Clarifier Walls require Circular Formwork | Concrete Construction
About the Customer
Company: Brockmiller Construction
Project Location: Fenton, Missouri
Formwork Specialist-Des Moines
Jacob Guck, EFCO Territory Manager
Matt Harrington, EFCO Field Supervisor
Nathan Witte, EFCO Engineer
Project Requirements
Formwork For Concrete Digester Walls
4′ (1.2 m) tall starter wall
The highest portion of the wall was 24′ (7.3 m) high with a width of 2′-2″ (660 mm).
The digester measures 84′-4″ x 82′-7″ (25.7 m x 25.2 m) with a 2′-8″ (815 mm) thick divider wall down the middle.
Circular Formwork For Clarifier Walls
1′ (300 mm) thick clarifier measures 42′-6″ (13 m) radius and was 17′-8″ (5.4 m) tall.
Formwork Used
Project Overview
Forming & Shoring for Concrete Construction
The Fenton Wastewater Treatment Plant sets next to the Meramec River. Heavy flooding, including a 500-year flood in December of 2015, has taken its toll on the Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Customer Benefits
Up Front Planning, Engineering and Training
To minimize the number of construction joints, bulkheads, pump truck charges and manpower, Brockmiller formed and poured this digester in two pours
Optimizing Formwork Construction Process
This digester was poured in two pours, 11,000 ft² (1,020 m²) of EFCO LITE forms with six carpenters.
The 1′ (300 mm) thick clarifier was poured in two pours, clarifier measures 42′-6″ (13 m) radius and was 17′-8″ (5.4 m) tall using REDI-RADIUS formwork.
