Bringing life to a building, both interior and exterior, is one of the biggest challenges facing building contractors. Curved walls that blend into the landscape, bringing opulence to the outside, or a colonnade adorning an arch, these are all elements that transform the ordinary facade into something extraordinary. In order for this to be achieved, concrete shuttering needs to be applied.
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Bringing life to a building, both interior and exterior, is one of the biggest challenges facing building contractors. Curved walls that blend into the landscape, bringing opulence to the outside, or a colonnade adorning an arch, these are all elements that transform the ordinary facade into something extraordinary. In order for this to be achieved, concrete shuttering needs to be applied.
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When it comes to working from heights, safety needs to be the number-one concern. Figures released by Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (FEM) have shown that, on average, 36 people are injured daily on construction sites, of which “falling to different levels” accounted for a large percentage. This is attributed to using ladders and unsafe scaffolding practices.
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The construction industry has grown in leaps and bounds with the advent of technology. Where only bricks were used, producing a non-descript square build, contractors have been using concrete to mould buildings into desired shapes. Undeniably, construction has been the cornerstone of today’s civilization and the different types of formwork have played a crucial role in this development.
Continue reading “What are the Most Reliable Types of Formwork Used in Construction?”What is the Purpose of Column Formwork?
From pillars adorning the Parthenon in Greece to antebellum architectural structures in the Deep South of North America, palatial buildings and stately homes have been a part of history and the pillar designs have been carried through to modern construction. What used to take weeks, even months, to create can now be done in a day through column formwork, enabling builders to recreate the look of a bygone era.
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How is Scaffolding Used Effectively in Construction?
Picturing a construction site conjures up images of a half-completed building with weird-looking step ladder type objects surrounding them and workers navigating themselves around these obstacles. The structure surrounding a building site that looks like a “weird step ladder” is scaffolding and without it, no build can be completed.
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What is the Difference Between Shuttering and Formwork?
Have you ever looked at a building and wondered how they got the walls to curve or look so beautifully rounded? After all, aren’t the main building blocks cement, concrete, and bricks? Technology has enabled man to turn the basic square building design into one that is unique and oftentimes quirky through the techniques of shuttering and formwork.
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Any work that is done at a certain height requires the use of scaffolding. This all-important piece of equipment allows buildings to be constructed, repairs to be done, and painting restorations to be completed at incredible heights. The scaffolding components vary widely based on the type of building, project requirements, and surrounding conditions of the construction. However, there are the fundamentals that form the basics of any scaffold structure.
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Have you ever watched workers on scaffolding, especially those that dare to go to great heights, and thought “Wow, how do they manage to do that?” Whether you are changing sky-high light bulbs in a warehouse, replacing windows on the second floor of a home, or doing building restorations, elevation in the form of scaffolding is required. When having to complete tasks off the ground and at great height, knowing how the hazards involved with scaffolds can affect your safety and those around you is imperative.
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What Function Does Scaffolding and Formwork Provide?
In the broader sense, scaffolding and formwork could roughly be defined together as: “The temporary exoskeleton surrounding or forming a building or construction project principally being made out of concrete”. Even though this definition is quite broad, it does pull into focus the importance of both when it comes to any building project, whether it is a new build or if you are looking at doing building repairs.
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