Reflex Circular Formwork used to Construct Two Sewer Pump Tanks
Zuccoli is the latest suburb to progress as part of the NT Governments’ development of residential land in East Palmerston. To ensure lots in the initial stages of Zuccoli are fully serviced prior to occupation, headworks and infrastructure for potable water, wastewater, electricity and telecommunications are being designed and installed simultaneously to lot development.
RMD’s Reflex is an adjustable panel system that is quickly and easily adjusted for all curved concrete walls.
The Zuccoli Sewer Pump Station Dry/Wet Well was constructed by MK Construction Services to deal with the wastewater that will be generated. This circular Dry/Wet Well has an internal radius of 4.5m and a wall thickness of 0.3m. It is 8.7m high and was constructed in 4 pours utilizing 2.4m panels from the Reflex curved wall formwork system in jumpform mode. RMD’s Reflex is an adjustable panel system that is quickly and easily adjusted for all curved concrete walls.
Reflex panels were connected on top of each other to achieve the height.
MK Construction Services also constructed the Overflow Tank which is 4.25m high, has an external radius of 9.3m and a wall thickness of 0.3m. This tank was constructed in 1 pour utilizing 2.4m high Reflex panels connected on top of each other to achieve the height.
RMD’s Rapidshor shoring system, which was easy to install due to its snap on components.
The Dry / Wet Well also contains an internal wall constructed with conventional formwork using RMD’s Superslim Soldiers. Roof slabs will be constructed on both tanks which will be conventionally formed and supported by RMD’s Rapidshor shoring system, which was easy to install due to its snap on components.
MK Construction Services was impressed by the speed of erection they could achieve.
RMD Australia’s client, MK Construction Services was impressed by the speed of erection they could achieve with RMD’s Reflex curved wall formwork, in addition to the class of finish achieved by the new composite form face attached to the Reflex panels.
