edgeFORM gives dubbo company the edge
Charlie Cox Concrete Contractors have been in the formwork business for around 20 years. Specialising in large scale commercial, their work includes warehouses, schools, universities and hospitals for their town of Dubbo. After years using what head man Charlie Cox describes as 'old brickies' planks, Cox made the switch to edgeFORM. The futurebuild timber product has been holding its own ever since.
'We've been using edgeFORM for tilt-up panels, for concrete walls,' says Charlie Cox. Pouring concrete into the formwork and tilting it upright requires precision. The walls must be straight and conform to the specified thickness. According to Cox, the edgeFORM helps to achieve this accuracy.
edgeFORM also out-performs the old planks in resisting moisture absorption. 'They're out in the weather all the time,' explains Cox, 'never in shelter, so there's a lot of wear and tear can happen. edgeFORM have resisted the weather.'
Recent projects utilising edgeFORM have been the University at Dubbo, big warehouses in town and extensions to the Dubbo RSL club. Charlie Cox's company has been responsible for building a large part of the town and such responsibility demands quality work every time. Any new product needs to be reliable.
It was well-established local frame and truss company, Ramien's, that recommended the edgeFORM. Ramien's Purchasing Officer, Mark Turley, supplies the Hinterland market and quickly sourced the product from 'a mate' in Sydney, some 5 hours away. Turley suggested edgeFORM for both cost and performance advantages, ideal for Cox's large-scale formwork. As Turley says:
'Once upon a time you had to buy Oregon. Now it's too pricey, coming out of Canada and the U.S. With our five bob dollar, it's like buying a Mercedes Benz motor car and taking it out paddock-bashing.' (A familiar Dubbo activity, according to Turley!)
These cost advantages are increased as the timber can be used again and again. 'It's affordable and reusable,' he adds, 'kiln dried and painted, so properly maintained, you might get ten or a dozen pours out of it. That's a big plus.'
Cox and his Dubbo clients are impressed with edgeFORM so far. The formworkers themselves agree, finding the lightweight and straight lengths easy to use on site. Cox plans to use the product again in their upcoming project, an eight metre high, single story warehouse. And news of the product's reliability is spreading.
'Other companies have already enquired and I've recommended it to them,' says Charlie. It seems Dubbo formworkers have really found an edge.
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