Towering success.(Construction News)(Doka Top 50 system in water tower construction)(Brief Article)

African Review of Business and Technology,  February, 2005  

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A HIGHLY EFFICIENT formwork concept permitted swift completion of a 35m high water-tower for Agostinho Neto University in Luanda, Angola. Instead of conventional steel formwork, which in this case could only have been used once, South African contractors Grinaker opted for re-usable Doka large-area formwork Top 50.

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The adaptable timber-beam formwork of the Doka Top 50 system kept down the costs of both equipment and labour. By being so much lighter than the conventional steel formwork that is often used ...

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