international
construction
october 2014
FALSEWORKAND FORMWORK
Project pressures
for shutteringwalls, and also enabled fast forming times.
For areas of the building with reinforced concrete walls, the
team used Vario GT 24 girder wall formwork and a climbing
formwork system.
Multiflex girder slab formwork was also used to create
grandstand-style staggered floor slabs, which were a key part of
the design.These high loads were transferred over several storeys
using Peri-Up scaffolding techniques to complete the job.
Providing cost effective and creative
construction solutions is at the heart of
TMS formwork’s approach to itsbusiness.
The company has supplied a number
of complex structures (including the Al
Rajhi Bank in Riyadh), as well as key
building, tunnel and bridge projects in
Iraq, Russia, Libya andBrazil.
TMShasworked closely as a distributor
for Upm/Schauman, Sah and Kaufmann
for plywood, tie-rod, rebar couplers and
timber beams. Its steel-based formwork
components are manufactured at its
facilities in Izmit,Turkey.
With companies such as this andmany
others across the global construction
market registering an upturn in their
workload, the construction sector is
showing strong signs of improving.
This has prompted valuable innovations
from formwork and falsework supply
companies, which have risen to the
challengeof incorporatingkey technology
advances into their product designs.
iC
for Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) has been
designedwith 10upper lecture floors.
It also includes event venues, a cultural centre, laboratories and
administration facilities.
Its design is based on a large arena, with the north end of the
building having a reverse-inclined outer façadewith the effect of
a steep cliff.The south sidewas also a complex constructionwith
a height of nearly 50m cascading down to a series of steps.
Within15months, 40,000m
3
of concrete and4,500 tonnes of
steel have been brought in to form the new site.
Peri’s Peruvian team developed comprehensive Liwa and
Domino panel formwork that the company says was easy to
handlemanually.
According to the company, this kept craneusage to aminimum
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The striking
newBBVA bank
headquarters in
Madrid is being
built using Alsina
climbing formwork.
A new university
construction
project in Lima,
Peru, using Peri
formwork
