Fair-faced Concrete

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Fair-faced concrete with Doka Concrete in its – visibly – finest form

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We reserve the right to make alterations in the interests of technical progress. Important notice Always observe all industrial safety regulations and other safety rules applying to the application and utilisation of our products in the country and/or region in which you are operating. The illustrations and site photos in this brochure sometimes show the situation during formwork assembly and/or in situations outside Doka’s direct control. For this reason, they may not always be complete from the safety point of view. It could be dangerous to combine our formwork e quipment with other manufacturers’. If you intend to combine different systems, please contact Doka for advice first.

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Contents Solving individual requirements Concrete in its – visibly – finest form Formwork systems and their attributes Doka Services

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Residential construction – reference builds Building and industrial construction – reference builds Sporting facilities and cultural edifices – reference builds Transportation infrastructure – reference builds

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Reference list Doka Organisation

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Solving individual requirements with global consulting capability and “hands-on” engineering expertise

More and more complex structures are typical of the architecture of our times. Worldwide. Doka technicians work closely with the client’s planners to put together the most suitable solutions in terms of concrete technology, formwork engineering, concrete placement and compaction. These solutions are exactly tailored to each individual situation and to the requirements of the structure.

Doka helps you decide on a suitable construction method and determine which is the right system for you – and for your success on the site. Custom-tailored, versatile, and thus efficient. Doka’s modular systems, based on its decades-long experience of hugely diverse construction tasks in many different countries, means that it can deliver the right solution for the entire spectrum of architecture. Doka has the biggest and most flexible range of offerings on the market – anywhere in the world.

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What all Doka systems have in common is this: The very highest standard of safety, combined with extremely high cost effectiveness and easy, safe handling. Doka knows what demands are made, and with its system and project-specific formworks it can always offer the ideal equipment.

Formwork expertise you can trust More know-how for your project

The task of finding the optimum formwork solution for a structure begins as early as in the tendering phase. For the eventual profitability of a construction project, this is often a make-or-break decision. From a very early stage, Doka experts start inputting their wide-ranging knowledge and the experience amassed during innumerable projects, and so can perform an invaluable service for you here.

In this way, we successfully accompany you all the way through your construction project. The formwork system used will have a significant bearing on the success of a construction project. To help users with the selection, planning and deployment of its formwork systems, Doka offers a very wide range of services. These provide greater certainty regarding the costs of on-site forming operations – which definitely makes site managers’ and foremen’s jobs a lot easier.

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Concrete in its – visibly – finest form

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Architect’s requirements

Fair-faced concrete TEAM

Responsibility

Tender

Architect

Appraisal

Task

Requirement

“The Destination” – description by defining the categories of fairfaced concrete

Description of the fair-faced concrete surfaces

Doka reference brochure

“The Way” – description of the choice of means, of suppliers, of personnel

Influence on fairfaced concrete surfaces

Doka “Practical Information” brochure

Concrete placement

Concrete

Carrying out the works

Form-facing Release agent

Supplier

Concrete faces that are subject to special requirements regarding appearance (see DIN 18217) – in short, “architectural surfaces” – are generally referred to as “fair-faced concrete”. The description of fair-faced concrete is not always entirely clear-cut, and various different definitions are given for it in the normative literature. Essentially, fairfaced concrete is a part of the structure that is intended to remain on view after completion. Fair-faced concrete structures tend to be modern, “one-of-a-kind” exemplars where a free and creative approach has been taken with regard to the shapes and surfaces. The requirements made by the client and its architect(s) will tend to include the following: a) Emphasising the uniqueness of the structure. In this respect, in-situ concrete offers a certain degree of architectural freedom. b) Ensuring that the structure is functionally appropriate and can be utilised in the manner intended c) Having free scope to choose the desired surface design (in terms of grid patterns, joints and surface texture) d) Supporting the development of advanced, unique structures with the creative freedom to shape both forms and perspectives

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Environmental parameters

When it comes to planning a project, functionality and optimum space utilisation are decisively important – but so too are the surfaces, and the visual impact that these surfaces have. The focus is thus on the appearance that the architect wishes to impart to the concrete surfaces (the “architect’s wishes”). If the architect’s ideas are to be put into effect successfully, the fair-faced concrete team will need to have discussed all the issues involved very thoroughly. Having clearly defined responsibilities in the fair-faced concrete process is a key component making for successful implementation. Fair-faced concrete means teamwork! This reference brochure is intended to help bring about a clear formulation of the architect’s objectives.

Standards and guidelines

Normative literature relating to fair-faced concrete ÖVBB Fair-Faced Concrete Guideline “Formed concrete surfaces” available from “Österreichische Vereinigung für Betonund Bautechnik” (Austrian Society for Concrete and Construction Technology, November 2009) DBV Code of Practice “Fair-faced concrete” available from “Deutsche Beton- und BautechnikVerein E.V.” (German Concrete and Construction Technology Association, Bundesverband der deutschen Zementindustrie e.V. (German Cement Industry Association), August 2008 ÖNORM B2211 Concrete and reinforced concrete works – The Standard governing works contracts (June 2009)

Standards and guidelines help those who are putting the project out to tender to define it properly first, and then help the contractors to actually erect the structure. If the “fair-faced concrete surface result” is not to be left to chance, and if misunderstandings between client and con-

SIA 118/262 General Conditions for Concrete Construction, 2004 edition GSV recommendations (GSV = German Quality Protection Association for Concrete Formwork) “Concrete surfaces with special appearance requirements” (06/2005) Code of Practice for Rented Formwork (01/06) “Quality criteria for rental formwork” guidelines (04/03) Technik des Sichtbetons (“The technology of fair-faced concrete”) Peck, Bose & Bosold (2007)

tractors are to be avoided, there will need to be unambiguous and practicable descriptions (wordings for invitations to tender, sketches, photos) for these “concrete surfaces remaining permanently on view”.

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Description of the fair-faced concrete surfaces – surface design

Surface design options open to the planner Dimensions of building elements Construction joints Structuring the concrete surface

Joints between formwork elements/panels

Joint between form-ply sheets Form-tie pattern

Texture of the concrete surface

Form-facing, formwork systems and their attributes

Edges Design details

Form-tie point Closing off tie-holes Design of suspension points

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As well as with the colour of the concrete, the architect can realise his or her ideas by structuring and texturing the concrete surfaces and by stipulating certain design details. The table at left gives an overview of the various options, which will be described in more detail below.

Structuring of the concrete surface

Example: Stairwell elevation B

A) Horizontal construction joint B) Vertical joint between formwork elements or panels A

Before starting your forming preparations for tackling difficult fair-faced concrete surfaces, you should address the following points: • valid (i.e. approved) planning documents, preferably in

digital form • wherever possible, building shell plans (showing only

the load-bearing walls and floor-slabs) • establishing exactly which surfaces are to be executed

in fair-faced concrete • dening the formwork pattern on the basis of the

tender documents

• agreeing the elevation plans with layouts and sections

(interruptions in the architectural surfaces due to adjacent walls and floor-slabs) • taking account of xtures which may affect the architectural surfaces (lighting, tubes etc. ...) • deciding upon the construction joints, in liaison with the

structural designer • conducting discussions with all the parties involved in the

construction project and in producing the visually exposed surfaces • working out which of the surface-quality specications will

require a lot of extra work, and which only a little • deciding what measures need to be taken to protect n-

ished fair-faced concrete building elements during subsequent construction operations

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Joints

Walls In formwork-engineering terms, there are several different ways of creating the joints that are required by the planner and the structural designer, and/or that are necessary from the workflow point of view. • Joint between form-ply sheets: Joints where the sheets of one formwork element abut • Joints between formwork elements or panels: Joints between individual formwork ele-

ments or panels • Construction joints: Joints between the individual casting sections which are necessary

for construction-sequence or statical reasons These different types of joint each leave a different imprint in the concrete. Particular attention must be paid to construction joints, and to how these are dealt with in fair-faced concrete surfaces. The following points will need to be discussed with the planner and structural designer regarding the location and arrangement of construction joints: Will the corners and wall junctions have to be formed as one single casting section, or can the walls be broken down into separate sections?

