FormworkTemporary framing of timber or metal used for casting concrete; also called shuttering.FosseA defensive ditch.Four-centred arch ...
Formwork - Temporary wood structures used in constructing the ribbing and vaulting. Also known as centering.
Foundation - The stonework below the ground that supports the entire structure.
Formwork. Temporary boards used to keep wet mixtures, such as concrete, in a particular shape until it sets.
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Formwork/Shuttering
- braced timber or metal into which tempered earth is rammed or concrete is poured, usually for structural purpose, texture of material eg board shape, is often left on concrete.
Cob - walling of damp earth sometimes mixed with cement, rammed without reinforcement into a formwork. This old method of walling is known in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire as Wychert.
Back Propping - The replacement of props under a slab after stripping of formwork, to provide support while it gains strength and to reduce creep ...
When the formwork is lifted from the poured concrete, the rough, naturally textured surface is the final finish. The amount of texture on the surface is dependent upon the amount of texture on the formwork.
6 metre diameter concrete flues which are lined with refractory bricks built on rings of corbels spaced at 10 metre intervals. The reinforced concrete can be cast by conventional formwork or sliding formwork.
Shuttering - is the term given to either temporary or permanent moulds into which concrete or similar materials are poured. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering moulds. See formwork.
Basement shuttering ...
 See also: Concrete, Timber, Cement, Frame, Shutter
  
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