Formwork Scaffolding Engineering Issue 1 | 2011 Middle East

Successful construction with PERI

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Park Lane Tower, Dubai Page 2 Sattari Bridge, Iran Page 13

Twin Towers, Kuwait Page 9 Towers at King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh Page 14

Dear Customers and Dear Readers, We are extremely pleased to be able to present you with a new issue of the PERI Scope Middle East magazine. The projects which we have selected feature an interesting cross-section of our formwork, scaffolding and engineering solutions. Apart from impressive multi-storey buildings such as the Regent Emirates Pearl Hotel in Abu Dhabi (page 6) or the Twin Towers in Kuwait City (page 9), we also highlight a number of infrastructure developments. The Northern Ring Road Bridge in Al Ain and the Sattari-Abshenasan Intersection Bridge in Tehran for which special formwork was also assembled showcase our expertise in civil engineering. With all our company activities, we attach great importance on capabilities for the future and ecological sustainability. Our product development is aimed at achieving the best utilization of materials and, at the same time, minimum material use. Regarding the selection of raw materials and material procurement, we take into account ecological considerations while precise and efficient production processes ensure the highest product quality. As a result, our customers profit among other things from the high number of uses and longevity of our system equipment. In the process, the safety of site personnel has always had the highest priority for us because only the provision of safe working conditions guarantees effective construction progress. In connection with a wide range of customer-oriented services, we provide economical solutions for all construction tasks. We have already been able to prove this during the numerous projects we have been involved in throughout the region. For the future, we expect to be involved in much more of the same in the Near and Middle East. We are particularly looking forward to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar which will also include a lot of stadium construction and other projects. The first architectural designs of the new arenas are very impressive indeed and we can therefore expect to be participating in a range of interesting construction tasks over the next few years. We will be pleased to meet these exciting challenges which we would like to tackle in partnership with our customers. Regards,

Park Lane Tower will offer a new business and residential building in Business Bay. The structure is composed of a podium level of two retail floors and parking, residential floors in the bottom part of the structure and office floors above. Parking is also provided below grade.

Park Lane Tower will be a timeless landmark. The shape of the building is that of an aerodynamic form that creates a dynamic structure defying gravity.

Ulrich Rottler General Manager Near and Middle East 2

The title photo shows the mixed-use highrise development on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. The project has been first presented in PERI Scope Middle East 1|2010. Work on the project has now reached the halfway mark and is progressing steadily.

Simple handling and easy adjustment lead to best productivity

Park Lane Tower, Business Bay, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

PERI modular tables are pre-assembled and ready for immediate use. Fall protection on cantilevered slab edges is already mounted onto the table.

MULTIFLEX is the slab formwork for any slab thickness, any floor plan and all heights. With the system, only the statically required components and the associated weight have to be moved.

Whether transporting a slab table or not, the lifting fork is always attached to the crane in a horizontal position. This ensures that tables can be moved without risk.

Park Lane Tower is a 37 floor high construction of a mixed use building, comprising of basement car parks, office, clinic, hotel and service floors. PERI planned a formwork and shoring solution to meet the needs of this project. For the columns and the core walls, VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork is in use. The system offers maximum flexibility due to the free choice of type and size of plywood as well as the fixings, element widths and heights, vertical or
Contractor Al Rostamani Pegel L.L.C. Field Service PERI Dubai, UAE

horizontal tie arrangement and permissible fresh concrete pressure. MULTIFLEX system is used for the podium and the basement slabs. MULTIFLEX is the slab formwork system for any slab thickness, any floor plan and all heights only the statically required components are assembled. For forming the typical slabs, table modules are applied. The table modules are pre-assembled and ready for immediThiruppathi Gopalakrishnan, Construction Manager: The PERI systems are most preferable due to its easy and simple handling, problem free adjustments and gives good productivity which benefits reduced skilled manpower requirement.

ate use. The robust table swivel head provides a very rigid connection to the PEP 20 props. For the technical floor with a height of 5.80m, a combination of MULTIFLEX girder slab formwork with the PD 8 slab tables allows for transferring the loads. PD 8 slab tables are extremely costeffective for high clearances, furthermore the large spindling lengths allow for easy adjustment to different height requirements.