Left: Wall without corner configuration Right: Subsequent wall junction A) Reinforcement connection B) Triangular ledge A

A B

a... length of concreting section b... overall length of fair-faced concrete wall

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a b

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Floor-slabs • Will it be possible to have reinforcement connections in the slab, meaning that you can

choose where to locate the construction joints, or will the individual structure members have to be “poured-in-one”? • Is it acceptable for the end face of the oor-slab to remain visible through the construction joints? D

C

E

D

A) View of surface of wall B) Triangular ledge C) Floor-slab D) Wall E) View of end face of slab

A

B

A

• If the end face of the slab is not intended to be visible, the construction joint can be

made at either the bottom or top edge of the slab.

D

A

D

A B

C

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A) View of surface of wall B) Triangular ledge C) Floor-slab D) Wall

B

D

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• What is the maximum length of wall that may be poured in one casting section? • Where will construction joints be needed, and where in the architectural surface will

they be possible? D

C

B

A) Reinforcement connection B) View of surface of wall C) Floor-slab D) Wall

A

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Texture of the concrete surface

The formwork is an important instrument for shaping and designing concrete surfaces. It is the formwork that imparts the final shape to the concrete. The point of paying timely attention to the question of which formwork, formply and concrete to choose (“timely” meaning before the project is put out to tender) is to make matters clearer for all parties involved. Such measures may also make it possible to utilise rental formwork. However, the main influence on the appearance of the concrete surface is the concrete itself, and how it is utilised, and the releaseagent that is chosen. The following overview (source: ÖVBB Guideline “Formed concrete surfaces”, November 2009) points out the interrelation between the surface of the form-facing and the surface appearance of the concrete, and possible effects.

Legend for table (at right) 1) Wood is a natural material in which – initially – the wood sugar content is unevenly distributed. To prevent dust formation and colour-shade differences the first few times a sheet is used, pre-treat it with cement slurry or by using it first on less important building components. In dry weather, strongly absorbent types of form-ply intended for forming fair-faced concrete must be pre-moistened before pouring. 2) Allowance must be made for shape deviation caused by boards shrinking and swelling. 3) The absorbency of form-ply types 1 to 5 changes depending on the water saturation and the number of times the sheet has been re-used. 4) The non-absorbent properties of form-ply types 6 to 9 remain unchanged. 5) Excess release-agent must be squeegeed or wiped off.

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Boards, rough-cut

Rough, dark concrete surface; lighter after repeated re-use; risk of wood fibres in the concrete

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Boards, planed

Smooth, matt concrete surface; visible pattern; lighter concrete than with 2a

T1

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Matt concrete surface, colour shade like 2b, tight board joins

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3-ply sheets Coniferous wood, sanded, surface-treated, to ÖNORM B 3023

Smooth, matt concrete surface; slight wood-grain pattern; dark colour shade, lighter after repeated re-use

T1

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3-ply sheets Coniferous wood, brushed or sandblasted, sealed

Bright concrete surface, bold wood-grain pattern

T3

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Veneer plywood synthetic resin coated

Smooth, bright concrete surface

T2

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Solid plastic sheets, plastic composite constructions

Smooth, bright concrete surface

T2

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Forming tubes made of plastic or plasticcoated cardboard

Smooth, bright, lustrous concrete surface

T2

Formliners

Finely to heavily structured, bright concrete surface, joints must be individually sealed

T3

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Smooth, bright concrete surface, risk of rust marks

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No release-agent must be used

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Form-facing

The form-facing is the part of the formwork with which the visual effect of the fair-faced concrete surface (i.e. its texture and tint) can be influenced. These two factors can be changed by using different types of form-facing. The form-facings are outlined below in categories ranging from strongly absorbent (boards) to non-absorbent (plastic, steel etc.

Boards, rough-cut

Boards, planed

Surface of board

Surface of board

Concrete surface

Concrete surface

Features:

Features:

• rough, board-type surface structure with dark-

• smooth surface with pronounced wood structure • dark-coloured concrete – lighter after several

coloured concrete • • • •

• low pore formation • knots, resin pockets, etc. cause varying absorption

behaviour.

• wood sugar sometimes prevents concrete

• wood sugar sometimes prevents concrete

hardening • dust formation on the surface • wood bres may be left behind on the surface

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repeat uses

lighter after several repeat uses very strong absorbency hardly any pores on the architectural surface knots, resin pockets, etc. cause varying absorption

behaviour. hardening • dust formation on the surface

Formwork sheet 3-SO

Texture sheet 3-SO

Surface of sheet

Surface of sheet

Concrete surface

Concrete surface

Features: • ply sheet (spruce) made of crosswise glue-bonded

timbers

• low proneness to cracking, due to the thinner face

layers

• glue-coated surface • boilproof, alkali-proof, water and weathering-

resistant glue-bonding

• slight board-type surface structure (depending on

timber moisture content)

• • • • •

used on wall and oor-slab formwork consistently high timber quality smooth concrete faces even concrete surface, of uniform appearance slightly absorbent surface (= low pore formation)

Formats:

Features (in addition to those of 3-SO 21mm and 27mm): • brushed surface • extra varnish sealant on one side • board-like character created by recessed grooves

(results in ribbed finish) • • • •

very low absorbency high numbers of repeat uses can be achieved normal pore formation light-coloured concrete

Formats: • widths: 50 cm and 100 cm • lengths: 250 cm, 300 cm, 400 cm, 500 cm and 600 cm • thicknesses: 21 mm and 27 mm

• widths: 50 cm and 100 cm • lengths: 100 cm to 600 cm, in 50 cm increments • thicknesses: 21 mm and 27 mm

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Dokaplex formwork sheet Features:

Surface of sheet

• • • • • • • • •

crosswise glue-bonded birch plywood identically phenolic resin-coated on both sides used in wall and oor-slab formwork sheet for smooth fair-faced concrete surfaces cut edge is sealed low absorbency structureless (smooth) surface normal pore formation light-coloured concrete

Note: • high numbers of repeat uses are possible, espe-

cially when the sheet is screwed on from the rear • sheets of thickness 18 mm and above can be

screwed on from rear • 4 mm and 9 mm thick sheets are fastened with

Concrete surface

nails, staples or screws on the side facing the concrete • the 4 mm thick sheets need more nailing, to prevent rippling • When concreting with plywood sheets, variations in

timber moisture content may cause slight rippling on the face layer. • Rippling may be caused by damage to the surface

coating. For this reason, treat the sheet with great care - avoid hammer-blows, scratches etc. - when using these sheets for floor-slabs, only use vibrators that have had rubber caps fitted to them

Formats: • • • •

Thickness Thickness Thickness Thickness

4 mm: 9 mm: 18 mm: 21 mm:

300 x 150 cm 250 x 150 cm, 300 x 150 cm 250 x 150 cm, 300 x 150 cm 250 x 125 cm, 250 x 150 cm,

300 x 150 cm

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Xlife sheet Features: • crosswise glue-bonded birch plywood • force-orientated glue-bonding lines • front (concrete-facing side) and rear covered with

plastic skin

Surface of sheet (rear / side facing concrete)

• • • • • • •

non-absorbent surface sheet for smooth concrete surfaces high numbers of repeat uses screwed onto panel from rear normal pore formation light-coloured concrete is only used in Framax Xlife, Alu-Framax Xlife, Frami Xlife and Column formwork KS Xlife • available as loose sheets

Formats: • widths: 145 cm • lengths: 265 cm, 325 cm • thicknesses: 21 mm Concrete surface

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Formwork systems and their attributes

When the fair-faced concrete surfaces are being planned and put out to tender, the choice of formwork system is crucial, for both economic and technical reasons. The choice made here decides whether system formwork (framed or timber-beam formwork) can be used for the structure, or whether project-specific custom solutions will be required. Impact of the formwork on the surface appearance: In general, three groups of formwork are differentiated; these may be used both for walls (straight/curved walls, columns) and for floor-slabs:

• system-based framed formwork • system-based timber-beam formwork • custom timber-beam formwork

The high usage intensity, flexible handling, short formingtimes, rapid delivery times and rentability of pre-assembled framed and timber-beam formworks make them extremely cost-effective. The big advantage of project-specific custom solutions is their complete adaptation to the geometry and surface of the structure to be formed. Factory pre-assembly of the formwork elements permits short forming-times, but requires longer lead-times for the design, planning and assembly work, as well as calling for very special care in transit. More on this from Page 24 onward.

