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Formwork in practice
A high-rise core under construction, its slab edges and climbing safety screen visible through protective netting High-rise slab edges
Reinforced-concrete slab bays with column starter bars, supported by props beneath a tower craneSlab bay & crane Two workers cutting steel with an abrasive saw, sparks throwing across a site fabrication baySteel cutting on site A grid of props holding slab formwork in place beside a finished column with its starter bars waiting to be tiedPropped slab formwork A worker grinding the collar of a steel prop in a yard stacked with formwork componentsProp overhaul
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Module 01 · Learn – Concepts, systems & drawings

Formwork Fundamentals

Column forms and reinforcement at dusk on an upper slab
Module 01

Formwork Fundamentals

Understand formwork purpose, terminology, systems, components, drawings and the logic behind construction cycles.

Syllabus

What This Module Covers

This module is designed to cover conventional and system formwork, the criteria for selecting between them, and the safety fundamentals that apply on site.

Outcomes

What You Will Be Able To Do

01

Conventional & system formwork

02

Selection criteria

03

Safety fundamentals

A worker in a blue hard hat at the fabrication bench
Sparks fly as a fabricator cuts an aluminium panel
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Formwork in five ideas

How do skyscrapers rise a floor every four days?

  1. Monolithic Casting The core concept
  2. Hardware & Components System breakdown
  3. Science of Striking Safe form removal
  4. Engineering for Safety Calculated precision
  5. High-Speed Cycle 4-day slab cycle

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