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Fast to assemble and easy to handle systems accelerate the construction progress
Northern Ring Road Bridge, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
The Ring Road Project will connect the city to the Emirates transport network by bridges, tunnels, and intersections. The overall construction includes two underpasses, two Wadi Adai bridges, two intersections, a fly over bridge and the upgrading of the existing ring road. The PERI systems fulfil the needs of the construction company for flexibility and high productivity. The formwork solution for the superstructure is realised with GT 24 formwork girders, SRU steel walers and SLS spindles. This construction could be accurately adapted to the structures geometry. PD8 shoring towers support the formwork, they are extremely cost-effective as large units and for high clearances.
Contractor Saif Bin Darwish Company, Um Al-Nar Field Service PERI Abu Dhabi, UAE

GT 24 formwork girders, SRU steel walers and SLS spindles form the superstructure of the bridge.

Faik Al Rawi, Project Manager: The PERI formwork system contributed greatly for the success of the project. Erec tion of the systems is much easier and faster in construction of bridges and underpass structures. The field service engineering support and coordination of PERI is leading us to achieve our targets. Selecting PERI was absolutely the appropriate accord.

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Cross-section of the superstructure with PERI formwork and shoring solution.

Comprehensive formwork solutions and competent site support

Sohar University, Muscat, Oman
Omans Sohar University will greatly expand the institution over the next decade. The first phase of the expansion will include the adding of a new Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business, the Learning Resources Centre and Lecture Theatres Complex. Furthermore, a service tunnel with a length of about 1,000 m is under construction. PERI delivered formwork systems and engineering support for the construction of walls and columns. For the walls with heights of up to 4.80m, VARIOGT24 formwork is used. The columns are concreted with the help of LICO column formwork, which is easy to handle without a crane. The use of professional formwork systems results in minimised construction times and good finishes of the concrete surfaces.
Contractor Al Adrak Trading and Contracting L.L.C. Field Service PERI Muscat, Oman

P. B. Sreekanth, Construction Manager: We have decided to use this system LICO column formwork, as it requires no professional labour force to assemble or dismantle. Furthermore, LICO is simple to use, and in addition we receive a quick and good technical support in a way as we expect.

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Considerable savings in man power and costs with PERI systems

Wadi Adai Al Amerat Road, Muscat, Oman
The construction of the 7.50km long, new road involves major concrete works, amongst others a 12m to 14m high retaining wall. High loads during concreting made necessary a stiff formwork construction. The solution included the proven TRIO panel wall formwork and the VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork. For the 42 m high bridge piers, PERI engineers designed a climbing solution with the CB climbing system. Basically, the climbing scaffold platform consists of two brackets with scaffold tube bracing, planking positioned on girders and handrails. VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork is positioned on the CB climbing system. With the formwork and climbing solution, a very economical execution of the concrete works as well as a high-quality finish of the concrete surfaces are achieved.

Vijay Rattan Mehta, Project Manager: I am extremely satisfied while using various products from PERI for all the important structures in our project. There has been considerable savings in man power and costs and faster repetitions have saved time. PERI materials are user-friendly and result in a very high quality finish.

Contractor Nagarjuna Construction Company, Muscat Field Service PERI Muscat, Oman

The construction work for the Wadi Adai Al Amerat Road includes bridge piers with a height of up to 42 m. PERI CB climbing systems allows for safe working procedures at height.

The formwork for the retaining walls had to withstand high fresh concrete pressures, due to the great height and width of the wall. A combination of TRIO panel formwork and VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork optimally met these requirements.

