ALUMINIUM FORMWORK SYSTEM USING IN HIGHRISE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTION

Construction is one of the significant sectors of Indian economy and is an integral part of the development. Today India's urban population is the second largest in the world and its future development leads to increased demand for housing to cope with this problem India should desperately need to plan for acquisition of land and rapid creation of dwelling units. One of the most important factors in determining the success of a construction project in terms of speed, quality cost and safety of work is the formwork used in the project as it accounts about 35 to 40 percent of the total project cost of the structure. When considering a construction projects both the client and contractor want to finish the job early as the client wants to use the building for the intended purpose as soon as possible. The contractor wants to finish the construction as soon as possible to gain a higher profit. The most efficient way to speed up the work in mass housing construction is by achieving a very short floor cycle. The floor cycle of a building mainly depend on the formwork type, as it is the main time factor of a building project. The aim of our study is to present about the existing formwork system used in mass housing construction in Tamil nadu and to show how each one will affect the project duration, project cost and the quality of the work. For that, a research has been carried out and the results will present in this paper.