Revolutionary formworks

MANILA, Philippines - Canadian company Alumna Systems and its local partner Dimension-ALL have collaborated to bring to Philippine market a revolutionary and cost-effective formwork technology that hopes to tap into the resurging local construction and real estate industries. “This is way beyond using hollow blocks and plywood; and this will result to lower construction costs, re-usable and environment-friendly construction materials, and shorter construction period promoting efficiency”, said Dimension-ALL marketing officer Mary Grace Lamarroza. Formworks are temporary molds used in construction which are now widely used as modular systems to build structures such as houses. “We are talking about building stable, strong and quality houses within 24 hours, using lightweight and reusable aluminum formworks as compared to the traditional materials of hollow blocks and plywood for formworks” Lamarroza said. According to Lamarroza, they pioneered in bringing in system formworks and scaffolding in the Philippine market in 1976 using plywood and hollow blocks. Technology, coupled with the demands on easy to use, inexpensive, quality and environment-friendly materials, resulted in innovative solutions that respond to a more sophisticated and discriminating market and consumers.