About

Contractors Access Equipment formed in 2001, primarily providing suspended scaffold to the Chicago area.

About Us

We Don't Just Build Access - We Engineer Performance

CAE/DSS is the definitive commercial and industrial scaffold partner serving the midway and south/southeast U.S. Our 14+ strategic branches deliver the expertise and scale required for your most complex projects. We don't measure success by the height of the scaffold, but by our ability to keep your project moving safely, efficiently, and on budget. Every word, every design, and every safety protocol is driven by a single goal: getting your job done.

Risk Mitigation & Financial Security: Built-in Protection

Our commitment to safety is supported by one of the strongest insurance portfolios in the industry. For our sophisticated commercial and industrial clients, this level of coverage mitigates risk and ensures a secure partnership.

Coverage Type	Limit / Detail	Client Benefit
General Liability	$2MM General Aggregate ($1MM Each Occurrence) Includes Waiver of Subrogation, Primary & Noncontributory Verbiage, and Additional Insured Status for Ongoing & Completed Operations.	De-Risk Your Project: Meets the highest requirements for major construction and industrial facility contracts. Built-in Protection: Your business is automatically protected under our policy.
Excess Liability	$5MM Limit (Sitting excess of General Liability, Auto Liability, and Employers Liability)	Maximum Assurance: Provides an unparalleled layer of financial protection for the most complex projects.
Auto Liability	$1MM Combined Single Limit	Fleet Accountability: Covers our entire fleet, guaranteeing safety and reliability from transport to setup.
Workers Compensation	Statutory Limits (Side A) + $1MM Employers Liability (Side B)	Personnel Security: Proves our commitment to our employees, minimizing risk transfer to your site.

We provide safe, reliable and cost-effective access solutions for the construction industry

Contractors Access Equipment formed in 2001, primarily providing suspended scaffold to the Chicago area. A few years later, the company expanded, developing branches in Dallas and Tampa. In 2009, the company acquired three locations of Direct Scaffold Services which are in Nashville, Jackson, and Birmingham. Since then, the company has added CAE branches in Miami / Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Austin, San Antonio, and Milwaukee and a DSS branch was added in Raleigh, NC; Atlanta, GA; and Mobile, AL.

The company now has a total of 14 locations around the country with skilled scaffold erectors and qualified scaffold trainers at each location. The company has approximately $20 million in a very diverse scaffold inventory which includes system scaffold, frame and brace scaffold, suspended scaffold, shoring, sidewalk canopies, mast climbers, elevators, and transport platforms. The company has seen significant growth in revenue and profitability in each of the last 10 years, and where needed has bonding capabilities of $25 million.

Our focus

Our focus in Design/layout

Our focus in design/layout, and in arranging for engineering, is to provide our customers with the best possible solutions and alternatives.

Engineering Team; Engineering services are provided by a core group of 3rd party professional engineers who perform scaffold and shoring engineering, exclusively. PE stamped drawings are available in every state.

Sizable Projects Completed

$700K St. Paul’s Cathedral surface renovation

Birmingham, AL

$1.4M Green County Plant demolition project

Forkland, AL (BHM)

$1.5M Bryce Hospital shoring

Tuscaloosa, AL (BHM)

$900K Boiler Project

Demopolis, AL (BHM)

$350K Decatur General Hospital renovation

Decatur, AL

$110K Cullman Regional Medical Ctr.

Cullman, AL (DEC)

$165K Redstone Arsenal

Huntsville, AL (DEC)

$385K Indiana War Memorial

Indianapolis, IN (CHI)

$120K Brown Cty Court House

Green Bay, WI (CHI)

$95K Smithfield Foods, Inc

Sioux Falls, SD (CHI)

$86K Marina Towers

Overhead protection (CHI)

$416K Springhill Suites

Madison, WI (MKE)

$143K Mackey

Building (MKE)

$65K North Point

Water Tower (MKE)

$186K Ozaukee County Courthouse

Port Washington, WI (MKE)

$500K Skyloft

JE Dunn (AUS)

$350K 5 & W

Rogers O’Brien (AUS)

$200K Tyndall

Fl Crane (AUS)

$350K Austonian

Structural Pres. (AUS)

$458K Cowboys HQ & Training Center

Omni Hotel (DFW)

$317K Music Factory (DFW)

Music Factory (DFW)

$263K UTSW

Medical Center (DFW)

$186K Sandra B

Meadows Arena (DFW)

$135K Texaco Building

Building Restoration (HOU)

$120K Bush Intercontinental

Control Tower (HOU)

$195K Bond Brickell

Bldg (MIA)

$240K Ritz Carlton

Boca Resort (MIA)

$360K Atlantis Resort Nassau

Bahamas (MIA)

$540K Marriott World Center

World Center (ORL)

$193K Disney Swan and Dolphin Hotels (ORL)

(ORL)

$366K Tampa Old City

Hall restoration (TPA)

$220K+ Grand Lakes Resort

Orlando, FL (TPA)

$200K Morton Plant Hospital addition

(TPA)

$194K University of Florida Science Bldg restoration

(TPA)

$680K 45 Asheland New Construction

Ashville, TN (TYS)

$200K Neyland Stadium painting

(TYS)

$250K Furniture Bldg & Showroom

High Point, NC (TYS)

$100K Memphis in May BBQ Fest 2018

(MEM)

$750K Noel Place Hotel Renovations

(BNA)

$750K Covenant College Addition

Chattanooga, TN (BNA)

$300K Buckingham New Construction

(BNA)

Ready to Partner with a Financially Secure and Proven Specialist?

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