Formwork - a guide to good practice. 2nd edition
Series/doc. No
Publication CS030
Year
1995
Abstract
The guide has been prepared to promote the design, specification, construction and safe use of formwork for both in-situ and precast concrete. It contains information for the economic and safe design of wall formwork used in both building and civil engineering construction.
ISBN
9780946691524
Subject(s)
Construction site equipment
Formwork
Supplement
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Keyword(s)
fire resistance
;
reinforced concrete
;
retaining walls
;
contract documents
;
concrete structures
;
design team
;
car parks
;
main contractor
;
structural engineers
;
concrete surface
;
bridge decks
;
thermal conductivity
;
structural engineer
;
concrete association
;
concrete slab
;
car park
;
steel beams
;
in situ concrete
;
design guide
;
movement joints
;
portland cement
;
steel decking
;
concrete mix
;
surface treatments
;
reinforcing steel
;
precast concrete
;
surface finishes
;
construction joints
;
composite floors
;
surface treatment
;
expanded polystyrene
;
precast units
;
safe access
;
concrete surfaces
;
performance specification
;
lifting equipment
;
mild steel
;
expansion joint
;
surface finish
;
concrete structure
;
wall thickness
;
trade associations
;
precast beams
;
design brief
;
potable water
;
data sheets
;
panel systems
;
ordinary portland cement
;
standard method of measurement
;
guard rails
;
construction joint
;
glass fibre
;
tie rods
;
access doors
;
performance specifications
;
data sheet
;
particle board
;
precast concrete units
;
wood wool slabs
;
concrete finishes
;
temporary structures
;
sheet materials
;
waffle floors
;
profiled sheeting
;
sheet material
;
tie rod
;
safety nets
;
expanded metal
;
temporary structure
;
method of fixing
;
void formers
;
concrete forms
;
electric heaters
;
foam strip
;
mechanical handling
;
cast concrete
;
asbestos cement sheets
;
void former
;
concrete pump
Publisher
Concrete Society
Publisher History
For more than 30 years, The Concrete Society has been publishing technical reports and advice notes to serve the needs of clients, architects, engineers, specifiers, suppliers, contractors and users of concrete.
Table Of Contents
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Section 1 - general
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16
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1.1 Introduction
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16
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1.2 Scope
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17
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1.3 References
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17
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1.4 Definitions and abbreviations
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17
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1.5 Symbols
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20
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1.6 Economics of formwork and falsework
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21
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Section 2 - preamble to design
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24
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2.1 General
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24
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2.2 Parties to design
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24
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2.3 Safety
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25
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2.4 Formwork specification
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27
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2.5 Finishes
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28
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2.6 Tolerances
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38
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2.7 Deflection limits and cambers
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40
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2.8 Sample and trial panels
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41
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2.9 Formwork designers brief
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41
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Section 3 - Materials and equipment
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44
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3.1 General
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44
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3.2 Timber and wood-based materials
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45
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3.3 Metals
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57
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3.4 Plastic, rubber and fabric
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62
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3.5 Cement-based materials
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67
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3.6 Proprietary equipment
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70
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3.7 Permanent formwork
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84
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3.8 Form ties
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88
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3.9 Reinforcement spacer systems
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91
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3.10 Surface treatments
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91
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3.11 Ancillary materials and items
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99
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3.12 Form liners
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103
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Section 4 - Loadings
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108
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4.1 General
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108
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4.2 Self-weight of formwork
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108
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4.3 Imposed loads
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109
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4.4 Concrete pressures
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110
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4.5 Environmental loads
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118
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4.6 Horizontal loads
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120
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Section 5 - Design
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123
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5.1 General design considerations
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123
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5.2 Wall formwork
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129
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5.3 Soffit and beam work
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138
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5.4 Backpropping and repropping
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159
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5.5 Column formwork
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164
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5.6 Special applications
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164
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5.7 Construction joints
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166
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5.8 Watertight construction
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169
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5.9 Mechanical handling of formwork on site
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170
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Section 6 - special formwork
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176
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6.1 General
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176
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6.2 Travellers
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177
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6.3 Formwork for tunnels
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179
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6.4 Incremental launch construction
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181
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6.5 Slip forms
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182
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6.6 Moulds for Precast concrete
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184
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6.7 Stairs and staircases
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188
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6.8 Tilt-up construction
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188
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Section 7 - Work on site
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189
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7.1 General
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189
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7.2 Workmanship
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189
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7.3 Supervision
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189
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7.4 Inspection and checking
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190
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7.5 Safety
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190
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7.6 Vibration of concrete
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192
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7.7 Striking procedures
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194
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Section 8 - recommendations
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195
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8.1 Further research
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195
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8.2 Training
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196
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Section 9 - references
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197
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Section 10 - bibliography
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204
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Appendices
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206
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