Formwork for Concrete Structures, Fourth Edition, provides current information on designing and building formwork and temporary structures during the construction process. Developed with the latest structural design recommendations by the National Design Specification (NDS 2005), the book covers recent advances in materials, money- and energy-saving strategies, safety guidelines, OSHA regulations, and dimensional tolerances. Up-to-date sample problems illustrate practical applications for calculating loads and stresses. This comprehensive manual also includes new summary tables and equations and a directory of suppliers.

Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Economy of Formwork; Chapter 3. Pressure of Concrete on Formwork; Chapter 4. Properties of Form Material; Chapter 5. Design of Wood Members for Formwork; Chapter 6. Shores and Scaffolding; Chapter 7. Failures of Formwork; Chapter 8. Forms for Footings; Chapter 9. Forms for Walls; Chapter 10. Forms for Columns; Chapter 11. Forms for Beams and Floor Slabs; Chapter 12. Patented Forms for Concrete Floor Systems; Chapter 13. Forms for Thin-Shell Roof Slabs; Chapter 14. Forms for Architectural Concrete; Chapter 15. Slipforms; Chapter 16. Forms for Concrete Bridge Decks; Chapter 17. Flying Deck Forms; Appendix A. Dimensional Tolerances for Concrete Structures; Appendix B. Guidelines for Safety Requirements for Shoring Concrete Formwork; Appendix C. OSHA Regulations for Formwork and Shoring; Appendix D. Conversion of Units of Measure between U.S. Customary System and Metric System; Appendix E. Directory of Organizations and Companies Related to Formwork for Concrete; Index