Site Usage
Preparation ... Step 1
Excavate for below plinth work
Preparation ... Step 2
Complete foundation & plinth work. Aluminum Forms can be used for foundation and plinth works
Process … Step 4
Set up the ceiling forms
Process … Step 5
Slab, electrical & plumbing in slab
Process … Step 6
Pour concrete for walls & slab together (monolithic)
Process … Step 7
Strip the wall forms (next day). Ceiling Forms to be stripped as per structural requirement.
Process … Prepare for next pour
Clean the forms for the next reuse
- Clean the face, the side rails, the top rails and the back immediately after stripping
- This improves the finish of the concrete and increases the life of the form
Process ...
Move to the next level (2 to 3 day cycle time)
Result …
Light weight forms allow high productivity
Safety
- Ensure all scaffold brackets are in good condition and have not been damaged since the last installation
- Ensue platform is fully decked out and toe-board and handrail installed.
- Penetration holes in the slab for transferring panels must be covered when not in use until cast with correct.
- Any workers working above platform level must wear safety belt attached to a secured formwork component or the wall steel.
- When removing of the timber batons from the floor after casting ensure no nails have been left exposed.
- Pins and wedges to be removed with care especially on the external of the building.
- Handling of equipment.
- Formwork should not be stacked on the scaffold.
Post – Concrete Activities
- Strike Wall Form- It is required to strike down the wall form.
- Strike Deck Form- The deck form is then removed.
- Clean, Transport and stack formwork
- Strike Kicker Formwork – The kicker are removed.
- Strike wall – Mounted on a Working Platform the wall are fitted on next floor.
- Erect Wall – Mount Working Platform and the wall is erected.