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Design details

Edges

Corners and edges are usually not cast with sharp edges, because these can easily be damaged when the formwork is struck, and in everyday use.

• Timber triangular ledges should be used on formwork

Any triangular ledges used in the casting of fair-faced concrete must be suitable for the type of form-ply being used, in order to prevent colour differences caused by different absorption behaviours:

To achieve clean sharp-edged corners, the formwork must be sealed by other means than triangular ledges, in order to prevent seepage of fine-grained mortar. Sharp-edged corners can best be achieved with Large-area formwork Top 50.

faced with with 3-ply sheets or boards (i.e. an absorbent triangular ledge with an absorbent form-ply)

• With Framax Xlife / Alu-Framax Xlife framed formwork,

PVC triangular ledges (chamfers) should be used (i.e. a non-absorbent triangular ledge with a non-absorbent form-ply)

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Form-tie point Fair-faced concrete universal cone 22mm The Fair-faced concrete universal cone 22mm consists of a Universal cone 22mm to which a Sealing disc 43 has already been stuck. The Fair-faced concrete universal cone 22mm prevents finegrained mortar seeping out due to minor inaccuracies or where form-ties are placed at a slight angle.

Closing off the form-tie point Fair-faced concrete plug 22mm (concrete) Fibre-concrete cone for sealing the finished formtie point once this has been prepared with the Fairfaced concrete universal cone 22mm or the Universal cone 22mm.

Fair-faced concrete plug 22mm (plastic) Plastic cone for sealing the finished form-tie point once this has been prepared with the Fair-faced concrete universal cone 22mm or the Universal cone 22mm.

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Costing calculations

The aim here is to obtain certainty regarding the likely formwork costs. In principle, it may be said that it is the architectural ideas which decide.

By way of example, the table below compares the relative costs of using various different wall formwork systems, e.g. for straight walls in a building-construction project.

Factors influencing the formwork costs: • formwork rental, formwork planning, joints, edges and

sealings • purchasing form-facing, assembly and dismantling,

storage and care • other purchased components, transport and handling,

corrective maintenance of formwork

Figures given in % Rental costs per m² for 1 month Formwork operations scheduling Freight costs Reconditioning Service guarantee (cleaning & repair) Assembly / dismantling Form-facing (large-format) Total one-off costs for a 1-month on-site assignment

Framax Xlife framed formwork*

FF20 wall formwork

Top 50 custom timber-beam formwork

65 %

45 %

35 %

5%

5%

40 %

5%

10 %

10 %

25 %

15 %

10 %

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25 % 50 %

95 % 60 %

100 %

150 %

250 %

* standard rented formwork with no changes of form-facing The higher the desired quality, the higher the equipment costs and the time outlays.

Results and appraisal

Reference builds

When areas of fair-faced concrete are given acceptance inspection and appraisal, the main emphasis is placed on evaluating the overall impression of a structure or part of a structure when viewed from a reasonable distance. To the extent permitted by the limitations that are typical of the type of construction and the type of materials used, the visible surfaces should achieve a harmonious overall appearance. Any chance irregularities are technologyspecific and are characteristic of fair-faced concrete.

Discover a selection of the many fair-faced concrete projects that have been carried out using Doka formwork – from Page 41 onwards, or at www.doka.com/ffc . More information, such as wordings for invitations to tender, may be found at www.doka.com under “Know-how”.

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Formwork systems and their attributes

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Framed formwork Framax Xlife Very cost-effective, thanks to high number of re-use cycles

Framax Xlife is the framed formwork system that uses only a very few different panel formats to achieve a consist-

ent 15 cm increment-grid, no matter whether the panels are stood upright or on their sides. All the connectors and accessories fit seamlessly into this grid – making for fast forming-times and high efficiency.

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The advantages for you

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• pre-fabricated framed formwork

5 1 1

panels • • • •

dened panel widths and heights faced with Xlife sheet frame imprints in the concrete form-ply screwed on from the rear

(no marks left in the concrete from form-ply fixing screws or nails) • neat horizontal and vertical joint

pattern

0 7 2

0 3 3

5 5 1

5 3 1 5 , 7 5

A) Form-tie locations

• tidy, xed tie-hole pattern • exible, as panels can be com-

bined (15 cm increments) • panels can be combined both horizontally and vertically

Frame imprint: W=18 mm, D=1.5 mm

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Form-tie point with framed formwork

Large-area formwork Top 50 The large-area formwork for all shapes and loads

Large-area formwork Top 50 is a customisable “construction kit” formwork system designed to accomplish many very diverse types of task. The shape, size, tie-hole pattern and form-facing of the elements can be adapted to suit any requirement. By using extra items from the Doka standard range, wider tie spacing can be achieved than with conventional formwork systems.

The advantages for you • timber-beam formwork pre-assembled on project-

specific basis • choice of form-facings (e.g. for smooth fair-faced

concrete, wood structure, etc.) • • • •

no frame imprints for every shape of structure adaptable to different formwork pressures free choice of form-tie and joint patterns (within

statically permitted limits)

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Wall formwork FF20 The site-ready timber-beam formwork with a system-grid

Thanks to its ready-assembled standard elements, Wall formwork FF20 combines the advantages of timber-beam formwork (no frame imprints) with the grid-related advantages of a framed formwork system.

Element heights:

The advantages for you • no frame imprints • pre-assembled formwork ele-

A) Form-tie locations * only in Germany

ments • dened panel widths and heights • tie-hole pattern dictated by the system; horizontally variable • beam assemblies for attaching

Element widths:

variable form-facings are possible 0.50 m

0.75 m

1.00 m

2.00 m

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Doka Xtra, Dokaflex 1-2-4 The fast, versatile hand-set system

These value-for-money, high-speed systems have a pre-defined stripping sequence which boosts efficiency and evens out the site crew’s workload. Any type of form-facing can be used, enabling all architectural wishes regarding the concrete surface to be met.

Note: When formwork sheets are used that have been subjected to different degrees of usage, colour differences may occur on the concrete, brought about by the sheets’ different absorption behaviour.

The advantages for you • for shoring heights of up to 7.50 m • inll zones dealt with by telescoping the beams, in

the system • • • •

no frame imprints easy to adapt to walls and columns any type of form-facing can be used when Dokadur panels are used, a slight frame imprint

is visible on the concrete

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Dokamatic tables, Dokaflex tables The unbeatably fast tableforms that adapt perfectly to any slab

Fast forming of large areas of slab can be so easy, and so safe. With Dokamatic tables, fitting standard functional components couldn’t be simpler. And this system’s adaptability to widely differing requirements on the site is another factor making it so safe and unbeatably fast.

The advantages for you • 4 standard formats with an underlying “grid” logic:

2.50 x 4.00 m / 2.50 x 5.00 m / 2.00 x 4.00 m 2.00 x 5.00 m / custom formats possible • Tableforms faced with ‘3-S plus’ formwork sheets,

21 or 27 mm. For Germany, tableforms faced with plywood sheets are also available. • Where exibility in the choice of form-facing is

required, the Dokamatic table grille is available. • Pre-dened table grid • No frame imprints

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Note: When formwork sheets are used that have been subjected to different degrees of usage, colour differences may occur on the concrete, brought about by the sheets’ different absorption behaviour.

The formwork catalogue

Formwork-technology pathbreakers. The entire spectrum of Doka products and services is presented in a clear and wellstructured way on the 516 pages of the formwork catalogue. This gives you a great overview of the Doka company, its services and its formwork systems.

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Doka Services

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Doka Services Support in every phase of the project

Every project is unique. Nevertheless, there is one thing that all construction projects have in common – and that is a basic structure with five phases. Doka’s consulting, planning and ancillary services help you achieve effective implementation of your formwork assignment using our formwork products – in every one of these phases.

