3. Conclusion

Designing a formwork rotation for a project for which the company has been awarded a contract is a job that must be done successfully, as the financial equilibrium of the site often depends on it, and the company's survival may well depend on it.

In order to carry out the rotation study, the company needs to have access to a large library of job site reports, showing the times allocated and the times actually worked, as well as the equipment use sheets for the job site, compared with the equipment sheets drawn up by the formwork manufacturer.

Achieving optimum rotation is not easy on the first try, but don't despair.

The formwork is used by teams of "formworkers" supervised by a hierarchy; these teams must have been trained in the use of the equipment to achieve optimum yields, without damaging the equipment. The...