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Flexible systems for different tasks result in short construction cylces and highest possible safety
The Regent Emirates Pearl Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Contractor Arabian Construction Co. (ACC), Abu Dhabi Field Service PERI Abu Dhabi, UAE

Mohamed J. Hasson, Construction Manager: We have used PERI systems due to several reasons. First of all, we can realize short cycle times and reduce the number of tower cranes. With PERI systems, we can give safe environment to all of our workers which is the top priority for our company. Important for us was also the engineering solution for the complicated, elliptical shape of the core wall and the 1.00 m wall thickness which required special attention for designing the formwork and the ACS system.
Crane-independent forming, striking and climbing accelerates work procedures on the construction site and makes them independent from each other.

The Regent Emirates Pearl Hotel will stand 240 m high upon completion, it is set to open its doors in 2012. The Hotel will comprise four podium levels and 45 floors. The ACS self-climbing system in combination with VARIO girder wall formwork is in use for the oval-shaped core of the building. The climbing system offers highest possible safety for the site personnel and allows for fast concreting cycles. The ACS brackets climb smoothly and evenly on climbing rails using hydraulic pumps. The slabs are formed with MULTIFLEX girder slab formwork, which is extremely flexible and versatile.

PD 8 shoring towers serve as slab tables for higher clearances. Due to the low number of secondary girders, PD 8 system saves time for erection and dismantling. The safety of the site personnel using PERI systems further accelerates the construction progress. In addition to the economical technical solution, PERI offers comprehensive engineering services for the project which include design calculation, planning, supervision and training for site personnel. PERI also meets the requirement of delivery of large material quantities within the specified time limit.
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Maximum material usage by proper planning and design of the formwork

Gate District Towers, Shams, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

PD 8 tables are easily moved using the PERI table trolley.

Reda al Bakry, Project Manager: I am totally satisfied with PERI formwork. PERI shall be my first choice for all my future projects.

Contractor Arabian Construction Co. (ACC), Abu Dhabi Field Service PERI Abu Dhabi, UAE

The lifting fork can be optimally adjusted to suit each respective slab table. It is immediately operational due to the integrated crane sling.

The Gate District Towers is located on Reem Island, at the entrance of Shams Abu Dhabi, and is an eight-tower, mixed-use development. It includes the 74-storey Sky Tower and the 65-storey Sun Tower. The development will boast 1.17million ft of office space, alongside over 1.08million ft of exceptional retail, hotel and amenity space.

VARIO girder wall formwork is in use for the walls of the building. The system is extremely flexible, the continuously adjustable element connections allow to use the system for all designs and applications. Flexibility is also one of the advantages of the applied VARIO GT24 column formwork: With the system, square or rectangular cross-sections up

to 80 cm x 120 cm can be concreted. The floor slabs are constructed using MULTIFLEX on props or PD8 slab tables dependant on the height and PERI slab table form. The well-thoughtout solution allowed for reducing formwork investment for ACC.

A customized climbing solution for a specially shaped building with two inclined cores
Central Bank of Kuwait Headquarters, Kuwait

During the construction of the building, the two smaller stair cores incline more and more towards the main core (right). This demands a speciallydesigned climbing solution.

VARIO GT 24 wall formwork has been designed for a fresh concrete pressure of 90 kN/m because of the use of a highly flowable concrete.

For the construction of the tower, PERI supplied an individually designed formwork solution. The biggest challenge was the inclination of the two stair cores towards the main core. For the construction of the cores, a combination of two ACS variants with VARIO GT24 girder wall formwork has been used. For the spandrel beams connecting the two

staircases with the main core, CB climbing platforms have been combined with VARIO wall formwork. The complexity in the project is the result of the continuous changes in the length of the spandrel beams after each concrete pouring and therefore the continuous changes in the construction joint with the main core.

Mohammed Abdel Atti, Construction Manager: The PERI solution helped us to climb the three cores very economically and fast. For every requirement, they offered the right system and a comprehensive technical solution.
Contractor M.A. Kharafi & Sons Field Service PERI Kuwait and PERI Weissenhorn, Germany The new Central Bank of Kuwait consists of an office tower with around 75,000 m and a multi-storey car park building with around 65,000 m.