1 Project development phase

2 Tendering phase

3 Operations scheduling phase

Taking well-founded decisions

Optimising the preliminary work

Right formwork, right time, right place

thanks to professional advice and consulting

with Doka as an experienced partner on fair-faced concrete projects

thanks to professionally planned formwork concepts

Find the ideal surface design and precisely define the overall parameters with the aid of

Draw up winning bids that take full account of the fair-faced concrete specifications, by • basing them on realistic guide line prices • making the right choice of form work system

Plan realistically right from the outset, thanks to

• having the right time and cost-

• taking full account of the fair-

• help with the bid invitation • in-depth analysis of the initial

situation • objective evaluation of the plan-

ning, execution, and time-risks

calculation basis

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• detailed offers • determination of the commis -

sioning quantities • co-ordination of lead-times and

handover deadlines faced concrete specifications

4 Execution of (shell) construction work

5 Completion of (shell) construction

The optimum solution for your fair-faced concrete project “Spot-on” goal-fulfilment

Professional advice, consulting and project oversight by Doka Formwork Experts lead to the fair-faced concrete specifications being properly fulfilled, and thus to satisfied clients, architects and contractors. Cost savings and time gains

Selecting the right formwork systems, and using them according to plan, is the foundation for business success. Transparency

Because our services and costs are completely transparent, there is no need for improvisation during the project – and no unpleasant surprises at the end of it. Reduced close-out costs

Optimum resource utilisation

Seeing things through to a positive conclusion

with assistance from the Doka Formwork Experts

with professional support

Workflow optimisation, thanks to

Doka Services are a byword for transparency and efficiency here, offering

• thorough utilisation planning • project technicians who have

huge experience with fair-faced concrete • appropriate transport logistics • on-site support

Our professional advice on the selection, quality and correct use of the equipment helps you avoid damage, minimise wear-and-tear and reduce subsequent finishingwork on the concrete surface.

• jointly handled return of rented

formwork • professional dismantling • efcient cleaning and recondi -

tioning using special equipment

A selection of Doka’s services is presented on the following pages. Your Doka adviser will be pleased to give you comprehensive information on all the services that Doka offers.

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Information builds confidence

Doka’s broad range of information offerings will give you an overview of all the many possibilities of the product and service portfolio, and of reference projects covering all fields of formwork engineering. You’ll receive information on the technically correct way to describe fair-faced concrete, as well as in-depth information on how to make the best use of Doka formwork systems in practice.

Project support

With its tailor-made advisory services, Doka can help you to optimise your workflows in every phase of your project – to boost the success of your fair-faced concrete project. Doka project support comprises: • detailed identication of customer requirements, and

especially of the requirements regarding fair-faced concrete surfaces • advice and consulting on all business, technical and

logistical issues regarding the formwork operations

Reference builds

Come and see what Doka formwork systems are capable of, and the concrete surfaces they achieve – in action at the site or by viewing the completed structure. Profit from the opportunity of sharing views and experience onsite with Doka formwork specialists, the lead contractor and a representative of the project owners.

Doka fair-faced concrete seminars

The “Doka Professional” fair-faced concrete seminar provides not just formwork know-how but also information on topics like release-agents and concrete science that are relevant to fair-faced concreting. As well as these courses, Doka naturally also has comprehensive continuing training offerings covering all fields of formwork technology.

More profitability and certainty from better knowledge • accurate documentation and properly trained staff

give you greater peace of mind

• peace of mind from knowing that your planning

is based on up-to-date information and tried-andtested systems

• you benet from our state-of-the-art technical

knowledge

• the success that comes from working with capable

partners

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Selecting the formwork system

The choice of formwork solution has a crucial influence on the fair-faced concrete result as well as on the profitability of your project. On the basis of the project requirements and the fair-faced concrete specifications, a detailed formwork concept is drawn up. Compliance with the required deadlines, quality and costs takes top priority here.

Doka Engineering

Benefit from the high capability of the Doka Formwork Experts right from the very beginning of your project. Their technical preparations communicate all of the knowledge needed for a successful project, and include technical support such as quantity surveys or calculations to determine the commissioning quantities.

Tender drawings and project structural analysis

The Doka formwork concept, complete with details of the underlying assumptions and stipulated boundary conditions, is presented in tender drawings – as the basis for your planning! It goes without saying that every formwork solution that we plan undergoes statical analysis to ensure its stability and fitness for purpose. And user safety is given equally great emphasis, of course.

Presentation of the formwork concept

Doka specialists provide detailed explanations of our bid, with an in-depth presentation of the services that it includes and how these influence the concreting results. This precise and accurate information saves you valuable time.

Profit from thorough, accurate planning • accurate, detailed planning provides certainty

regarding costings

• enjoy the certainty of high equipment availability

and flexible materials-scheduling

• prot from deploying inspected, top-quality

formwork equipment

• time-savings due to the co-ordinated, transparent

workflows • time-savings due to the optimised logistics

concepts for the site

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Formwork utilisation plans

Thorough, accurate planning is the basis for fast, safe forming operations. Doka planning is carried out on an engineering basis in accordance with the applicable Standards and rules. To simplify implementation, Doka can draw up bills of materials which will give you a good overview of all the products and services. If you wish, Doka experts will be pleased to draw up cycle plans for you, so that you can make optimised use of the required quantity of formwork, and also elevation plans showing the spacing of form-ties and the joint grid.

Structure modelling

To give you a better visualisation of complex geometries, Doka technicians can model the structure for you.

3D planning

Modern structure geometries call for modern planning methods and expert knowledge. Doka technicians will develop 3D-models for you as the basis for your formwork.

“Ready-to-Use” service

Doka system formwork covers wide areas of formwork applications. The special requirements of fair-faced concrete projects often call for special measures, however. This is where the Doka “Ready-to-Use” Service comes in, “tailor-making” custom formwork units for you. Each such custom formwork is very precisely crafted to ensure accurate assembly on the site.

Formwork Instructors The Doka Formwork Instructor is a specially trained and experienced practitioner who explains to your crew how to use the formwork effectively and safely. As well as the Formwork Instructors, Doka offers many other onsite services such as onsite formwork erection and consulting by fair-faced concrete experts. Especially when tough specifications are made regarding the concrete finish, it is more important than ever to ensure that the forming operations are performed correctly and without any makeshift improvisations.

Higher efficiency and profitability by getting the formwork-planning right • faster forming progress from precision planning

and optimised formwork utilisation • site team’s motivation boosted by working with

well-functioning formwork solutions

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• safety enhanced by detailed planning • image-boost from working on complex structures

Reconditioning Service

Doka rental formwork and client-owned Doka equipment is cleaned and overhauled here, to Doka quality standards, by the Doka Reconditioning Service. This lengthens its service life and means that on your next forming assignment, you can be sure of having perfectly functioning formwork equipment – always a precondition for top-quality concreting results.

Cleaning

Accumulated dirt is removed from the formwork using special equipment and industrialised procedures so as to fulfil the Doka quality standards. Depending on the degree of soiling and the product, the cleaning operation will comprise both wet cleaning, mechanical cleaning and special cleaning.

Dismantling by “Ready-to-Use” service

Formwork units are dismantled in the Doka Ready-to-Use Service centres, client-owned equipment is sorted and any non-reusable formwork equipment can be disposed of properly on request. In this way, you can concentrate fully on your own core competences.

Final review meeting

Doka joins with the client to analyse the finished project with regard to its technical planning and execution, the project realisation and the “bottom-line” of the project in terms of pricing, equipment commissioning quantities, logistics and the quality of the processes. This helps both parties to locate any optimisation potential for future projects that we work on together.

You benefit on completion of (shell) construction, too • puts you on an upward success curve, as we jointly

locate optimisation potential for future projects • no worries, thanks to our fair, transparent procedures • our professional disassembly service reduces

close-out costs • shorter rental duration, which cuts your costs • outsourcing the cleaning work saves you time and

resources

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Residential construction – reference builds Model housing development in Hadersdorf, Vienna, House n° 6 Detached home in Petrisberg Han Bit terraced housing Detached home in Vienna

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Model housing development in Hadersdorf, Vienna, House n° 6 Location

Vienna, Austria Contractors

Strabag, Vienna Architects

Roger Diener, Basle (CH) Formwork

Wall formwork FF20 Form-facing

Texture sheet 3-SO Special feature

Textured formwork sheets on FF20 formwork (screwed on from rear), form-tie points and suspension points for platforms in defined grid pattern

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The architecture firm of Krischanitz was behind this model housing development, consisting of 10 apartment buildings on an 8000 m² plot on the outskirts of Vienna. 9 noted architects from Austria, Germany and Switzerland were each invited to design one of the buildings.

