emplica formwork repair

Monday, August 27, 2012

politicians and construction - does it work?

Taking Germany's two most recent and most "famous" public construction sites, one can get the impression that politicians should take their hands off any construction and leave it entirely to private professionals. The Hamburg Elbe Philharmonic Hall (wikipedia entry english and german) an the new Airport Berlin-Brandenburg (wikipedia: english and german) both are projects going pretty much wrong. In both cases, all estimates regarding costs, planning and finalization have been thrown over and changed massively.
Alone the Elbe Philharmonic Hall has doubled costs and construction time during construction. The Berlin Airport's construction disaster is in the german media almost every week with new delays and risen costs as well as chaotic conditions on site. Contractors have no idea what to do and where and when due to missing plans due to change of planning offices... Planned to open in june 2012, the opening date is now pushed to 2013....while costs are exploding and basic airport safety (fireproofing etc) rules have been neglected to great extends and need to be re-planned and built.

Do you have similar experiences about your tax money being spent by ambitious politicians? Or do you think prestigious objects like those two can never be built within time and cost frames?

How can public building be organized better?

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Plicafix 200 racing against Plicafix 40

request your Plicafix 200 starterkit now here: www.emplica.com

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Plicafix 200 versatile formwork repair system

not only is it possible to repair damages up to 20 cm in lenght, but you can even repair longer scratches and scratches that curve, as can be seen in following image:

the repair process is just as simple as with a single repair strip. once, the first strip is set, move the template and set the second strip.

not only incredibly fast, also much better looking than the small round classic patches overlay technique:

images of the concrete surface with both methods coming up soon.

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Allgemeine Bauzeitung about the advantages of Plicafix 200

German weekly construction paper "Allgemeine Bauzeitung" (link) has published an article about the new repair system for long scratches in plywood formwork. Download the article here (ABZ25052012).

Allgemeine Bauzeitung 25/05/2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

europe's largest building translocation, impressive engineering in zürich

Since yesterday, may 22, 2012, the old administrative building of "Werkzeug- und Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon" (MFO) is being moved 60 meters. The building is 80 meters long and weighs 6.200 tons and has been put "on wheels" for the move. Due to need of space where it had been standing for the last 100 years, the owner decided to move the whole structure. The project is described here on the owner's website:
http://www.swiss-prime-site.ch/mfo/index.php
an animation of the move can be watched here: http://www.swiss-prime-site.ch/mfo/animation.php

see the move captured by webcam here: http://www.20min.ch/wissen/news/story/Die-ersten-Meter-des-Hauses-im-Zeitraffer-10068075

i am impressed.

Friday, April 20, 2012

plicafix 200 in the press once more

This time, it is the leading precast concrete magazine "BFT International" (http://www.bft-international.com) that has taken the opportunity to write about our revolutionary product "Plicafix 200" for the repair of plywood formwork panels.

The article can be downloaded as pdf here: http://www.emplica.com/uploads/PDF/press/emplica%20BFT%20International%2004%202012.PDF

for more detailed info about Plicafix 200 and our contacts please go to our website http://www.emplica.com

or go to the plicafix 200 product page here: http://www.emplica.com/en/products/plicafix-200-plywood-repair-stripes.html

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Beton- und Stahlbetonbau über Plicafix 200

german industry magazine "Beton- und Stalbetonbau" published an article about the new plicafix 200 plywood repair strips.

http://www.emplica.com/en/products/plicafix-200-plywood-repair-stripes.html

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

complicated concrete structures

Today i drove past the rest station of "Deitingen Süd"

image: baunetz.de

(at a swiss motorway) and pointed out the filigrane concrete roof structure to show my wife what really was avantgarde in the 1950s. Swiss architect Heinz Isler made this design his signature in the second half of the last century. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Isler

Funny enough, once back in office i receive an invite to this interesting blog.
http://hybios.blogspot.com/

I cant wait to see their ideas being built...
Come back soon to see some images of their work.

will be a challenge for www.emplica.com to design a repair kit for that kind of formwork.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Allgemeine Bauzeitung über emplica AG

aus der ABZ #9 2012 vom 01.03.2012:

Allgemeine Bauzeitung:
http://www.allgemeinebauzeitung.de

emplica Reparaturanleitungen:
http://www.youtube.com/emplicaswitzerland

emplica website:
http://www.emplica.com

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Jetzt auch lange Risse und Riefen einfach reparieren: Pressemeldung zu Plicafix 200

Download der Presseinfos zum neuen Produkt Plicafix 200 als PDF hier:

http://www.emplica.com/uploads/PDF/120227_Plicafix200_Emplica.pdf

Das Video zum Produkt gibts hier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHKZjDoMzs

Alle Emplica Videos im Emplica Kanal auf Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/emplicaswitzerland

Unser Twitter account:
http://www.twitter.com/emplica

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

New Formwork Repair Catalogue 2012 ready for download.