Managing to form hundreds of columns using limited number of column formwork sets
Training Vocational Institute for Girls (TVIG), Jahra, Kuwait
This huge educational facility in Jahra Area in the west of Kuwait City sprawls over around 20,000 m. It consists of five floors, each with more than 500 columns with different shapes and sizes. The VARIO column formwork provided the right solution for such variety and large column sections. 40 sets of column formwork have been purchased that covered all the different shapes. A specific plan helped the site team to reduce the reassembly cycles. For single sided retaining walls, double sided internal walls and core walls 600m VARIO girder wall formwork and SB brace frames were purchased. 8
Contractor Al-Hamra Kuwait Co. Field Service PERI Kuwait

Pierre El-Hachem, Project Director: The most impressive thing about PERI is their technical support and jobsite follow-up. They are always available to support us and solve any problems we have with the formwork systems.

Cross sections of the columns vary from 60cm x 60cm up to 100cm x 100cm and 50cm x 200cm.

The main cores are climbed with the CB climbing scaffold system. The framework brackets support large-area wall formwork. The brackets guarantee simple handling, fast concreting cycles and problem-free adjustment to different wall configurations. Furthermore, BR internal platforms are in use.

Ahead of the time schedule with durable and flexible systems

Twin Towers, Kuwait City, Kuwait
These two identical mirrored office towers rise for 174m and 40floors above ground in Sharq, the heart of business in Kuwait City.
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Contractor First United General Trading and Contracting Company Field Service PERI Kuwait City, Kuwait

Each tower has a typical floor area of around 600m. The huge main cores of both towers are been climbed ahead of the slab, which required around 110CB climbing platforms and BR shaft platforms and more than 3.000m of VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork for the core walls. The contractor First United had already a big stock of VARIO wall formwork and climbing formwork from six towers in the project KBT, so the challenge was to use this stock and minimize the additional materials as much as possible. The PERI engineers met these requirements by an adapted and detailed planning of the formwork solution.

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Ahmed El-Koumy, Construction Manager: We had the VARIO formwork and CB climbing platforms from a previous project we did with PERI, and we had no problems adapting these systems to the new project with minimum additional materials. PERI systems are durable, flexible, fast and very easy to use. It helped us to be ahead of the time schedule and with minimum costs.

The typical cross-section of the tower shows the climbing solution with CB climbing platforms and BR shaft platforms.

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Innovative PERI solution helps concreting complicated shape

P T. & T. Complex at South Sabahiyah, Kuwait .
For this communications facility near the main port of Ahmadi, PERIs job was to work out a solution for the 83 m height telecom tower in the centre of the project. The challenge was the conical shape of the small tower with its diameter decreasing from 5.40 m to 1.80m, and the necessary design of a climbing solution at the outside as well as at the inside of the walls. RUNDFLEX was the solution for the conical walls with trapezoidal shaped steel fillers in between the RUNDFLEX panels. Due to the continuously decreasing dimensions, each pour needed differently dimensioned fillers and an individual planning and design. For the internal platform, a complicated circular BR platform with five boxes and sliding beams was tailor made to fit the internal diameter at the start of each pour. The platform is lifted after each pour using the gravity pivot plates by sliding on the internal walls of the tower. For the external climbing platforms, special CB 240 platforms were designed and fabricated with angles between CB brackets and climbing cones that change each pour to decrease the number of reassembly needed for the platforms. In this way, only three reassembly times have been required.
Contractor Canar Trading & Contracting Co. Field Service PERI Kuwait and PERI Weissenhorn, Germany

Essam Younes Saad, General Foreman: PERI provided us with the solution for our complicated telecom tower. The RUNDFLEX system is the perfect solution for the conical walls of the tower, and the internal sliding platform is very fast and extremely easy to use and lift from one pour to another.

