Formworks are used to hold freshly placed concrete at its position until it attains enough strength and with the help of formworks concrete can be easily manipulated and various shapes and forms can be constructed. There are different materials which may be used to manufacture formworks for example timber, steel, and aluminum in addition to […]

How to Measure Formworks?  The formwork is measured in terms of area that is in contact with the concrete surface. For example, the formwork for concrete footing will be calculated as the surface area of four sides of foundation only. Bottom of the footing is resting on earth, there is no need of any formwork […]

Formworks can also be named based on the type of structural member construction such as slab formwork for use in slab, beam formwork, column formwork for use in beams and columns respectively etc. The construction of formwork takes time and involves expenditure upto 20 to 25% of the cost of the structure or even more. Design […]