Formwork a Practical Guide

Amongst the many trades on a typical building site, the role and responsibilities of the formworker are unique.
There are few restrictions placed on his choice of working techniques.
ln contrast, other trades are constrained by the most precise directions,
For the structural steelwork all sizes, connections, fixings and painting are defined in detail.
Reinforcement grades, sizes, positions, laps and tolerances are all predetermined,
Joinery is exhaustively detailed, colour schemes are prescribed, and furnishings selected.
Compared to this, the formworker is almost permitted to be a free spirit,
Most times, the only constraints are mandatory requirements on the concrete surface quality and accuracy, together
with the builder's demands on cost and time.
Outside this, he chooses his own formwork system, selects his materials and components, and devises the general
arrangement and the details of construction,



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