SKYDECK The light-weight formwork solution Systematic assembly and high degree of safety
Golden Sand Hotel, Doha, Qatar
With a construction schedule of only ten month, the contractor was looking for a formwork solution to construct the 20 storey building in such a short time. With one crane available on site a saving on the crane operation was highly required. Therefore the floors slabs were formed with SKYDECK. Light-weight aluminium panels ensured fast and fatigue free erection and stripping for the site personnel, providing a 1m cantilevered platform for post tensioning work, and reduced crane usage. For the core walls and columns VARIO wall and VARIO column formwork were used and supported on internal BR platform inside the shafts.
The SKYDECK system allows a grid with PROP Spacing of 1.50 m x 2.25 m creating a great advantage for circulation under the formed slab.

Mohamed Yehia, Construction Manager: We are extremely satisfied with the PERI lightweight SKYDECK system which provided us minimum use of the crane. In addition, the services provided by PERI with prompt site supervision and inspection, and engineering service for changes that occurred during the construction process, helped our site progress and was necessary.
Contractor Consoltec Gulf Construction Field Service PERI Doha, Qatar

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Cost-effective and fast climbing cycle with ACS and RCS systems
Al Sadd Development, Doha, Qatar
The main critical structure of the Al Sadd Development is the core wall design following certain criteria that should be implemented with the formwork. The core is required to climb ahead of the slab with a fast formwork cycle. One challenge was the limited crane availability that could not be dedicated to the core wall. The core slab should be poured together with walls and the wall thickness changes with a step of 5cm half way in the structure. Furthermore, there is a lack of space on the site. A hydraulic climbing system was clearly the choice to allow climbing independently

Contractor MIDMAC Contracting Company wll Field Service PERI Doha, Qatar

Jack Ghantous, Project Manager: PERI climbing technology was the right system, as it provided the speed, the safety, and the performance we had expected. PERI prompt engineering and after sales services supported efficiently and professionally our project in a timely manner.

from the crane, and to be ahead of the slab structure achieving cycles of four days. The ACS gallows system integrated with the hydraulic climbing allowed pouring the core slab together with the core walls. With the RCS hydraulic rail climbing system gave the flexibility to adapt to the 5cm step occurring half way throughout the building. The climbing system was combined with VARIO wall formwork and the complete system was used to build the first two towers. Once the core was completed the system was dismantled and erected on the other two towers and the cycle was repeated again.

Faster forming with SKYDECK systems Safe working slab edges with the SKYDECK platform
Viva Bahriya VB 18, Doha, Qatar

Stelios Apostolides Construction Manager: The SKYDECK aluminium panel slab formwork along with other PERI systems were the right choice for our job. We were able to achieve a fast cycle and to work in a safe environment using the pre-assembled SKYDECK platform. Overall we are very pleased with the level of service and technical support provided to the site.
Contractor Chappo Contracting Field Service PERI Doha, Qatar

The SKYDECK edge platform allows a working space of 1.30m. Preassembled platforms can easily be installed as one unit.

Viva Bahriya is a Beachfront condominium located on a man made island. The island consists of 29 towers in total. The 26 floor building provides around 1,500m of living space per level.

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Fast and reliable formwork systems and best engineering services support fast construction progress
816 Units Residential Complex, Kashan, Iran
Contractor Debleh Construction Company Projektbetreuung | Field Service PERI Tehran, Iran

Abbas Moslem, Project Manager and Abdolreza Faridnaeini, Site Manager: The benefits of PERI formworks can be described on two sections: First to mention that the Technical Office supported us completely during all construction processes. Principally the quick and exact delivering of formworks to our job site, after selling support and PERI customer-friendly treatments are appreciable. Secondly, we can work very quickly with TRIO because it has few different components and it was easy that even unskilled personnel can use it without any problems so it cause high efficiency in our work. Despite of using the formworks several times during last year, still all components are usable and in good condition and we need only to change the plywood to make it as a new one.

TRIO TRG 80 concreting scaffold brackets could be mounted to both the horizontal as well as vertical struts. The brackets are immediately secured after mounting.

The climbing formwork is formed by connecting the formwork and the CB Climbing Scaffold by means of strongbacks which is moved as a complete unit by crane.

