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What is types of shuttering system?

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Question added by Mahmoud alsouqi , Sr Project Engineer , DAR WA EMAAR DEVELOPMENT AND REAL STATE
Date Posted: 2017/04/16
Mohamed Kamal
by Mohamed Kamal , Cost Control Manager , China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd. (Egypt)

Plywood Formwork

Resin bonded plywood sheets are attached to timber frames to make up panels of required sizes. The cost of plywood formwork compares favourably with that of timber shuttering and it may even prove cheaper in certain cases in view of the following considerations:

  1. It is possible to have smooth finish in which case on cost in surface finishing is there.
  2. By use of large size panels it is possible to effect saving in the labour cost of fixing and dismantling.
  3. Number of reuses are more as compared with timber shuttering. For estimation purpose, number of reuses can be taken as 20 to 25.
Steel Formwork

This consist of panels fabricated out of thin steel plates stiffened along the edges by small steel angles. The panel units can be held together through the use of suitable clamps or bolts and nuts. The panels can be fabricated in large number in any desired modular shape or size. Steel forms are largely used in large projects or in situation where large number reuses of the shuttering is possible. This type of shuttering is considered most suitable for circular or curved structures.

Steel forms compared with timber formwork:

  1. Steel forms are stronger, durable and have longer life than timber formwork and their reuses are more in number.
  2. Steel forms can be installed and dismantled with greater ease and speed.
  3. The quality of exposed concrete surface by using steel forms is good and such surfaces need no further treatment.
  4. Steel formwork does not absorb moisture from concrete.
  5. Steel formwork does not shrink or warp.

mohammad ahmad esmael esmael
by mohammad ahmad esmael esmael , مدير موقع , شركة الظاهرة الزراعية- ش جنة الرضا 2016 -ش المركزات والعصائر

it s not of my work specialty 

but it doing in builds 

Thanks for the invitation. Sorry, I don't know the exact answer.

Engshams Civil
by Engshams Civil , مهندس مدني عام , مكتب هندسي

  1. well seasoned
  2. light in weight
  3. easily workable with nails without splitting
  4. free from loose knots

hisham abu dagga
by hisham abu dagga , Project Manager / مدير مشاريع , مؤسسة عبدالكريم العواض للمقاولات

Thank you for the invitation

Agreed with colleagues

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