Wood has been the concrete contractor’s formwork of choice for years. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to understand, light weight, can be easily cut to size, and easy to replace and ...

Nervi main economic advantage of preparation, Nervi explained, is the elimination of the wood formwork previously to reinforced concrete. Further construction with prefabricated element is faster ...

Traditionally crafted from wood by highly skilled carpenters, formwork is essentially the mold into which concrete is poured as panels are cast. As the concrete hardens inside the mold ...

as the "formwork" molds into which concrete is poured. The technique deploys 3D printing and can replace the more costly method of building elaborate wood formworks for concrete construction.