Due to existence of several manufactories in Kashan, it stands on 20th ranking grade of population. Regarding to the requirement of Kashan people to provide them housing according to the high population, it was necessary to consider of more housing projects in the city. The currently under construction residential complex includes 816 units in 34 blocks at six floors. The 2.70 m high walls of the houses are formed with TRIO wall formwork. TRIO panel formwork is a universal and versatile formwork system. With its 2.70m and 3.30m system heights, as well as a sensible range of widths, it can be used on small and large construction sites.

Slabs have been constructed with precast slabs. High load-bearing MULTIPROP props have been combined with MRK frames and used as shoring towers for the slab panels. The shoring towers have several advantages like a high degree of adaptability and flexibility dueto numerous frame sizes for optimal load transfer. Furthermore, the assembly of the system is fast and safe due to patented, captive wedge connection on the outer and inner tubes. Due to the advantages of PERI formwork and shoring systems, the team at the site reached to build one unit in one day. The project managers stated, that utilizing PERI formworks was the best solution for their needs.

TRIO requires only six different panel widths. With clearly arranged and practical increments in panel size of 30 cm along with one 72 cm wide panel, on-site material requirements are reduced whilst utilisation rates increase.

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Bridge pier construction with the use of VARIO variable wall formwork and ST 100 shoring system
Sattari- Abshenasan Intersection Bridge, Tehran, Iran

VARIO GT 24 with its continuously adjustable element connections is used for the complex design of the curved piers. Easy to assemble ST100 stacking towers are used as shoring.

The different structural components are characterised by a complex geometry.

The use of tailormade formwork allows for realising best dimension accuracy.

The new bridge will cause traffic improvement of North West highways considerably and also in the future will dispense the whole traffic of Tehran-North free highway. Because of importance of this project, local municipality emphasis is speedup of the project so to reach to the project construction time schedule, job site is working at three shifts. The bridge is designed of two high speed lanes, two collecting and dispending lanes, one West East unleveled U-turn, two exit ramps and four right exits that lets to do all twelve driving moves and connects Sattari highway to University roundabout. The project is established of 14 curved piers in pairs with the total height of 7 m to 8 m that are constructed into two shapes: attached and detached (includes beam) piers. The curved piers with beam are constructed in three

stages. At first, the straight bottom of piers are concreted by the use of VARIO wall formwork with the height of 4.20m. Subsequently, the top curved pier sections are shuttered with VARIO in the combination with wooden stiffeners with the height of 4.20m. Finally, after finishing the concrete pouring of two bottom and top stages, the beam is constructed using ST100 as shoring system and VARIO as beam formwork. The attached piers are constructed in two bottom and top stages and also shuttered with VARIO. VARIO formworks includes of GT24 main stringers, steel walers, wooden stiffeners and plywood as formlining that causes easy working with formworks and high working performance. By using PERI formworks, the engineers success to finish one pier in three days.

Contractor Spilat Construction Co. Field Service PERI Tehran, Iran

Eng. Arthur Megerdigi, Site Manager: There are a lot of positive things to say about PERI, beside the excellent technology and engineering without any idea what it would be for the first time using PERI formwork on bridge in Iran. It`s fantastic just how easy the system could be adjusted to even this difficult geometry. The project would not have been as successfully completed as it was.

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Versatile and flexible systems result in an economic formwork solution

King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Office Tower

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The detailed PERI shop drawings overcome any problems in site because of the irregular shape and the difference in levels in slabs for around 4,000 m.

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Extended VARIO panels being used to shutter different heights of the retaining walls.

MULTIPROP towers using MP 480 with MP 250 by means of MRK frames is used to support SKYDECK main beams for a height of 6.40 m.

For adapting the shoring to different heights and loads, MULTIPROP props and MULTIPROP towers have been combined in different ways.

