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What is Shoring? What is Reshoring? »

The practice we call reshoring was developed by builders trying to solve the fundamental problem with concrete; it is very heavy. An office floor is designed to safely support the weight of the floor (called dead load) and the weight of desks, file cabinets...
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A Philosophy and a Passion Builds Success »

My father, EFCO's founder, had it, built it, and shared it; a company with its many successes providing solutions and equipment for forming and shoring concrete. People who have many times come upon EFCO have thought and said...
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The Deals You Don't Make »

Please let me share with you my own personal experiences with EFCO. I had immigrated to Southern California in 1980 from England, and most everyone I met could tell that by my English accent. It was several years later that I had worked...
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THINK SAFETY...WORK SAFELY »

You might often hear the phrase, “Safety is Everyone's Job”, and it's true. Safety is everyone's job - yours, mine, your Project Manager, the EFCO Engineer that stamped your form erection drawings, and the guy swinging the hammer...
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www.HandsetFormwork.com »

EFCO has recently launched a website dedicated to handset concrete forming and shoring systems. The website features over 400 images of EFCO's systems in use and over 70 case studies focusing on how others in the industry have used our equipment.
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Our Best Hand is Only PART of the DEAL »

Here we are sharing EFCO's longest and strongest suit, aerial concrete forming applied to bridge pier construction. We are displaying civil, structural, and construction engineering at its best. Some of our readers have learned, after reading...
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EFCO Offers Opportunities »

This issue of “FORM MARKS” magazine is loaded with some spectacular and unusual concrete forming project solutions and there are several reasons why. If you have been a reader of the past issues of FORM MARKS, you probably would not...
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A Look at "Basics" for Economic Recovery »

How will we recover from economic downturn? Take a look at the basics!
Education, innovation, inventions, hard work, and the free market economy all working together have given the world existence and prosperity...
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EFCO Forming, Decking, and Shoring Systems

FORM MARKS Magazine »
From cover to cover you'll find concrete construction projects from all over the world using EFCO concrete formwork systems.
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EFCO Concrete Construction & Forming Institute »
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