Formwork, Shoring and Scaffolding Issue 1 | 2011 USA
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Formwork, Shoring and Scaffolding Issue 1 | 2011 USA Successful construction with PERI Optimal Systems for Range of Applications on High-Rise Tower Page 8 GARAGEDECK System for Complex Beam and Slab Parking Garage Page 12 Full Scope Formwork for Bridge Construction Provided by PERI Page 10 Formwork for Architectural Concrete on the Flight 93 Memorial Page 16 scope

To Our Valued Clients and Prospective Clients In this edition of PERI scope we profile 17 current projects that illustrate PERI’s wide range of formwork, shoring and scaffolding systems. Contractors in today’s challenging construction market are faced with increased competition and intense price pressure which require the most labor efficient and cost effective equipment solutions for their jobsites. PERI offers the largest product portfolio in the industry which insures our clients are getting the optimal solution for each aspect of every project. But equipment is only part of what PERI...

Versatile TRIO and BEAMDECK Ideal for Hotel Construction Ocean Avenue Travelodge, Santa Monica, CA Morley Construction chose PERI to supply the formwork for a new hotel consisting of four levels of underground parking and four levels of guest rooms near the famous Santa Monica Pier. Versatile TRIO was used for the shear walls and columns because it could be easily adapted to the various lift heights that ranged from 9’ to 16’. The slabs were formed with BEAMDECK on Contractor Morley Construction, Santa Monica, CA Field Service PERI Los Angeles, CA aluminum MULTIPROPS shores. BEAMDECK...

Highly Productive Panelized Systems For Walls, Columns and Slabs Rydal Park, Jenkintown, PA Contractor Sundt Construction, Tempe, AZ Field Service PERI Phoenix SKYDECK with PEP shores efficiently forms the flat slabs including the infills at the columns. John Evans, General Superintendent: “I’ve been working with PERI for over 25 years now and I have always found their systems to be so versatile. SKYDECK was the right way to go with this job.” Rydal Park, Philadelphia’s premier continuing care retirement community, is currently building an addition to its medical center. The structure...

Shoring for Complex Bridge Ramp Over Water Completed Successfully with PERI UP Rosett North Shore Marine Transfer Station, Flushing, NY The new North Shore Marine Transfer Station being built just offshore in Flushing Bay will handle the majority of solid waste from the borough of Queens. An access ramp from the shore is under construction for garbage trucks to reach the building. The inclined, curved ramp divides in two to access the loading and tipping floors at different elevations. Prismatic Development chose a solution offered by PERI to form this complex structure. Set on falsework in...

High Productivity with TRIO and VARIO for Louisiana Levee Flood Wall Chalmette Loop Levee (LPV 146), Bayou Dupre to Highway 46, LA Al Merchison, Superintendent: “PERI’s solutions for our walls and footing were ideal for this project and gave us the least amount of wet ties in a 50’ long monolith pour and the least number of crane picks. When we started this project we were two months behind schedule due to the pile driving and today we can easily say that we will finish one month ahead of schedule.” Versatile Systems Easily Adapt to Irregular Walls and Slabs Wilmington Hospital Expansion,...

Architectural Walls and Slabs Formed Efficiently with VARIO and BEAMDECK Orangutan Experience at the Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, AZ Part of the Phoenix Zoo’s major remodel in time for its 50th anniversary is the new Orangutan Experience, an expanded enclosure for the zoo’s orangutans, replacing their current bunker-style home with a 2-story dwelling nearly triple in size. PERI provided Concrete Structures with VARIO formwork and BEAMDECK shoring for the 16‘ tall VARIO panel designed for 1,850 psf pour pressure is moved into position for the next pour. architecturally exposed walls and slabs. The...

Variety of PERI Systems Provide Cost-Effective Solutions for Range of Applications St. John‘s On The Lake, Milwaukee, WI Saint John’s On The Lake is Milwaukee’s premier retirement community, with breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and the city’s skyline. The 244’ tall tower consists of 21 floors of senior living residences atop two levels of underground parking and first floor The perimeter walls of the parking levels were formed with TRIO and the 72,000 ft² slabs were formed with SKYDECK panelized slab formwork. VARIO was used for the core wall and three shear walls which extend for the...

9’-10’’ 9’-10’’ 9’-10’’ 9’-10’’ The systematic design and orderly erection of SKYDECK makes the system highly productive. 17’-4’’ Contractor Concrete Structures, Inc., Peoria, AZ Field Service PERI Phoenix, AZ day as the surrounding slab. ACS P (P = platform) was used for the core with the internal and external formwork along with the placing boom raised in a single operation. The three shear walls were self-climbed using a combination of RCS G and ACS G brackets which support both sides of the formwork with over-wall gallows. The typical level slabs were formed with a combination of...

Full Scope Formwork for Bridge Construction Provided by PERI Hanover Street Bridge, Hershey, PA VARIOKIT bridge overhang brackets were set as assembled units which include an access platform. Abel Construction selected PERI to provide the full scope formwork required for the Hanover Street bridge. TRIO was used for the footings, abutment and wing walls, pier stems and pier caps. The versatility of TRIO and ease of reconfiguration with the single BFD coupler made it the logical choice. 10 Lower access platform of the VARIOKIT bridge overhang units. Pier caps were supported on VT 20K girders...

Clarifier Tanks Built with RUNDFLEX Circular Wall Formwork System Contractor Stief Concrete, New Holland, PA Field Service PERI Baltimore, MD Middletown Wastewater Treatment Plant, Middletown, PA As part of an expansion to the Middletown WWTP, Stief Concrete is constructing two 78’ diameter clarifier tanks. The 17’ tall walls are formed with RUNDFLEX circular wall formwork which is easily set to the required radius on site. The PERI Fin-Ply form face leaves an excellent concrete finish and the DK tie system properly spaces the formwork while allowing easy patching of the tie holes to the...