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with the formwork being produced here usingCNC-controlled
cutting equipment over a period of 13months.
In order to limit costs, Peri also specified a high proportion of
system components, mainly from the company’s Vario range.
This meant a unique and challenging structure could be built
with something of amodular and systematic approach.
Doka has supplied formwork to theCrescent project inBaku,
Azerbaijan, and the tower part of the scheme is beingbuilt using
the company’s automatic climbing formwork system. The new
Crescent City andCrescent Place developments will change the
skyline of the city, which is on the shores of theCaspian Sea.
The name comes from the crescent moon-shaped hotel
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but there are efficiency gains to be had by using new
technology and researching the equipment options.This
can be a difficult task for contractors in what is after all a very
diverse area of construction, so there is something to be said for
getting suppliers on-board early and tapping into their expertise
to deliver projects efficiently and cost-effectively.
Formwork solutions
Peri supplied a customised formwork and scaffolding system
with3,500project-specific special elements for the construction
of the Santiago Calatrava-designed Museum of Tomorrow
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The futuristic structure in the city’s
harbour is part of the Porto Maravilha to regenerate this area
ahead of the 2016OlympicGames.
The structure features a pier extending 300 m into the sea,
while the cantilevered roof and facade havemoving elements to
help regulate temperature inside the finished building.
The 3,500 formwork elements delivered by Peri were mostly
double-curved 3D units. Planning of the project was carried
out at the company’s headquarters in Weissenhorn, Germany
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Doka provided automatic self-climbing
formwork to the Crescent project in
Baku, Azerbaijan, as highwindsmeant
cranesmight not always be in service.
An artist’ impression of the finished project.
Paschal has supplied 4,500m
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Bakkewaste incinerator project in Copenhagen, whichwill
generate heat and electricity from the city’swaste aswell as
provide recreational facilities.
