Multiple Advanced Formwork Systems for a World Class Development
Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) is one of the two integrated resorts currently being built in Singapore and is scheduled to be open in early 2010. The resort is owned by Genting Singapore and is located on Sentosa Island, covering an area of 49 hectares.
Built at a cost of S$6.59 billion, some of the attractions and facilities the resort will have include Southeast Asia’s fi rst and only Universal Studios theme park, six hotels with different themes and the world’s largest oceanarium.
Kajima Overseas Asia Pte. Ltd. and Tiong Seng Contractors (Pte.) Ltd. have formed a joint venture and won the contract to build three of the six hotels in RWS. The contract also include building the resort’s main thoroughfare known as Festive Walk, a casino located beneath the Crockfords Tower and a 1,600-seat Festive Grand showroom within Festive Hotel.
To meet the challenges of this fast track project with a massive total formwork area of over 800,000 m², a variety of PERI’s formwork systems are being used. The SKYDECK aluminium slab formwork is used in combination with MULTIPROPs to achieve maximum productivity and flexibility for applications varying from 3 m to 6 m floor height. Aseven days cycle time could be achieved for a 1,000 m² area.
Using the TRIO 3.30 m x 2.40 m panels, retaining walls were easily cast for heights of up to 9 m in one pour achieving off form finish quality without compromising on their high productivity of a three day cycle for a stretch of 25 m x 9 m wall-pour.
Other PERI formwork systems that were used in the project were also able to deliver high productivity and these include the ST 100 Stacking Towers (14 days cycle for 1,000 m² area), SRS Steel Circular Column (one column/day/mould) and the CB 240 climbing system (three days per cycle).
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