About FlexDecks
Overview: FlexDecks is a U.S. designer and manufacturer of modular maintenance platforms and facility access systems for commercial and military customers. Founded in 1989 as West Coast Weld Tech and acquired in 2009, the company is based in Houston, Texas, where it engineers and manufactures platforms in-house and provides assembly services worldwide.
Maintenance crews in hangars, plants, and depots constantly work at height on aircraft, vehicles, tanks, and equipment, often around irregular shapes where ladders and standard scaffolds fall short. FlexDecks builds modular platforms designed around those shapes, combining stairs, decks, and guardrails into stands that position workers safely next to the work and protect them from falls.
FlexDecks is best known in aviation and military maintenance, where platforms are built to fit specific aircraft and maintenance tasks, but its products are also used in petrochemical, transportation, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical facilities. Its modular approach lets platforms be configured, expanded, or adapted as needs change, and its assembly teams install stands on site. Through Scaffold Exchange, you can find FlexDecks platforms and connect with providers in your area.
FlexDecks Product Lines
FlexDecks manufactures maintenance platforms and facility access products. Main product lines include the following.
Mobile Work Platforms & Stairs
Rolling maintenance stands and mobile stair systems that move to the work and lock in place with guardrails.
Adjustable Work Platforms
Platforms with adjustable deck heights to serve different aircraft, vehicles, or equipment from one stand.
Fixed Access Platforms
Permanent or semi-permanent platforms for repeated maintenance tasks at the same location.
Custom Maintenance Stands
Engineered platforms built around specific aircraft, vehicles, or equipment and the tasks performed on them.
Crossovers, Walkways & Railings
Rooftop walkways, crossovers, and safety railings for safe movement around facilities and equipment.
Where FlexDecks Platforms Are Used
FlexDecks platforms support maintenance work across many industries, including the following.
Commercial aircraft maintenance hangars
Military aircraft and vehicle depots
Helicopter and engine maintenance
Rail, bus, and truck maintenance facilities
Petrochemical and refinery equipment
Manufacturing and assembly lines
Pharmaceutical and clean facilities
Rooftop equipment access
How FlexDecks Compares to Other Manufacturers
FlexDecks focuses on maintenance platforms rather than construction scaffolding. Here is how it compares to other manufacturers.
European aluminum access equipment
- Mobile scaffold towers and ladders
- Standard and custom access products
- General-purpose access
- Best for lightweight aluminum access
Modular scaffold systems
- Modular systems scaffold
- Construction and industrial access
- Configurable to many shapes
- Best for temporary scaffold structures
Modular maintenance platforms
- Mobile, fixed, and adjustable platforms
- Custom aircraft and vehicle stands
- Crossovers, walkways, and railings
- Best for aviation and military maintenance
U.S. scaffold and access equipment
- Frame, systems, and rolling scaffolds
- Construction-focused products
- Broad scaffold product range
- Best for U.S. contractors and rental fleets
Global scaffold and access provider
- Systems scaffold and suspended access
- Equipment plus services
- Manufacturing in several countries
- Best for large industrial and commercial work
Find FlexDecks Platforms Near You
Use the Scaffold Exchange map to search by location, filter by manufacturer, and connect directly with providers of FlexDecks maintenance platforms and access systems.
OSHA Compliance & Safety Standards
Maintenance platforms in hangars, plants, and facilities generally fall under OSHA's general industry walking-working surfaces rules. 29 CFR 1910.28 requires fall protection for workers on walking-working surfaces with an unprotected side or edge 4 feet or more above a lower level, and 1910.29 sets the requirements for guardrails, stairs, and other fall protection systems. Platforms should be rated for their intended loads and inspected regularly.
- Fall protection where edges are 4 feet or more above a lower level
- Guardrails and stair rails built to OSHA requirements
- Platforms rated for intended loads
- Mobile stands locked before use
- Gaps between platform and aircraft or equipment controlled
- Platforms inspected and maintained regularly
1910.28
Duty to Have Fall Protection — U.S. General Industry Regulations
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