delays can impact productivity and critical project schedules.

Layher Digital Scaffold Solutions help maintain connected project information throughout the scaffold process, reducing the digital break between what is planned and what reaches the field.

  • Keep scaffold information connected from planning through field assembly
  • Give project and field teams access to coordinated scaffold information
  • Reduce communication and coordination gaps between project phases

ONE CONNECTED DIGITAL WORKFLOW

From Project Data to Field Assembly

Layher Digital Scaffold Solutions connect project and site information with digital scaffold planning, engineering, materials and logistics, and field assembly, helping marine project teams maintain continuity throughout the scaffold process.

01.

PROJECT DATA &
SITE CAPTURE

Establish accurate project, vessel, and site information to support scaffold planning.

  • Existing project data
  • 2D plans
  • 3D models
  • Laser scanning

02.

DIGITAL SCAFFOLD
PLANNING & ENGINEERING

Create, visualize, engineer, and optimize scaffold solutions for complex marine environments.

  • Scaffold modeling
  • Visualization
  • Engineering
  • Material optimization

03.

MATERIAL & LOGISTICS
COORDINATION

Connect digital scaffold planning with material requirements, sequencing, and project logistics.

  • Material quantities
  • Sequencing
  • Logistics
  • Project coordination

04.

FIELD ASSEMBLY

Bring digital scaffold information directly to the jobsite to support field assembly.

  • Visualization
  • Positioning
  • Assembly guidance
  • SIM2Field & SIM2Field XR App
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STRENGTHEN MARINE PROJECT PERFORMANCE

Layher Digital Scaffold Solutions help shipbuilding and marine projects:

  • Increase planning and engineering coordination
  • Support complex vessel and marine access requirements
  • Strengthen coordination across project teams and trades
  • Increase project visibility and communication
  • Support efficient field assembly and marine project delivery

SUPPORTING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

The Digital Tools Behind Smarter Marine Projects

Layher’s Digital Scaffold Solutions are supported by integrated technologies designed to improve planning, engineering, coordination, and field execution for complex marine projects.

3D Laser Scanning

Digital Planning & Material Optimization

Capture existing site conditions with millimeter accuracy to support precise scaffold planning, coordination, and design.

LayPLAN Suite

Digital Planning & Material Optimization

Create accurate scaffold models, optimize material quantities, improve estimating, and coordinate projects before work begins.

PRE-PLANNING & OPTIMIZATION

Connected Project Information

SIM connects planning, engineering, logistics, and field assembly within a single coordinated digital project environment.

PRE-PLANNING & OPTIMIZATION

Precision Scaffold Positioning from Digital Model to the Jobsite

Use LayPLAN CAD 3D model data to position and measure scaffold structures on the jobsite, helping avoid potential measurement errors and support accurate assembly.

SIM2Field XR App

Augmented Reality for Scaffold Assembly

Bring 3D scaffold models directly to the field to support work preparation, assembly, inspection, component identification, and augmented-reality visualization.

LayPLAN Suite

Digital Planning & Material Optimization

Create accurate scaffold models, optimize material quantities, improve estimating, and coordinate projects before work begins.

PRE-PLANNING & OPTIMIZATION

Connected Project Intelligence

Connect planning, engineering, logistics, and field assembly through one coordinated digital project environment.

DIGITAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING

Engineered Scaffold Solutions

Develop engineered scaffold designs, structural calculations, and project-specific solutions for complex access requirements.

PRE-PLANNING & OPTIMIZATION

Connecting Digital Models to the Jobsite

Bring digital scaffold models directly into the field, helping crews visualize installations, verify project information, and improve execution.

ONE CONNECTED DIGITAL WORKFLOW

From Bid to Project Completion

Layher Digital Solutions connect every stage of the scaffold project lifecycle into one coordinated digital workflow. From the first estimate and material takeoff to engineering, logistics, field execution, and project completion, every team works from the same accurate project information. This connected approach improves collaboration, reduces errors, increases productivity, and gives scaffold businesses greater confidence when managing multiple projects.

01.

PLAN

  • Develop accurate scaffold concepts
  • Optimize material quantities
  • Prepare competitive estimates

02.

ENGINEER

  • Create detailed scaffold designs
  • Perform engineering calculations
  • Validate project requirements

03.

COORDINATE

  • Organize materials and logistics
  • Share project information across teams
  • Prepare for efficient field execution

04.

BUILD

  • Access digital project information onsite
  • Improve installation accuracy
  • Complete projects more efficiently

WHY LAYHER

More Than Scaffold Systems

Complex marine projects require more than quality scaffold systems. They require a partner with the engineering expertise, digital capabilities, technical support, and scaffold experience to address complex vessel geometry, specialized access requirements, and demanding marine environments.

Layher combines precision-engineered scaffold systems, digital solutions, and more than 80 years of scaffolding expertise to support shipyards, marine contractors, naval facilities, and marina construction teams from planning through field assembly.

The Layher Partnership Advantage

  • Manufacturer-direct partnership and product expertise
  • Engineering, design, and technical expertise
  • Digital planning and project visualization
  • Solutions for complex vessel geometry and specialized access
  • Training and field implementation support
  • Continuous product and application innovation
  • Long-term technical and project partnership
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Frequently Asked Questions

Layher Digital Solutions help shipyards, marine contractors, naval facilities, and marina construction teams connect planning, engineering, logistics, and field assembly through a coordinated digital workflow. This helps improve planning certainty, project coordination, operational efficiency, and project performance throughout marine projects.
Digital planning helps connect project information from planning and engineering through logistics and field assembly. This improves coordination across marine project teams, strengthens communication, increases project visibility, and helps reduce delays caused by disconnected information.
LayPLAN® supports digital scaffold planning by helping project teams plan scaffold requirements before field assembly. This supports more coordinated planning and helps improve project certainty for vessel construction, ship maintenance, dry dock operations, marina development, and other complex marine projects.
The digital break occurs when project information becomes disconnected between planning, engineering, logistics, and field assembly. Layher helps reduce this disconnect by combining engineered scaffold systems with digital planning, engineering, logistics, and technical expertise into one connected workflow from planning through field assembly.
Scaffold Information Modeling (SIM®) brings scaffold information into the digital project workflow, helping project teams improve communication, coordination, and project visibility. This supports better decision-making and helps teams work from coordinated project information throughout the marine project lifecycle.
SIM2Field and SIM2Field XR help bring digital scaffold information into the field to support positioning, visualization, work preparation, and scaffold assembly. This helps marine project teams maintain a more coordinated connection between digital planning and field execution.
Yes. Layher supports marine projects through engineering expertise, digital planning, implementation support, technical field services, training, and innovative scaffold systems. This support helps teams coordinate complex marine access requirements and improve project execution.
Layher Digital Solutions can support new vessel construction, ship maintenance and repair, dry dock operations, waterfront infrastructure, marina development and expansion, and waterfront redevelopment projects requiring coordinated planning and specialized scaffold access.
Layher combines engineered scaffold systems, digital planning, engineering expertise, implementation support, technical field services, training, and long-term partnership to help shipyards, marine contractors, naval facilities, and marina construction teams improve planning, coordination, field execution, and overall project delivery.

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MARINE PROJECT DELIVERY?

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