THE Paschal Group, a worldwide specialist in concrete formwork, support systems and formwork design software, will be presenting its recent groundbreaking developments for concrete construction at this year’s Saudi Build exhibition.

The main focus will be on the innovative software Paschal Ident, which is based on the modern RFID technology with RFID (radio frequency identification) chips embedded into the formwork elements in order to produce precise inventories of formwork elements. Each formwork element recorded in Paschal Ident receives an electronic number, thus giving it its own distinct identification.

Paschal Ident, which is optimised for the use of RFID technology, is a development produced by Planitec, a Paschal Group company that is specialised in software development.

“For the first time in the domain of formwork technology, this software enables users to separately mark, record and manage individual formwork elements,” says a spokesman for Paschal. “By integrating RFID technology into formwork elements, Paschal Ident provides investors with benefits both in the field of funding and for inventory management as a whole, as well as where upgrades to construction equipment and machines are concerned.”

The Paschal Ident ... creating precise inventories of formwork elements.

Investors that choose to lease formwork products with Paschal Ident, profit from the high quality, functionality and durability of the Paschal formwork systems, the advantages of leasing and the distinct identification of each individual formwork element by Paschal Ident. While leasing provides an increased liquidity and a higher level of flexibility and planning reliability, Paschal Ident provides banks with the required security for leasing and loan agreements, he says.

Upgrading machines

Another important advantage of Paschal Ident is that it provides users with the opportunity to efficiently upgrade construction equipment and machines. This is due to the use of RFID technology, which enables companies to optimise their inventory management and react flexibly to current requirements and recent technological developments.

The RFID tags that are attached to formwork elements, construction equipment or construction machines facilitate the automatic tracking of all goods movements. “So Paschal Ident permanently provides an exact operational inventory valuation, optimises the traceability of products in line with product liability and leads to an impressive increase in efficiency where returns and inventory processes are concerned,” the spokesman says.

The TTR at a Dammam project ... first ever application in Saudi Arabia.

Product highlights

In addition to Paschal Ident, the company will also present some of its most successful product lines at Saudi Build 2011. These include:

• The TTR and TTS, circular trapezoidal girder formwork with adjustable radii;

• The wall formwork Logo.3, which offers industrial-floor-height elements measuring up to 3.40 m;

• The modular universal formwork, one of the most successful formwork systems in the world where small, manual, foundation and joist formwork is concerned;

• The hinged Grip foldable column framework, which can be adjusted at intervals of 5 cm to form square or rectangular moulds and can be folded together to save space for transportation.

“TTR is an amazing technology in terms of handling, strengths as well as advantages for construction managers. It was developed with this kind of construction work in mind. This is a fast, easy and system-integrated solution to a challenging task,” says the spokesman.

For TTR radius adjustments, the single segments are laid onto the template.

“TTR is made of a 21-mm strong, 15-layer nail-on Finnish birch plywood. This is the only system which can be flexibly bent up to a radius of 2.5 m, while other types of plywood with a similar thickness would break or form waves, he adds.
The TTR is being installed for the first time in Saudi Arabia for the construction of 24 new circular tanks in Dammam. The project is part of an extensive expansion of an existing wastewater treatment plant being implemented by the Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity to cope with the requirements posed by Dammam’s rapid population growth.

SysTech (Riyadh branch), the contractor entrusted with this task, began the shell construction works last December.

The new structures are located on three construction sites. Each of these sites will include two big aeration tanks (98.5 by 56.7 m footprint) with six coils across a width of 9 m into which the waste water is conveyed. Besides these, there are four circular tanks (external diameter 39.9 m with a wall thickness of 40 cm), two smaller circular tanks (external diameter 33.6 m) as well as conventional technical rooms.

Paschal will be present at Stand 215-2 in Hall Two at Saudi Build.