Work related to the installation of formwork and the pouring of concrete involves the need to move on the formwork walls. There is a high risk of falling off the wall and falling during work. It is therefore necessary to use systems that allow for sa...
The selection of an appropriate formwork system represents a critical decision in the planning of reinforced concrete multi-story buildings. While this decision has traditionally been deferred to the construction phase, increasing evidence of time an...
The formwork system (FWS) in reinforced concrete (RC) construction is a critical component. The appropriate FWS is selected based on a number of conflicting and compromising criteria, and the selection of the FWS is carried out by construction profes...
Selecting the appropriate formwork system (FWS) is a critical aspect in the successful completion of reinforced concrete (RC) building construction projects. The selected FWS has a significant impact on the cost, time, and quality performances of the...
To overcome the limitations of conventional steel support systems in large-span concrete dome construction, this study proposes a novel prestressed modular aluminum alloy formwork system based on a radial–circumferential spatial truss configura...
Single-sided formwork supporting systems (SFSSs) play a crucial role in the urban construction of retaining walls using cast-in-place concrete. By supporting the formwork from one side, an SFSS can minimize its spatial footprint, enabling its closer...
Ensuring that formwork systems are properly installed is essential for construction safety and quality. They have to comply with specific design requirements and meet strict tolerances regarding the installation of the different members. The current...
Conventional concentrated line-load assessment based on beam cross-sectional parameters may neglect additional loads from adjacent walls, slabs, and architectural feature elements during construction, leading to missed identification of some high-loa...
This study evaluates bamboo–coir hybrid composite panels developed for formwork applications using an 80:20 fiber–matrix ratio and a 50:50 bamboo-to-coir distribution. The novelty of this study lies in the combined assessment of formwork-...
Traditional steel–wood composite formwork systems often exhibit mechanical imbalances, such as high strength with insufficient stiffness or high stiffness with low toughness, under both ultimate and serviceability limit states. To address the d...
The successful completion of reinforced concrete (RC) building construction projects depends, in part, on selecting the appropriate formwork system (FWS) since it may significantly affect the project’s cost, time, and quality performance factor...
This study provides a comprehensive review of the engineering challenges of formwork in concrete construction. The paper investigates different formwork systems, their design based on form pressure, and the difficulties of form stripping. Alternative...
The construction sector is swiftly evolving toward more sustainable practices. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is essential for assessing the environmental impact of construction materials. A crucial factor in this context is the wear-out coefficient (WO...
Automated vision-based sensing for personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance in high-formwork support system (HFSS) construction environments faces three compounding challenges: extreme within-image scale variation, dense scaffold occlusions, an...
Conventional formwork systems are limited in their ability to efficiently realize complex and free-form concrete geometries, while additive manufacturing (AM)-based formwork faces constraints in casting-stage structural stability and cost-effectivene...
To address the challenges of complex wiring, limited external power supply, and difficult maintenance in temperature monitoring during the construction of mass concrete, this study proposes a formwork-integrated self-powered temperature monitoring sy...
The cost of producing one cubic meter of concrete structure, depending on the structure’s shape, type, and complexity, can be variously high. The cost of concrete, reinforcement, formwork, and labor ratio varies. But unlike the cost of concrete...
Modular integrated construction (MiC) is a new type of assembled building structure system that consists of prefabricated concrete modules connected using post-cast concrete. To reduce material consumption and realize casting without supporting molds...
The goal of this paper is to yield insights into the forming, reinforcing, and pouring of concrete buildings, focusing on design, functionality, failure, and safety aspects. The concrete construction process has different moving parts along the form&...
Concrete construction harms our environment, making it urgent to develop new methods for building with less materials. Structurally efficient shapes are, however, often expensive to produce, because they require non-standard formworks, thus, standard...
This study analyzes an existing scenario of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) associated with the ergonomic hazard of the aluminum formwork workstation and its workers. Aluminum form-workers have increasing evidence of MSDs from repetitive tasks such as...
The concrete formwork process is a critical component of construction project control because failing to gain the necessary concrete strength can lead to reworks and, consequently, project delays and cost overruns during the project’s execution...
Three-dimensional concrete printing (3DCP) has emerged as a promising technology for developing stay-in-place cementitious and geopolymer permanent formwork systems. This review critically synthesizes current knowledge on printable materials, printab...
In the field of construction, the surface of architectural aluminum formwork for concrete pouring will remain the concrete adhesion layer of heterogeneous composite structures. In view of the difficulty of removing the concrete adhesion layer, we stu...
Current inspection for installation quality of high formwork is conducted by site managers based on personal experience and intuition. This non-systematic inspection is laborious and it is difficult to provide accurate dimension measurements for high...
