FRP in construction means form, reo and pour — the three trades that build a concrete structure. Form is the temporary mould, reo is the steel reinforcement fixed inside it, and pour is the concrete placed, compacted and cured within...
Every large-scale project reaches a point where the programme stops being a plan and starts being a problem. A wet fortnight, a late design package, a slow start out of the ground, and suddenly there are weeks to find. The question that follows...
Walk a large-scale project at its busiest and most of what you can see will not be there at the end. Formwork panels, temporary supports, bracing, edge protection and access platforms fill the site, get stripped floor by floor and eventually leave...
On large-scale projects, productivity rarely comes down to how fast any single trade can work. It comes down to how well the work is ordered. The structural package sets the pace for everything that follows, and the order in which form, reo and...
On a large construction site, structural progress depends on far more than individual trades completing isolated tasks. Formwork must be installed safely and accurately, reinforcement must match engineering requirements, and every concrete pour must be properly...
