Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice

Accident prevention is a primary concern for the construction industry; formwork is a major anxiety.Recent formwork failures locally have been as significant as a permanent structural failure. Whilstmany formwork failures concern practice discrepancies, their occurrence may also stem from a more fun...

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Main Authors: Whyte, Andrew, Brandis, Paul
Other Authors: Not listed
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Engineers Australia 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19712
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description Accident prevention is a primary concern for the construction industry; formwork is a major anxiety.Recent formwork failures locally have been as significant as a permanent structural failure. Whilstmany formwork failures concern practice discrepancies, their occurrence may also stem from a more fundamental cause; investigations here seek to address guidance and legislation governing formwork practice locally. Documentation governing Australian formwork is examined alongside industry perceptions of the current situation. Findings highlight a limitation in using legislative-based models of control, and a need to reassess formwork-design education and training.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-197122017-02-28T01:35:23Z Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice Whyte, Andrew Brandis, Paul Not listed Scaffolding Formwork Construction-Safety Accident prevention is a primary concern for the construction industry; formwork is a major anxiety.Recent formwork failures locally have been as significant as a permanent structural failure. Whilstmany formwork failures concern practice discrepancies, their occurrence may also stem from a more fundamental cause; investigations here seek to address guidance and legislation governing formwork practice locally. Documentation governing Australian formwork is examined alongside industry perceptions of the current situation. Findings highlight a limitation in using legislative-based models of control, and a need to reassess formwork-design education and training. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19712 Engineers Australia restricted
spellingShingle Scaffolding
Formwork
Construction-Safety
Whyte, Andrew
Brandis, Paul
Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title_full Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title_fullStr Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title_full_unstemmed Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title_short Concrete Formwork Safety and Local Practice
title_sort concrete formwork safety and local practice
topic Scaffolding
Formwork
Construction-Safety
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19712