STUDY OF ADVANCED TUNNEL FORMWORK SYSTEM IN HIGH RISE BUILDING

Tejas D. Aradhye, Emeritus M. R. Apte

Abstract: Real estate construction industry has a reputation of not begin very technologically sophisticated, generally lagging in innovation, construction techniques & management. But now a day’s lot of research is carried out in this sector, advanced TUNNEL formwork & ALUFORM system are good examples of this innovation. Formwork perform key role in construction. Formwork itself costs around 20-25% of total cost of project. Also it requires minute level planning to achieve quality and economy. Advanced TUNNEL formwork system and ALUFORM system (Similar to MIVAN technology) are used to construct monolithic structures in which slab, beam & walls are casted at one time which acts as RCC load bearing structure. This paper aimed at studying advanced tunnel formwork system in high rise building, to compare this system with Aluform system and to find best formwork in terms of economy and rapid construction.

Keywords: TUNNEL Formwork, ALUFORM System, Slab Cycle, Economy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0505100