With its focus set firmly on opening new markets in the Middle East, leading German formwork specialist Paschal Werk G Maier continues to actively promote its high-quality formwork solutions through its Bahrain-based Middle East office Paschal Concrete Forms Company that aims to ensure timely completion of civil projects in the region.

“There is currently a great demand for slab formwork for reinforced concrete construction in the Bahrain market, due to the easing on restrictions on the construction of high-rise buildings. Paschal’s deck system that is based on wooden I-beams, offers contractors a very economical and modern system that enables them to cast one slab every week in multi-storey buildings,” says Amir Delghandi, general manager of Paschal Concrete Forms.
“Many companies such as Salah Al Qaed, Kooheji Contractors, Skyline Contracting, Key Construction, Almoayyed Contracting and Al Arrayed Contracting, who have been using this system for the past year, have achieved excellent results,” he adds.
Delghandi continues: “Being one of the leading formwork manufacturers in the world, Paschal offers cost-effective and environmentally-friendly formwork systems that have become popular among construction companies because of their many advantages.
“Paschal modular formwork systems are based on various panel sizes. The panels, which are manufactured with 6 mm-thick frames of special steel, are strong and durable and do not corrode. The surface of the panels is covered with high-quality birch plywood (density 780 kg/cu m) that has a 220 gm/sq m phenolic coating. The edges of the plywood are protected by the steel frame and the gap between them is filled with a special sealant. Hence, the plywood can be reused up to 250 times and the steel frame will remain sound for more than 20 years.
“Due to easy erection and dismantling, with or without the use of a crane, contractors can save up to 30 per cent of their superstructure cost through savings on labour, material and time. Being modular, the formwork system offers contractors versatility, flexibility and durability, among other benefits.”
Established in the Black Forest region of Germany in 1964, Paschal first entered the Middle East in the early 1970s with the supply of formwork for a dam project in Saudi Arabia and later expanded its portfolio to include other civil projects in Kuwait and Bahrain, supported with products delivered directly from the main office in Germany.
The first delivery of Paschal formwork to Bahrain goes back to 1983, following which the German company served several other prestigious projects in Bahrain and neighbouring countries. Due to a surge in construction activities and demand for modern formwork in the region, Paschal established its regional office in Bahrain in 1998, where it has a huge warehouse to ensure timely delivery of formwork across the region.
Since then, the company has supplied to several landmark projects in Bahrain such as the Citibank headquarters, Seef Residence, Alba expansion projects, Sail Tower, Taib bank, Arab Bank, Dana Mall, Sitra Mall, Seef Mall, Trust Insurance building, the VIP tower of Bahrain International Circuit, the airport control tower, Asry’s marine slipway, RUF car assembly in Sakhir, Sheikh Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town, and Hidd Power Plant Phase I, II and III, among others.
Paschal’s formwork is currently being used at various projects at the Amwaj Islands including The Lagoon Bahrain commercial freehold development, Renaissance Hotel (where Chapo is the main contractor) and nine and 15-storey buildings (Skyline Contracting); villas at Durrat Al Bahrain (Bokhowa Construction, GP Zachariades and Kooheji Contractors); apartment blocks in Hamad Town (Luqman Construction and TCC); twin towers in the Diplomatic area (GPZ); Sunset Hills at Al Areen (Ahmed Mansour Al A’Ali); villas at Riffa Views (Projects Construction); a number of multi-storey residential buildings (Salah Al Qaed) and apartment buildings (Al Shaheen Contracting) a new building for the Ministry of Electricity in Mina Salman; and other residential and commercial buildings at Juffair, Sanabis, Manama, Seef and Busaiteen.