Seven-day pour for Slough incinerator

Contractors on the Slough Multifuel incinerator have completed a seven-day continuous slipform pour after delivering 3,300 cubic metres of concrete for SSE and joint venture partner CIP.

Multiplex fails in £5m legal claim over 100 Bishopsgate

Multiplex’s attempt to sue the insurer of a failed design consultant that worked on 100 Bishopsgate for £5m has been struck down in court. The case concerned the construction of the original slip-form rig built on the City of London skyscraper. Concrete specialist Dunne collapsed… The post Multiplex fails in £5m legal claim over 100 Bishopsgate appeared first on Construction News.

NEW VERTICAL SLIP FORMING TECHNIQUE UTILIZING CEMENTS THAT WILL DOUBLE THE SLIP RATE WHILE CUTING COST AND MANPOWER - A paper published by Geopolymer Solutions, Andy Filak, and Per Lindgen

Setting time of concrete depends on temperature. This can be achieved by a new type of cement used in the concrete. Seven years ago, a company in Houston Texas called Geopolymer Solutions, LLC invented this cement (binder) for concrete called Cold Fusion Cement (CFC). This company, now with its new cement for concrete, obtained a patent entitled “Method of making construction materials with a voltage.”

Spencer Group - Slipform Engineering

Spencer Group’s Eamon Hanley explains how the slipform concept has been enhanced, to create better sheltered, more spacious and safer way of working as the decks move up the structure

What are the key differences between Slip Form and Jump Form construction? What are the advantages & disadvantages of either system?