Adaptable Formwork for One Sided Wall | Quick Formwork Cycling
About the Customer
Company: PCL Construction
Project Location: Los Angeles, California
Formwork Specialist-Los Angeles
Joshua Blomeyer, EFCO Territory Manager
Kristian Aguilar, EFCO Field Supervisor
Kyle Hamilton, EFCO Engineer
Project Requirements
UCLA Southwest Campus Apartments Construction
Three cast-in-place 8 to 10-story buildings, providing 591,100 ft2 (54,915 m2) of living space.
Leveraging Experience
Unique challenges with time constraints, both in allowable duration and the hours the site could be worked.
Formwork Used
Project Overview
UCLA developed an ambitious plan to expand student housing to accommodate a 7% projected increase in students annually. With limited land and resources, a high-density living model was chosen to replace buildings at three sites on their West Los Angeles Campus. PCL Construction was selected as the General Contractor to oversee projects at all three sites.
Customer Benefits
Support for Inner Walls
Flipper Lock Platforms – provide a safe way for supporting inner walls for elevator core forming
Forming Concrete Corners
Manual Retractable Corners – Retracting and expanding formwork for forming concrete corners with ease
Forming A Wall Against dirt Or Another Wall
SUPER STUD One-Sided Wall Frames – wall forming frames used to assist in concrete forming when the opposite side of the wall is formed up against dirt or a concrete wall
Formwork for Columns And Walls
EFCO LITE® and PLATE GIRDER® column formwork in a continuous cycle
Hinged Formwork for Columns
Hinged columns, gave the advantage of a single pick that set quickly. It only took four Quick Bolts to close and set a 10′ (3.1 m) column.