All the buildings were required to be constructed solely from concrete, to demonstrate the huge variety of shapes and forms that are possible with this material.

Detached home in Petrisberg Together with the client, the architecture firm of Denzer & Poensgen from Cologne here devised a striking spatial and residential concept: With around 470 m² of residential space on 3 levels, the building – which is almost entirely in fair-

faced concrete – alludes to the legacy of Roman building culture which may be found throughout the historic city of Trier. Its clearly organised design features paths, patios, passageways, indoor and outdoor spaces, with the result that living in this house is a truly unique experience.

A microcosm of a small ancient town, in fact: closed to the outside, and then gradually opening itself to residents and visitors alike as one moves inwards, culminating in an architecturally styled atrium with a water basin as an oasis of green at the heart of the building.

Location

Trier, Germany Contractors

Josef Schmitz GmbH, Grosslittgen Architects

Denzer & Poensgen, Cologne Formwork

Large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing

Film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet Special feature

Stipulated joint and form-tie pattern

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Han Bit terraced housing Location

Zurich, Switzerland Contractors

Toneatti AG, Jona Architects

Burkhalter Sumi Architekten, Zurich Formwork


Timber planks

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The “Han Bit” terraced housing development in Herrliberg comprises three separate homes. All the facade surfaces are in

fair-faced concrete. For the fair-faced concrete formwork, rough-cut planks were mounted on pre-assembled timber-beam formwork

elements. The architect specified that these planks had to be replaced after every single pouring cycle.

Detached home in Vienna A house in an exposed hillside situation on the outskirts of Vienna: The grounds are terraced by three long retaining walls which the structure appears to hover above. The house itself is made up of 3 separate zones: the plinth, the ground-

floor plateau and the “box”. Two retaining walls running in parallel with the hillside merge with the basement and the terrace to form a stone plinth as part of the modelled terrain. On this plateau is the living-room, with a semi-openplan kitchen. The room-high glazed areas on

the southern and northern sides set the boundaries of the interior, although in visual terms the living-room extends out to encompass the entire area of the plateau. This offers unobstructed views out onto the surrounding countryside and the hills of the Vienna Woods.

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Vienna, Austria Contractors

Habau, Vienna Architects

Zechner & Zechner ZT, Vienna; Architect Monika Breu Formwork

Framax framed formwork Form-facing

Dokaplex formwork sheet Special feature

Framax grid as specified by architect

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Building and industrial construction – reference builds Building for BTV bank and assorted investors, Telfs Main railway station, Innsbruck Pharmacy, Ebenthal Office building in Hall-West Premises for Smart Letter u. Services Versand Versand GmbH Schuhhaus Görtz footwear emporium Domhotel Bâtiment Administratif Axento

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Blumenstrasse Administration Building E.ON administration building Modezentrum Osthafen, Labels II Parking deck at Biberach District Clinic Centre National de L’Audiovisuel (CNA) Isar-Amper clinic Vision on State New multipurpose building Torre de Control GÉV HUNIBER Graphisoft

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Building for BTV bank and assorted investors, Telfs Location

Telfs, Austria Contractors

Bodner Kufstein Architects

Noldin & Noldin Architekten Formwork

Framed formwork Framax Xlife, Large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing

Dokaplex formwork sheet

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With its extensive fair-faced concrete surfaces, this new branch building for Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg is a new architectural landmark right in the centre of Telfs.

One third of the floor-space was built for the bank branch, and the other two thirds for public bodies and private companies.

Main railway station, Innsbruck Identical colouration throughout; exact, sharp concrete edges; dimensional accuracy to within millimetres; no tie-holes to be visible in the concrete,

and a stipulated joint-mark pattern – these were the tough specifications for Innsbruck’s new main rail station, perfectly fulfilled using formwork from Doka.

Location

Innsbruck, Austria Contractors

Alpine Mayreder, Kematen Architects

Riegler Riewe, Graz Formwork



Columns and walings with no construction joints; dyed fairfaced concrete; SCC; concrete poured via filler neck in the formwork

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Pharmacy, Ebenthal Location

Ebenthal, Austria Contractors

OVEN Bau, Carinthia Architects

Trecolore Architects (Architekturbüro Dorn Ziviltechniker GmbH, Annenheim) Formwork

Framax framed formwork, Circular formwork H20 Form-facing


Concrete ring was cast on its side and then lifted into the upright via pivot joints

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The main elements of this building are its 2 curved reinforced-concrete beams, which give it the necessary

statical stability and its extraordinary appearance. The reinforced-concrete beams are 26 m long and 9 m high,

and each weigh around 131 tonnes. Because of these massive dimensions, they were cast using a special process. The reinforced-concrete beams were poured flat on the ground, on their sides, connected to the foundations by articulated steel joints. After curing, the r.-c. beams were lifted into position by mobile cranes and the articulated joints were welded together and then embedded in concrete.

Office building in Hall-West Situated at a busy crossroads, this four-storey structure was designed in dark grey fair-faced concrete. It includes a carpark, business premises and offices on approx. 8000 m2 of floor-space. The use of Doka 3-SO three-ply sheets mounted on Framax Xlife led to the horizontally orientated appearance pattern of the fair-faced concrete facade. In order to match the tiehole pattern to the format

of the 3-SO sheets, timber closures were fitted between the panels to allow more flexible spacing of the formties. Around the windows, the construction joints were emphasised with trapezoidal strips.

Location Hall-in-Tirol, Austria Contractors Fröschl, Hall-in-Tirol Architects Martin Kinzner, Hall-in-Tirol Formwork Framax framed formwork Form-facing 3-SO formwork sheet Special feature Designed with accentuated joints, special platform for outside formwork, concrete dyed an anthracite shade

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Premises for Smart Letter u. Services Versand GmbH Location Innsbruck, Austria Contractors Universale Innsbruck Architects Malojer, DI Kohler, Innsbruck Formwork Framed formwork Framax Xlife Form-facing Xlife sheet Special feature Platform suspension points incorporated in tie-hole pattern

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The defining design elements of this building are the two 60m long and 10m high fair-faced concrete walls that enclose its eastern and western sides.

The architect specified that the form-tie and joint pattern was to be kept as uniform as possible across the entire area of these walls. To meet this specification, only one

single size of panel (Framax Xlife 240x330) was used in the forming operations. For the second wall casting section, the form-tie points of the first casting section were used as the suspension points for the platform. This enabled the formwork pattern to be retained in this area as well. The fair-faced concrete team was a model of successful co-operation, enabling superb results to be achieved.

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Schuhhaus Görtz footwear emporium Costing around ten million euros, the revamped and newly built six-storey Görtz shoe-shop and fashion store stands out for its fascinating interplay of architectural shapes. One of its distinctive features is the load-bearing, rhombus-patterned CIP

concrete construction beside the escalator. Consisting of three X-shaped crosses on each storey, this construction elbows across in the horizontal at fourth-floor ceiling height to act as the supporting construction for the overhead roof glazing of the escalator-well.

Location Hanover, Germany Contractors Wilhelm Wallbrecht GmbH & Co KG, Hanover Architects BLOCHER BLOCHER Partners, Stuttgart Formwork Wall formwork FF20 elements, some of them faced; timber components for large box-outs Form-facing Dokaplex formwork sheet; filmcoated multi-ply formwork sheet Special feature Due to the tight radii, the rounded inside corners were executed with bent plywood and paintwork.

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Domhotel Location Linz, Austria Contractors Strabag Linz Architects Hohensinn Architektur, Graz Formwork Framed formwork Framax Xlife Form-facing Dokaplex formwork sheet Special feature Building inclines in two directions; facade consists of columns and downstand beams only; exterior walls in CIP concrete with no visible form-tie holes.

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As well as by its location and amenities, the hotel is characterised by modern architecture and contempo-

rary design which blend in harmoniously with the adjacent cathedral precinct. Four storeys plus one roof storey

high, the facades incline inwards as the building rises, so as to fit in with the roofscape of the adjoining baroque buildings. The strictly composed facade structure harmonises with the neo-gothic proportions of the Mariendom cathedral. The modern, aesthetically appealing yet inviting interior fittings exude a sense of hospitality, ease and comfort.

Bâtiment Administratif Axento The extraordinary design by the Luxembourg architecture firm Arlette Schneiders Architectes provides for two asymmetrically nested cubes, with a shopping arcade on the ground floor.