Parcel 2.07
Saudi Bin Ladin Group is the contractor for Parcel 2.07. For the formwork solution, the PERI designers took into consideration to simplify the work for the contractor with less connection parts. Therefore they proposed the use of TRIO 330 in combination with SB brace frames for the single-sided wall shuttering. For the columns solution, the contractor requested a lightweight and easy to handle solution. Therefore LICO column formwork is used. Columns with bigger sizes (over 600 mm x 1,300 mm) are formed with VARIO 14 GT 24 column formwork. Around 27.000 m of MULTIFLEX slab formwork have been used on this project which was split into four parcels. The contractor chose MULTIFLEX because of the limited number of cranes and because it was very easy to adapt the girder slab formwork to any slab geometry. ACS automatic climbing system is used for the main core wall. The core consists of several shafts which were needing crane usage. That was the reason to decide to use PERI ACS automatic climbing system.

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King Abdullah Financial District in North Riyadh is one of the most prestigious high-rise developments. One of the office towers has a total height of 240 m with two huge irregular rhomboid shaped core walls. PERI was the choice to overcome the complicated design of building and to maintain safe, short cycle pours by using the VARIO GT24 girder wall formwork. VARIO GT 24 girder wall formwork is variable for all designs and applications. The rows of slots in the

steel walers and couplings allow continuous tightening of panel joints. In addition, the VARIO GT 24 coupling aligns the panels and adjusts possible deviations during assembly. For the two cores, ACS and RCS will be used. The systems are self-climbing. The hydraulic system provides safe, easy adjustable formwork to maintain the internal and external dimensions of the shafts. SKYDECK formwork for suspended slabs is very easy to handle for installation or striking of slabs with

a wide range of flexibility for different types and heights. SKYDECK furthermore provides the possibility of early striking for slabs which reduces the required materials and further enhances the construction process.
Khalid Yasin, Project Manager: PERI systems offer the most efficient solution for fast track projects. The systems are safe, economic, durable and flexible and the technical support by PERI team is really unique.

Contractor EL SEIF Engineering Contracting, CO. Field Service PERI Engineering, KSA

The new King Abdullah Financial District is located to the north of downtown Riyadh. Several buildings on an area of about 1.6 million m will offer about 3 million m of floor space.

The PD 8 slab tables are the most economical solution for forming the slab formwork with the large room heights of over 4.00 m.

The proven TRIO panel formwork is versatile, quickly Assembled and movable in large units.

SB-1 brace frames and TRIO 330 panels are used for concreting the single sided retaining wall.

Contractor Saudi Bin Ladin Group Field Service PERI Engineering, KSA and PERI Dubai, UAE

Naser Elayan, Project Manager: PERI Systems are very versatile and flexible and therefore ideal for every site. Projects with PERI systems are economically the best. Furthermore, PERI offers best services such as just-in-time delivery.

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A professional technical solution for the challenging construction of bridge piers

Karak Bridge, Karak, Jordan

Karak Bridges Project is located at the entrance of Karak city south Jordan and the four lanes bridge will be a part of the new highway connecting the city to the capital Amman. The bridge consists of four hollow section piers with a height of up to 46.00m from the ground. The piers
Contractor Marwan Kurdi Construction Co. Field Service PERI Amman, Jordan and PERI Weissenhorn, Germany

end with Y shape pier caps which carry the 34.00 m long precast main beams of the bridge. The total job has to be finished in two years casting 12,000 cubic meters of concrete. PERI provided a very quick and reliable solution for casting the piers. VARIO has been used with CB and shaft

platforms for casting the piers itself. A modified mixture of CB brackets and SB brace frames in two levels has been used for supporting the VARIO elements. A challenging task was the dimensioning of the supporting structure that has to transfer casting loads of up to 200 tons.
VARIO GT 24 elements have been optimized with regard to geometric and static requirements.

Zakaria Ismail, Project Manager: We decided to use PERI system based on the very long experience and reliability which we used to know in this company. No other supplier can give us a very well designed engineering solution for the piers. Excellent material quality and professional technical solution of PERI lead us to choose using PERI formwork, the good support and continuous follow up from PERI team was additional factor of our success.

The typical section of a pier head with SB brackets and CB platforms in combination with VARIO GT 24 formwork elements.
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