Choosing the

RIGHT
Formwork System
BCN 3423 - Timber/Formwork Design Rinker School of Building Construction University of Florida
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Why worry about the Choice of Forming System?

Chek Lap Kok Airport (Hong Kong)

Concrete Frame Costs

Formwork: 50 - 70%

Concrete: 15 - 25% Rebar: 15 - 25%

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Formwork Cost
Other: 10 - 15% Material: 15 - 20%

Labor: 50 - 70%

What Choices Do I Have?

Lets focus on:
Walls Slabs Columns

Wall Forming

Walls
Loose Framing Prefabricated Panels Crane Set Gangs
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Wall Systems (Loose Framing)

Wall Systems

(Prefabricated Panels)

Prefab Steel Panel

Prefab Alum. Panel

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Prefabricated Panels
are durable for many reuses simplify and reduce the labor required studs and sheathing are preassembled in units small enough to be handled panels are set into position and tied together wales, ties, and braces are then attached made of wood, metal, plywood with metal bracing, or glass fiber and plastic over wood
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Prefabricated Panels

Aluminum Panel
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Wall Systems

(Ganged Panel Forms)

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Ganged Panel Forms

ranging up to 30x50 ft large panels can be assembled flat on the ground where it is easier to work stripping is easier (stripped as a unit) extra bracing is required to withstand the handling stresses are frequently used as climbing forms in high wall construction small panels can be ganged together to form larger units 12

Aluminum Beam Gang Systems

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Steel Crane Set Gangs

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Shearwall Roll Back System

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Shear Wall Roll Back System

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Slipform Construction
vertical slipforms are moved upward by jacks can be used for structures such as silos, and for high rise elevator and stairway cores working decks and finishers scaffolds are attached to and carried up with the forms has shorter construction time appropriate for structures taller than 40 ft not efficient where there are many projections to the direction of slide
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Vertical Slipforms

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One-sided Wall Form

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Slab Shoring

Loose Wood Framing Steel or Aluminum Shoring Flying Forms

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Hand-set Wood Shoring

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Steel shoring with aluminum beams

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Aluminum shoring with aluminum beams

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Flying Forms (truss-supported)

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Flying Form (column-mounted)

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Flying Form (column-mounted)

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Tunnel Forms

Forms wall and slab together

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Garage Beam Forms

Panelized system for garage beams and slabs

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Column Forming

Columns
Loose Framing Hand-set Panels Crane Set Gangs
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Column Forms

Hand-set Steel Panel

Hand-set Aluminum Panel

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Column Forms

Round Fiberglass Column Forms

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Column Forms

Steel Column Forms

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Column Forms

Aluma Beam Column Forms

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Custom Forms

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Custom Forms

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Choices

Nothing else withstanding, the choice is always.

GANG PANELS!
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Factors in the Choice

What you own Availability Initial price Total cost

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Factors in the Choice

Experience of workers What will produce the desired results with the least amount of cost?

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Factors in the Choice

Number of uses Desired finish Site conditions

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Factors in the Choice

Crane Schedule Building design

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Factors in the Choice

The Supplier:
History with similar projects Engineering expertise Support services Knowledge of support personnel Location
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Buy vs. Rent

Duration of project Future usage Cash flow Return on investment
Steel radius wall forms

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