Stairways in two five-storey ed members in three vertical high halls lead up to the sections. floors arranged in an L-shape around the inside cube. The technically demanding fairfaced concrete surfaces of the facades were cast against the load-bearing prefabricat-

Location Kirchberg, Luxembourg Contractors Tralux Architects Arlette Schneiders Formwork Large-area formwork Top 50 Dokamatic table Form-facing Film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet Special feature Fair-faced concrete-facade consisting of three vertical casting sections, each 10 m high

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Blumenstrasse Administration Building Location Munich, Germany Contractors Dechant Hoch- und Ing.bau GmbH&Co.KG, Weismain Architects Meck Architekten, Munich Formwork Large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing Film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet Special feature Non-tied façade formwork on special platforms, coloured concrete

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The two-leaf concrete facade of this six-storey administration building in the centre of Munich was constructed in red fair-faced concrete and

merges seamlessly with the red brick facade of the nextdoor building. The specified sharp edges and invisible form-tie points called for a

working platform without any suspension points on the exterior facade.

E.ON administration building On a very cramped site at E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH’s Zolling power station stands this energy-efficient new administration

building. Nearly 13 m tall, this compact structure is built mainly in fair-faced concrete and has a south-facing slant to make better use of natural

daylight. This 26° slant on the southern side means that the side walls are trapezoidal in shape, and that the facades overhang on the southern side and have a rearward inclination on the north side. The walls and soffits in the centrally located entrance concourse, in the fire station housed in the west wing, and in the 3.30 m high typical storeys, are all executed in “Class 3 fair-faced concrete” as defined in the DBV Code of Practice.

Location Zolling, Germany Contractors Porr Deutschland, Murnau Branch Architects Boesel Benkert Hohberg Architekten, Munich Formwork Framed formwork Framax Xlife, Dokamatic tables Form-facing Xlife sheet Special feature Diagonally inclined building with haunched soffits

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Modezentrum Osthafen, Labels II Location Berlin, Germany Contractors Ingenierbau-Gesellschaft mbH, Berlin Architects HHF Architekten, Basle Formwork Large-area formwork Top 50 Wall formwork FF20 Dokamatic table Form-facing FF20 formwork sheeting Special feature Walls executed in Class SB 2 fair-faced concrete. Parabolic window arches criss-cross the facade and the building as a whole, and so also characterise the formwork solution

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Berlin is trying to recapture concrete, 1180 m² of Wall its glory days as a capital of formwork FF20 were used. fashion. In one such project, From the ground floor upthe young Swiss architectural practice of HHF Architekten, pupils of Herzog & de Meuron, designed a new building with an extraordinary green facade for the city’s Stralauer Allee fashion cluster. The fair-faced concrete window arches are meant to be reminiscent of curtains, and have 18 different shapes. For these, Doka supplied tailormade elements of Large-area formwork Top 50 faced with profiled timber formers. To form the walls themselves, in category SB 2 fair-faced

wards, the 1380 m² floorslabs were formed using Dokamatic tables.

Parking deck at Biberach District Clinic The system developed by engineering consultants Anselment makes it possible to build basement car-parks, multi-storey car parks and car-parking decks with plenty of useable space that is unobstructed by columns. The complex shaping of the coffered haunch plates, consisting of longitudinal and transversal haunches, makes very high demands indeed of the formworkmakers. The parking deck at the District Clinic in Biberach was built on top of an existing car-parking area and merges with the contours of a hill. Every slab span and every haunch becomes narrower

in the longitudinal direction, and the column cross-sections decrease from 1.30 m to 1.20 m. As the downhill gradient of each casting section increased from 0.40% to 5.15%, every single formwork element had its own separate

longitudinal and transverse gradient. In each case, the shape of the skewed plywood face was dictated by precision-cut profiled timber formers mounted on Dokamatic table grilles.

Location Biberach, Germany Contractors Grüner & Mühlschlegel, Biberach Architects Planungsbüro Anselment, Möller & Partner GmbH, Karlsruhe Formwork Custom tableforms, Top 50 system Form-facing Dokaplex formwork sheet Special feature Constantly varying longitudinal and transverse gradients; all formwork-sets pre-assembled by the Doka Ready-to-Use Service

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Centre National de L’Audiovisuel (CNA)

Location Luxembourg Contractors CDC Construction, Luxembourg Architects Paul Bretz Formwork Large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing Dokaplex formwork sheet Special feature Plastic tubing used to protect the projecting reinforcement against rust

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Designed by architect Paul Bretz, this cube-shaped, 68 m x 68 m two/three-storey new building houses the Luxem-

bourg motion-picture collection of the Centre National de L’Audiovisuel (CNA) and stands out for its 24,300 m²

of high-quality fair-faced concrete walls.

Isar-Amper clinic On the approx. 150 m x 70 m extension of the forensic department of this specialist hospital for

psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine, several sections of wall had to be built in fair-faced

concrete with a defined sheet and form-tie pattern. Due to the pour-heights of up to 7.00 m and more, all the formwork was designed for a high (90 kN/m²) freshconcrete pressure.

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Taufkirchen, Germany Contractors

Josef Hübl, Velden Architects

Joachim Ganz, Berlin Formwork



Fair-faced concrete-facade with pre-defined grid for form-ties and joints between formwork sheets

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Vision on State Location

Chicago, USA Contractors

Concrete Structures of the Mid-West Architects

Pappageorge Haymes Ltd Formwork


Film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet and plastic reveals

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The Vision on State is a 21-storey residential building in Chicago. The storeys were constructed in a 6-day cycle. The stairwell core was built

with Climbing formwork MF240. The columns were formed with Large-area formwork Top 50 and Framed formwork Frami.

New multipurpose building This multipurpose building in fair-faced concrete was built by the architect Antonio Gonella and by the JV of Edilscavil srl, Costruzioni Edilcar di Albano S.A. and I.M.I di Piantoni Enzo. The build-

ing has a long, travertineclad colonnade along its main facade and was built entirely from self-compacting concrete. To save on labour costs, the Large-area formwork Top 50 was supplied to the site ready-assembled.

The form-tie grid stipulated by the architect creates an aesthetic pattern in the fairfaced concrete walls of the interior rooms.

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Sotto il monte Giovanni XXIII, Italy Contractors

Edil Scavil Architects

Antonio Gonella Formwork


3-SO formwork sheets Special feature

SCC, timber imprint on concrete

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Torre de Control Location

Santiago de Compostela, Spain Contractors

Dragados Architects

GOP Oficina de proyectos / GHESA Ingeniería y Tecnología Formwork

Doka large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing


White concrete, rustprotected reinforcements

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The control tower of Santiago de Compostela Airport was built in white fair-faced concrete. To be sure of

achieving optimum results, contractors Dragados poured trial walls beforehand. The control tower rises from

a star-shaped groundplan, with intersecting walls of different heights. The form-tie pattern for the walls was also prescribed by the architect. The platform which cantilevers out at a height of over 40 m was safely shored with the aid of Doka loadbearing towers d2. Based on Large-area formwork Top 50, the formwork solution adapted perfectly to the shapes of the tower and came equipped with safe working platforms.

GÉV HUNIBER Graphisoft This architectural award winning building was created using Large-area formwork Top 50. The

many “windows” in the fairfaced concrete walls serve as a design element and were constructed with the aid of

box-outs nailed onto the formwork elements.

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Budapest, Hungary Contractors

Gév-Huniber Kft. Architects

TEN Építész Műterem Bt. Formwork

Framed formwork Framax Xlife, Large-area formwork Top 50 Circular formwork H20 Form-facing

Film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet, 3-SO formwork sheets

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Sporting facilities and cultural edifices – reference builds Museum Liaunig Sölden Cemetery Red Rock National Conservation Area Bergen-Belsen Memorial Ferry Porsche Congress Centre Church community centre for Christengemeinschaft in Bayern Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg Pinakothek der Moderne (art gallery) Seebad Kaltern / Lido di Caldaro lakeside bathing centre Hajós Alfréd swimming pool

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Museum Liaunig Location

Neuhaus, Austria Contractors

Strabag, Carinthia Architects

querkraft - architekten zt gmbh, Vienna Formwork



SCC concrete for 7m high walls, travelling unit

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The concept for the Liaunig private museum comprises 4 strikingly distinctive building members. It encompasses a 600 m² viewable storage area, the 160 m long main exhibition corridor, the 500 m² room for graphics and a separate room (approx. 350 m²) for the gold collection. The main focus of the formwork planning work was on the “fair-faced concrete tunnel” with its length of 160 m. For this, the timberbeam formwork elements were hung from a repositionable construction. This made it possible to travel the 10.40 m long and over 7 m high “formwork curtains” relatively easily from one casting section to the next.