Our Catalogue 2012 is available for download. Please click here: http://www.emplica.com/uploads/PDF/emplica%20catalog2012%20en.pdf

Monday, January 23, 2012

Repairing a long scratch with emplica plicafix 200

Repairing long scratches in Formwork panels has until now been a little complicated by placing the repair plugs overlapping. Emplica's new product Plicafix 200 is a long patch of plywood that can be used for the repair of longer scratches.
Here are a few images of how to do it:

long scratch (ca 15 cm / 6 in) in plywood panel

adjusting the stencil

routing with emplica drill Bit DB40Long

finished routing

remove dust

apply glue into edges

take a Plicafix 200 plywood repair patch

Place plicafix 200 on one side into hole

gently hammer plicafix 200 plywood repair patch into hole

finished

good for fair faced concrete again...

and here is the video on youtube:

check out our plywood panel repair products here:

http://www.emplica.com

Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all!

Dear readers and followers,

2011 was a turbulent year and it looks like 2012 has more storms in store. None the less, we will all sail through heavy weather like mankind always did.

So: keep smiling and working...

Merry Christmas!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Military Museum Dresden / Libeskind

Today i want to lead your eyes to a fascinating combination of classic and modern architecture. Daniel Libeskind has integrated a spike to the old building, which had been standing without purpose and empty for some 20 years. Now it reopened as the german military museum and is definitely worth a visit if you are around. The exposed concrete has been done very nicely and for once i have the impression that the combiantion of classizism and modernism has been accomplished in a not so eye-soring way. The formwork for sure is on the way to being complicated, but i guess it was more of a job for the statics engineers. Formwork was provided by Peri GmbH.

image: Peri GmbH

image: bitter bredt

image: AP

The museum website:
http://www.mhmbundeswehr.de/

the museum @ dezeen blog:
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/29/dresden-museum-of-military-history-by-daniel-libeskind/

the museum at Bauwelt magazine:
http://www.bauwelt.de/cms/ausgabe.html?id=2847051

emplica formwork repair solutions:
http://www.emplica.com

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

new slideshow of emplica formwork repair / neues Video zur Schalungsreparatur

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Not a miracle, just hard work

a few weeks ago i spend a cold and stormy fall weekend in our workshop fixing an old Paschal Raster formwork element. It was really really in a bad shap. Crap actually.
The result is not what we actually try to advertise, we are just using this formwork for marketing purposes and i thought i can also use some practical experience with how bad exactly formwork can look and how much work goes into fixing it.
First i took off the old plywood. Then the frame got introduced to my angle grinder. A few layer of paint after some foundation and then a new plywood board.
Since then, the element has seen a few pours of concrete again and is getting back to its original look soon...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Why Formwork Repair pays off:

Resheeting a framed plywood formwork panel can easily cost EUR 500 per large element of 6,5 sm. Repairing the (fin-) plywood sheet with the emplica system can save up to 25 per cent of the costs during the plywood board's lifetime.
Just imagine you bought a pair of USD 2.000 taylor made shoes in London and you throw them away when the outer sole has a hole. You wouldnt do that would you? You would bring them to a shoemaker and he would apply a new sole for a few dollars. The same calculation applies to the plywood. Why buy new when the old one can be used a little longer for high-grade exposed concrete pouring.

Please have a look at the table we provide for this very simple calculation.(click on image to enlarge).

The use of epoxy filler is on the way to an ideal repair, but damages that go through the plywood such as tieholes etc can not be repaired with filler. Also, the application and curing of filler-repair takes time and is harmful to your lungs.
Ideally, a repair system should reinstall a almost new condition of the board. this can be done with emplica plicafix repair plugs. They are made of finply plywood with a brown film coating and have the exact physical characteristics as the original plywood. Using a PU glue, the plicafix plugs are inseparably bonded with the plywood sheet. Plicafix repair plugs are made of PEFC certified european birch plywood.

In case you dont trust words coming from marketing departments, maybe this video can show how easy and quick the emplica repair plugs are set.

The repair system comes in a very useful steelbox as a starterkit with all necessary tools and a supply of plicafix repair plugs.

for more info and contact please visit our website at: emplica.com

Friday, August 26, 2011

Scaffolding techniques NOT used in central europe.

Thanks to Shaun Usher and others, we can enjoy looking at images of scaffolding that makes me itch sitting in my office chair.

image from dornob.com

many more scary images here and here.

keeping your formwork shiny and new: http://www.emplica.com

Friday, August 19, 2011

3D Concrete Printing

Video of 3D Concrete Printing:

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Emplica welcomes new agent for southern Germany

Kerscher & Sohn GmbH has joined the emplica team to provide clients with the effective plywood repair products of emplica.

http://www.kerscher.com

http://www.emplica.com