Civil engineering and commercial building construction accounts for the large use of scaffolding, but even residential construction and house renovation projects also usually need scaffolds.Nowadays, the world most popular scaffold or system scaffolding are: traditional tube and clamps, frame scaffold, cup lock system scaffolding, ringlock ( Layher ) system scaffolds, kwikstage ( Quick-stage ) scaffolding, steel props and other scaffolding accessories for shoring, formwork in concrete forming industry.

1. Tube and clamps or coupler of traditional scaffolding. Scaffolding tube with coupler or clamp have been used in construction industry for many year across the world, and still used in many countries for its low costs and easy assembly, but it turned to be replaced or used together with other system scaffoldings.

2. Cuplock (cup lock) system scaffold, in originated from UK SGB company then spread all over the world and became the most popular system scaffolding for construction in the last 30 years.

3. Ringlock (layher) system, a sophisticated system scaffolding developed by Layher company Germany, being widely used on projects like Petrochemical, shipbuilding, LNG and events of safety-protecting.

4. Kwikstage or named quick stage is a scaffold system typically used in Commonweath countries like Great Britain, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.

5. Frame scaffold, the one of the most common tools being used in Canada, USA and other European countries. The most popular frame scaffolding are: masonry ladder frame, walkthrough frame, shoring frame, apartment frame, utility scaffold and others.