Sölden Cemetery Using Doka formwork, contractors Hilti & Jehle achieved superb fair-faced concrete on this project to remodel the church forecourt and extend the cemetery in the Austrian town of Sölden. Planned by architect Raimund Rainer and commissioned by the local authority, the project was implemented to the client’s complete satisfaction. The limited space available in the centre of the town and the high quality specifications laid down by the client presented a major challenge to the planning architect and the contractors, and to Doka as the formwork supplier.

In view of the stringent quality specifications, this project called for close collaboration between the architect (Rainer), the construction supervisor of the municipality of Sölden, the contractors Hilti & Jehle (Ried), the Rödlach structural design office (Telfs) and the formwork specialist Doka, in order to achieve optimum concreting results.

Location

In this connection it was particularly important to define a concrete appearance – with uniform spacing of the joints and form-ties – that not only fulfilled the aesthetic demands but also took account of formwork-technology practicalities.

Form-facing

Sölden, Austria Contractors

Auer, Umhausen; Hilti & Jehle, Ried Architects

Rainer Raimund, Innsbruck Formwork

Framax framed formwork, Wall formwork FF20 Dokaplex formwork sheet Special feature

Wall with 30° rearward inclination; up to 7 m high

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Red Rock National Conservation Area Location

Near Las Vegas, USA Contractors

Armada Construction Architects

Line and Space Architects Formwork

Large-area formwork Top 50 with profiled timber formers Form-facing


Red dyed fair-faced concrete

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The Red Rock Canyon is drawing ever larger crowds, and this has made it necessary to build a dedicated visitor centre. On this project, a jumble of red fair-faced concrete elements catches the eye.

Eleven fair-faced concrete walls, all of different heights, are nested inside one another. The surfaces and edges are at a different angle on every single wall. The wall heights range here from approx. 2.75 m to 5.80 m.

The result is an architectural masterpiece that blends brilliantly into its surroundings yet is an unmissable eye-catcher for the over one million visitors who flock here every year.

Bergen-Belsen Bergen-Bels en Memorial In the Lüneburg Heath district north-east of Hanover lies the Bergen-Belsen Memorial. Now, 65 years

after the concentration camp was liberated, the Memorial is being extended – with an elongated and gently slop-

ing documentation centre constructed almost entirely of fair-faced concrete on both inside and out. The ideas and planning work for this exhibition building were supplied by architects KSP Engel und Zimmermann of Braunschweig. They make very deliberate and conscious use of concrete as a powerful design element in its own right. The result is a 195 m long, 18 m wide and up to 12 m high two-storey fair-faced concrete structure with a good 1500 m² of exhibition space and archive rooms. The roof area runs nearly horizontally, while the floor rises by around 2.0 m over the entire length.

Location

Bergen-Belsen, Germany Contractors

Wilhelm Wallbrecht GmbH & Co KG, Hanover Architects

KSP Engel und Zimmermann Architekten, Braunschweig Formwork


3-SO formwork sheet

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Ferry Porsche Congress Centre Location

Zell am See, Austria Contractors

HV Bau GmbH Architects

Perler&Scheurer Architekten BDA (with Jens Giesecke Architekten) Formwork

Framed formwork Framax Xlife, Large-area formwork Top 50 Wall formwork FF20 Form-facing


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The Ferry Porsche Congress Centre is a multifunctional event venue belonging to the municipality of Zell am See-Kaprun that can be used for many different types of public function. In the basement levels, Framax Xlife extra-large panels 2.40 x 3.30 m were used, and Framax Xlife panels for the stairwells. From the ground floor up, the site crew cast all the walls using FF20 elements.

Church centre for Christengem Christengemeinschaft einschaft in Bayern The oval entrance porch of the new church community centre for the “Christengemeinschaft in Bayern” in the Munich suburb of Pasing undulates in and out at the front before meeting in a pointed tip at the apex. The only extra treatment given to the fair-faced concrete-surface was a varnish coating. Framed formwork Framax Xlife served as the supporting construction here. Profiled timber formers were used for adaptation to the shape of structure, with multi-ply formwork sheets being used as the form-ply.

Location

Munich, Germany Contractors

Wittkopf Bauunternehmen GmbH, Inchenhofen Architects

bpr architektur und design, Stuttgart Formwork

Framed formwork Framax Xlife Form-facing


Fair-faced concrete entrance porch cast separately as a precast member

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Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg Location

Wolfsburg, Germany Contractors

E. Heitkamp Architects

Zaha Hadid Ltd & Mayer Bährle Freie Architekten BDA Formwork


Tongue-and-groove boards Special feature

SCC, structure geometry

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With its extraordinary geometry and the required fair-faced concrete quality, the Phaeno Science Centre

breaks wholly new ground in terms of formwork usage. The construction material used also sets a new bench-

mark: The building was mainly cast with SCC – self-compacting concrete.

Pinakothek der Moderne (art gallery) With around 15,000 m² of exhibition space, Germany’s biggest museum of modern art opens itself

towards the city-centre as a light and airy conservatory on the south side of the building, while the northern

side offers an unobstructed view of the older “Alte” and “Neue” Pinakothek galleries. The fair-faced concrete facade was constructed as a thin-walled facing in CIP concrete with a defined 5.6 m x 2.6 m joint grid, projecting horizontal and vertical ribs and sharp edges.

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Munich, Germany Contractors

Alpine Bau Deutschland AG, Eching Architects

Stephan Braunfels Formwork



Accentuated (ribbed) joints

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Seebad Kaltern / Lido di Caldaro lakeside bathing centre Location

Kaltern, South Tyrol (Italy) Contractors

Zimmerhofer, Campo Tures Architects

Ernst J. Fuchs, Vienna the next ENTERprise – architects

The South Tyrolean town of Kaltern is home to a most unusual structure: an openair pool built as a monolithic CIP concrete block, right on the lakefront. The sun-deck “hovers” on six idiosyn-

cratically shaped supporting cores, with the swimming pool sunk into the middle of it. Stringent fair-faced concrete specifications, complex geometries and non-tied supporting cores – these were among the challenges which the various Doka formwork systems had to address.

Formwork

Custom formworks with supporting construction Form-facing

3-SO formwork sheets Special feature

Complicated structure geometry

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Doka 3-SO three-ply sheets also stand out for their very great dimensional stability and high numbers of re-use cycles. At the Kaltern lido, their natural wood structure is being deliberately used as an architectural design element.

Hajós Alfréd swimming pool The use of Large-area formwork Top 50 made it possible to produce a neat formwork and tie-hole pattern on the visually exposed surfaces. On narrower sections of wall, the form-ties were located outside the concrete. On wider sections of wall, the form-tie points were arranged in such a way that they fit in seamlessly with the overall concept.

Location

Budapest, Hungary Contractors

KÉSZ Kft & 31. ÁÉCS Architects

Építész Stúdió Kft. Formwork

Framed formwork Framax Xlife, Large-area formwork Top 50 Form-facing

Xlife sheet, film-coated multi-ply formwork sheet

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Transportation infrastructure – reference builds Hungerburg Funicular, River Inn Bridge Suburban railway at Taxham, nr. Salzburg City Tunnel, Leipzig, Bayerischer Bahnhof station Retaining wall, Winkeln Bridge over Stuttgart-Ulm railway line, BW 1 Viaduc de Verrières Mill Road Overbridge Estakáda Sluncová

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Hungerburg Funicular, River Inn Bridge Location

Innsbruck, Austria Contractors

Strabag AG, Innsbruck Architects

Zaha Hadid Formwork



Each formwork used once only (unique to each casting section); same number and distribution of boards from bottom to top, despite taper

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Innsbruck’s new Hungerburg Funicular makes it possible to take a ride directly from the city centre all the way up to 2200 m above sea level. Two existing gondola cableways were renovated and adapted, and linked to the city centre by a new funicular railway. A central architectural challenge of this project was the diagonal crossing of the River Inn in the heart of Innsbruck. The steel construction of the bridge is carried on cables hung from two 33 m tall pylons. The

pylons are inclined against the direction of pull and have a curved cross-section which varies across the entire height of each pylon. For each height-section, the Doka “Ready-to-Use” Service supplied separate tailor-made shaping-timber boxes. The overall formwork concept was rounded off by an ingenious system for the working platform in each of the height-sections.