Many high formwork systems are currently equipped with health monitoring systems, and the analysis of the data obtained can determine whether high formwork is a hazard. Therefore, the post-processing of monitoring data has become an issue of widespre...
Based on the advantages of the silicone graphene composite thermal insulation board, it was used to replace traditional plywood in the external wall formwork system, and the active embedded steel wire knot form in silicone graphene composite thermal...
The construction industry is a challenging field for the application of robots. In particular, bridge construction, which involves many tasks at great heights, makes it difficult to implement robots. To construct a bridge, it is necessary to build nu...
To support national goals of carbon peaking and neutrality, and to promote green, low-carbon development, this study examines the mechanical behavior and deformation characteristics of a novel stainless steel wall formwork under real-world concrete c...
The construction of most apartment underground parking lots utilizes reinforced concrete (RC) structures composed mainly of rebar work and formwork. RC structures lower construction efficiency and significantly delay the construction because they req...
3D concrete printing (3DCP) is an emerging intelligent construction technology that enables the direct transformation of digital models into physical components, thereby facilitating the precise fabrication of complex geometries. This study investiga...
Lightweight modular construction has become an increasing need to meet the housing requirements around the world today. The benefits of modular construction ranging from rapid production, consistency in quality, sustainability, and ease of use have w...
This study introduces a digital fabrication process for producing recyclable, closed-loop wax formwork for architectural concrete applications with visually rich surface articulation while drastically reducing formwork milling time. As such, this pap...
The concrete pouring process is difficult to observe inside formwork. With increasingly complex formwork systems and denser reinforcement layouts, honeycomb defects and surface pores are prone to form at beam–column joint core locations. The mo...
To meet the growing demand for housing, novel construction techniques relying on standardized and fast-to-build structural systems are becoming popular in developing countries. In particular, RC buildings relying on shear walls built using monolithic...
In order to enable safe pillarless mining in a deep, thick coal seam with a hard roof, an integrated approach combining presplitting roof blasting and a flexible formwork concrete support system was implemented and evaluated via theoretical analysis,...
To enhance construction efficiency and structural stability, this study investigates the mechanical behavior and deformation characteristics of a jacking steel platform system used in the core-tube construction of a supertall building. Field monitori...
High-fall accidents refer to accidents where construction personnel, building materials, and equipment fall from a height, usually resulting in serious casualties and significant economic losses. This paper proposes a high-fall flexible protection sy...
Concrete construction is associated with high environmental impact and geometric limitations imposed by conventional formwork, which has led to growing interest in combining structural optimization with robotic fabrication. In this study, structural...
A full-scale field investigation was performed to evaluate the lateral pressure exerted by fresh concrete on a 6.67 m-high single-sided wall formwork during on-site casting. Five embedded pressure sensors were installed at various elevations to enabl...
The integration of temporary support systems with permanent structural frameworks remains a complex challenge in high-rise construction, where traditional building information modeling (BIM) workflows often lack the coordination needed to optimize bo...
To reduce resource consumption and the carbon footprint of the construction industry, new construction principles that stipulate the minimisation of materials are urgently needed. Floor slabs show high potential for saving materials and CO2 emissions...
Fall-from-height fatalities in underground construction are closely associated with formwork scaffold operations, where dense steel members cause severe non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and multipath effects that degrade positioning performance. Although ult...
Prefabricated insulation grid shear walls are a new type of wall which integrates structure, insulation and formwork. A grid-like reinforced concrete shear wall with vertical and transverse limbs is formed by casting concrete into the reserved vertic...
In this paper, the development process of a deployable modular sandwich panelized system for rapid-assembly building construction is presented, and its structural performance under some different action effects is investigated. This system, which inc...
This paper verifies a method for fabricating concrete formwork with free-form curved surfaces by utilizing the bending deformation of an upper wooden plate supported by computer-controlled vertical actuators. In this study, a system was developed to...
The building industry needs to innovate towards a more sustainable future and can do so through a combination of more renewable material choices and less wasteful fabrication processes. To address these issues, a hybrid material and fabrication syste...
Fungi-based materials (myco-materials) have been celebrated and experimented with for their architectural and structural potential for over a decade. This paper describes research applied to assembly strategies for growing large building units and as...
In order to combat corrosion issues, several studies on progressively replacing steel reinforcement elements with composite ones have been conducted in recent years. Hybrid steel–concrete thin slabs in which the steel acts as formwork are also candid...
The structural design process is iterative and involves many design parameters. Thus, this paper presents a controlled framework for selecting the adequate structural floor system for reinforced concrete buildings and efficiently utilizing the corres...
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