Description
Objectives of safety, quality, and economy are given priority in these guidelines for formwork. A section on contract documents explains the kind and amount of specification guidance the engineer/architect should provide for the contractor. The remainder of the report advised the formwork engineer/contractor on the best ways to meet the specification requirements safely and economically. Separate chapters deal with design, construction, and materials for formwork. Considerations peculiar to architectural concrete are also outlined in a separate chapter. Other sections are devoted to formwork for bridges, shells, mass concrete, and underground work. The concluding chapter on formwork for special methods of construction includes slipforming, preplaced-aggregate concrete, tremie concrete, precast, and prestressed concrete.
Keywords: anchors; architectural concrete; coatings; concrete; construction; falsework; form ties; forms; formwork; foundations; quality control; reshoring; shoring; slipform construction; specifications; tolerances.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1—Introduction
1.1—Scope
1.2—Definitions
1.3—Achieving economy in formwork
1.4—Contract documents
Chapter 2—Design
2.1—General
2.2—Loads
2.3—Unit stresses
2.4—Safety factors for accessories
2.5—Shores
2.6—Bracing and lacing
2.7—Foundations for formwork
2.8—Settlement
Chapter 3—Construction
3.1—Safety precautions
3.2—Construction practices and workmanship
3.3—Tolerances
3.4—Irregularities in formed surfaces
3.5—Shoring and centering
3.6—Inspection and adjustment of formwork
3.7—Removal of forms and supports
3.8—Shoring and reshoring of multistory structures
Chapter 4—Materials
4.1—General
4.2—Properties of materials
4.3—Accessories
4.4—Form coatings and release agents
Chapter 5—Architectural concrete
5.1—Introduction
5.2—Role of the architect
5.3—Materials and accessories
5.4—Design
5.5—Construction
5.6—Form removal
Chapter 6—Special structures
6.1—Discussion
6.2—Bridges and viaducts, including high piers
6.3—Structures designed for composite action
6.4—Folded plates, thin shells, and long-span roof structures
6.5—Mass concrete structures
6.6—Underground structures
Chapter 7—Special methods of construction
7.1—Recommendations
7.2—Preplaced-aggregate concrete
7.3—Slipforms
7.4—Permanent forms
7.5—Forms for prestressed concrete construction
7.6—Forms for site precasting
7.7—Use of precast concrete for forms
7.8—Forms for concrete placed under water
Chapter 8—References
8.1—Referenced standards and reports
8.2—Cited references