Suburban railway at Taxham The equipment used here included Wall formwork FF20 and a pre-assembled steel-waling construction. The exact shape adaptation was achieved using

shaping-timber boxes preassembled by the “Readyto-Use” service. A particular challenge here was the complex geometry in the “kink” on the spherical surface, with

its relatively tight radii. The surface of the pier was sandblasted to give the concrete a matt appearance.

Location

Taxham, nr. Salzburg, Austria Contractors

Alpine Mayreder, Salzburg Architects

Planning consortium of Werner Consult - Bernhard + Partner, BM Ing. Stoik, Ing. Büro Wölfle, Arch.Fally-Halle 1, Vienna Formwork

Wall formwork FF20 Form-facing


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City Tunnel, Leipzig, Bayerischer Bahnhof station Location

Leipzig, Germany Contractors

“ARGE City-Tunnel Leipzig Los B” consortium Architects

Peter Kulka, Dresden Formwork



Integration of bracing struts having both an architectural and a structural function

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The City Tunnel is a twintube railway tunnel linking Leipzig’s main railway station to the Bayerischer Bahnhof station. The 197 m long Bayerischer Bahnhof itself has 11.30 m high fair-faced con-

crete walls. The suspension points for the climbing formwork are integrated into the form-tie pattern and given a similar appearance to the form-tie points. The bracing struts for the stairwells are

placed crossways across the overhead space. Daylighting is provided by a large central opening in the roof of the station.

Retaining wall, Winkeln A new motorway junction at St. Gallen-Winkeln also involved the construction of 1770 m of retaining wall. The contracting JV of ARGE Winkeln carried out the concreting works for this structure using 10 sets of Large-area formwork Top 50. Each of

these sets of formwork was 8.1 m long. Some extremely attractive concrete results were achieved. The forms were faced with Doka 3-SO textured formwork sheets. Despite the large number of casting sections, these delivered superb concrete surfaces.

Location

St. Gallen, Switzerland Contractors

ARGE Winkeln consortium Architects

Wepf Ingenieure, Flawil Formwork


Texture sheet 3-SO

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Bridge over Stuttgart-Ulm railway line, BW 1 Location

Stuttgart, Germany Construction firm

Baresel GmbH, Ulm Architects

Brandolini+Seitz Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Formwork

Large-area formwork Top 50, Heavy-duty supporting system SL-1 Form-facing


Bridge-edge forming wagon used on both sides simultaneously

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This overpass taking a district road across the busy MunichStuttgart railway line stands out for its cantilevered parapets, which have a boardtype surface structure with

a distinctive geometry. The large width of the sidewalk kerbs made it impossible to use a standard overslung edge-kerb forming wagon here. Also, the very limited

clearance between the bridge and the overhead contact line meant that a standard underslung edgekerb forming wagon could not be used either. Instead, a custom solution based on Doka’s steel-compositebridge system had to be devised.

Viaduc de Verrières The 5 piers of this motorway viaduct near Verrières are characterised by their unusual geometrical shape. While the three shorter piers rise in a uniformly tapering conical shape, the two larger ones grow out of a 40 m high parabolic shaft. This parabolic profile is visually accentuated by its projecting haunch.

Location

Midi-Pyrénées, France Contractors

Spie Batignolles - Sogea - Dodin Sud - Razel – VB Architects

André Mascarelli Formwork



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Mill Road Overbridge Location

Ireland Contractors

Sisk Contractors Architects

Murray O’Laoire Formwork


Maritime-pine sheets Special feature

Double-curved mushroom head; pre-assembled by the Doka “Ready-to-Use” Service

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For this bridge superstructure, Doka planned and fabricated 4 sets of special mushroom-head formwork.

The formwork boxes were made from profiled timber formers and faced with maritime-pine sheets. To en-

sure optimum concreting results, the form-facing was also sealed.

Estakáda Sluncová This two-track railway viaduct into the centre of Prague required a custom architectural solution. A project-specific Top 50 large-area formwork was used for the elliptical piers.

Location

Czech Republic Contractors

Skanska DS Architects

Doc. ing. arch. Patrik Kotas Formwork


3-SO formwork sheet

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Reference list This reference list contains a selection of the many fair-faced concrete projects that have been successfully completed using Doka systems.

Residential construction

Detached family home, Lenzburg Switzerland Detached home in Petrisberg Germany Detached home in Vienna Austria Hadersdorf model housing development Austria Han Bit terraced housing Switzerland Lagergasse building Austria Building and industrial construction

Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg Austria Bâtiment Administratif Axento Luxembourg Blumenstrasse Administration Building Germany “BMW Welt”, Munich Germany Bodega de Protos Spain Builder’s yard, Bregenz Austria Building for BTV bank & others, Telfs Austria Casualty hospital, Linz Austria 88

Centre National de L’Audiovisuel (CNA)

Luxembourg Cheese cellar, Lingenau Austria Dog handling school, Allschwil Switzerland Domhotel, Linz Austria E.ON administration building Germany Europark II Austria GÉV Huniber Graphisoft Hungary Inn Side Hotel Germany Innsbruck main station Austria Isar-Amper clinic, Taufkirchen Germany Johanneum remedial pedagogy centre Switzerland Laguardia wine-cellar Spain “Landtag” (parliament) Building, Vaduz Liechtenstein Lapidarium, Graz Austria Lycée Marie Curie de Versailles France Mariatal Special School Austria Modezentrum Osthafen, Labels II Germany Multipurpose building in Sotto il monte Giovanni XXIII Italy

Office building in Hall-West Parking deck at Biberach District Clinic Pharmacy, Ebenthal River Elbe Harbour, Brunsbüttel Schuhhaus Görtz footwear emporium Smart Letter und Services Versand GmbH Torre de Control Umdasch InfoCenter Vision on State Wista laboratory building

Austria Germany Austria Germany Germany Austria Spain Austria USA Germany

Sporting facilities and cultural edifices

Bergen-Belsen Memorial Church community centre for Christengemeinschaft in Bayern Church, Rieselfeld Edifício Transparente Ferry Porsche Congress Centre Hajós Alfréd swimming pool Labuch observation tower Lentos art museum, Linz Loisium wine gallery Marie Louise Lüders Haus (office building) Meditation grove, Schwarzl retreat centre Museum am Mönchsberg Museum Liaunig Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg Pinakothek der Moderne (art gallery) Red Rock National Conservation Area Seebad Kaltern / Lido di Caldaro lakeside bathing centre Sölden Cemetery Sports facility in Hard Wasserhaus St. Arbogast

Germany Germany Germany Portugal Austria Hungary Austria Austria Austria Germany Austria Austria Austria Germany Germany USA Italy Austria Austria Austria

Transportation infrastructure

Bridge BW1 over Stuttgart-Ulm railway Germany City Tunnel, Leipzig, Bayerischer Bahnhof station Germany Estakáda Sluncová Czech Republic Haselbachtal Bridge Germany Hungerburg Funicular, River Inn Bridge Austria Leuketal Viaduct Germany Mill Road Overbridge Ireland Noise abatement wall on A4 Germany Nové spojení Praha Czech Republic PA Turnpike over Susquehanna River USA Retaining wall, Winkeln Switzerland Seidewitztal Bridge Germany Suburban railway at Taxham, nr. Salzburg Austria Viaduc de Verrières France 89

Doka. Near to you, worldwide

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There are more than 150 sales and logistics locations around the world where you can obtain the full spectrum of Doka products and services. That means speedy and prompt availability of the quantities of formwork you need - whether for purchase or rental - coupled with first-rate consulting and problem-solving capability. Thanks to the international networking of our locations, you can call upon our comprehensive formwork know-how any time, anywhere.

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