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Construction Formwork Essentials

Formwork uses molds made of materials like wood, steel, and aluminum to pour concrete into desired structures. Fresh concrete needs support to hold its shape as it sets. Common materials for formwork include timber, steel, aluminum, and plywood. There are several types of formworks like foundation, wall, ceiling, beam, and column formworks, each with specific design considerations and components to support the wet concrete until it cures.

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Construction Formwork Essentials

Formwork uses molds made of materials like wood, steel, and aluminum to pour concrete into desired structures. Fresh concrete needs support to hold its shape as it sets. Common materials for formwork include timber, steel, aluminum, and plywood. There are several types of formworks like foundation, wall, ceiling, beam, and column formworks, each with specific design considerations and components to support the wet concrete until it cures.

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Formwork in construction is the use of support structures and moulds to create structures out of

concrete which is poured into the moulds. Formwork can be made using moulds out of steel, wood,
aluminium and/or prefabricated forms.

Formwork is the name for the molds used to create walls, columns, slabs, staircases and other concrete
structures. Freshly poured concrete -- a combination of sand, gravel, cement, and water -- is wet, so it
can't support its own weight or hold its shape.

Materials used:

Timber, steel, aluminum, and plywood to nontraditional materials such as fiberglass. The
systems used can be a combination of two materials. Wood products are the most widely used
material for formwork.

Types of Formwork
1. Foundation Formwork

Foundation formworks can be designed in various ways. The type of design is dictated by the
size, mainly by the height of the foundation formwork.

The formwork for individual foundations is similar to column formwork and the formwork for
strip foundations is similar to the formwork.

Normally sheeting panels with formwork bearers in the form of walers are used for foundation

formwork. Individual foundations are also secured by means of walers but of rim type.

2. Wall Formwork

Wall formwork consists of vertically arranged upright timbers (formwork bearers) to which
sheeting boards are nailed at the concrete side. The upright timbers are diagonally braced by
means of boards at both sides.

Prefabricated sheeting panels may also be used instead of sheeting boards.

Cleaning holes are to be provided at the foot of the formwork.


3. Ceiling formwork

is the type of formwork mostly found in structures/buildings.

The formwork sheeting may consist of sheeting boards or prefabricated sheeting panels. The
formwork sheeting may consist of sheeting boards or prefabricated sheeting panels. The
formwork sheeting lies on squared timber formwork bearers which are arranged on main bearers
carrying off the forces to round timber columns.

4. Beam Formwork

Beam formwork has prefabricated formwork sheeting parts (sheeting bottom and side sheeting
panels). Such individual parts are manufactured based on the beam dimensions specified in the
project. For prefabrication of the formwork sheeting parts, a special preparation table must be
manufactured on site.

5. Column Formwork

Similar to beam formworks, the sheeting of column formworks is prefabricated according to the
column dimensions from sheeting boards connected by cover straps.

The sheeting panels are placed in a foot rim which is anchored in the soil by steel bolts.

The foot rim consists of double-nailed boards. The foot rim must be exactly measured-in because
it is decisive for the exact location of the column. It has the same functions as the thrust-board
for foundation or beam formwork.

When the sheeting panels have been inserted in the foot rim, vertical arch timbers are placed to
take up the forces from the cover straps of the formwork sheeting.

The column in the formwork is laterally tied by diagonal board braces.

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