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Chan Center, Vancouver, B.C.
Quick adjustment for changing radii with PERI RUNDFLEX
The University of British Columbia, is the beautiful setting for what is to be one of Canada''s premier performing arts centers. Ellis - Don Construction Ltd. is in the two year process of building the Chan Center, a structure which resembles an egg in shape. This created a unique engineering challenge for the contractor, with forms required to adjust to over 20 different radii and various pour heights. The structure is comprised of three major areas, the Concert Hall, Foyer, and Cinema, all with architecturally exposed concrete on both the inside and outside faces.
The PERI Team, working in cooperation with Ellis - Don Construction personnel, selected the PERI RUNDFLEX wall form system to accommodate the demanding requirements of this project. In conjunction with the PERI KG 180 Scaffold Brackets, preassembled standard 240 x 240 inside and 250 x 240 outside panels were quickly adjusted for the changing radii, using a ratchet wrench and templates provided.
Both, the Concert Hall and the Cinema areas required shoring for slabs of up to 300 mm (12") thick, at a shoring height of approx. 6 meters (20'') floor to floor.
Source: PERI scope, Issue 1, 1996��
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MULTIPROP Slab prop
RUNDFLEX Circular Wall Formwork
SKYDECK Aluminum Slab Formwork System
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To accommodate these shoring conditions, the contractor selected PERI SKYDECK, a new generation of aluminum slab formwork designed to save expensive labor costs. Based on a 1.50 m x 2.30 m (5''-0" x 7''-8") grid layout, lightweight aluminum handset panels were used with PERI MULTIPROP post shores to achieve a reduction in the number of shores required. |
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To develop a shore height of 6 meters (19''-8"), PERI MULTIPROP''s were bolted end to end, then laterally supported with aluminum ledger frames, to create a shoring tower configuration. This ultimately allowed the contractor the strength and stability of a shoring frame while giving him the flexibility of a postshore. |
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Ellis - Don Construction Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. |
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