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A City Nights’ project under way in International City using Paschal formwork.

Versatile Paschal modular systems gain popularity

01 April 2020

An increasing number of contractors working on villa developments in Dubai have been turning to formwork systems from Paschal-Werk G Maier to speed up work on their job sites, thanks to the versatility of these modular systems.

Over the past three months alone, UAE-based contractors such as Nashie Contracting, Shaharco Contracting and Al Ishrak Contracting Company have launched work on their villa projects located in Dubai Hills Estate, a master development in Mohammed Bin Rashid City, using the German formwork systems.

Nashie Contracting is using Paschal formwork for the retaining walls and columns of its villa development on Plot No 6316649, while Al Ishrak Contracting Company is also utilising it for the columns, core walls and retaining wall of the villa on Plot No 6319264. Both these projects are for Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid and involve the development of villas comprising a basement, ground level, first floor and rooftop. Also at Dubai Hills, Shaharco Contracting has deployed the Paschal system for the construction of the retaining walls of its villa project on Plot No 6317013, which features a basement, ground and upper level.

Paschal systems ... increasingly used on villa projects.

The formwork systems and support are provided by Paschal Emirates Company, the Dubai branch of Paschal Concrete Forms, the Bahrain-based regional office of the German formwork manufacturer.

Other projects at Dubai Hills Estate where Paschal formwork systems were recently used are a nursery and retail facilities (parapet wall and water tank) being built by VGC Building Contracting. With the structure completed, the contractor is now engaged in the finishing works.

Meanwhile, other latest additions to Paschal’s list of UAE clients include Progress Constructions, Dubai Euro Contracting Company and City Nights Contracting. Progress Construction – which is working on nine residential buildings at Meydan One for Azizi Developments – is using Paschal formwork for the retaining walls of the two basement levels of two nine-storey buildings within the development.

Dubai Euro Contracting Company is working on laying the third-floor slab of a four-storey commercial and residential building on Plot No 6180102 at Nad Al Sheba First in Dubai. The contractor is utilising the formwork for the construction of the building’s shear walls, core wall and water tank.

City Nights Contracting is using Paschal systems to build the retaining wall and water tank at a mid-rise (two basement levels and eight upper levels) residential building at International City – Phase Two.

Another contractor that used Paschal formwork at International City is Ideal System Contracting, which is currently giving the finishing touches to its four-storey residential building project also at Phase Two of the development.

Paschal systems have been used by most of the leading contractors in the UAE such as Transemirates Contracting, ANC Contracting, General Construction Company, Al Shafar General Contracting, Trojan General Contracting, Al Tatweer Contracting (part of the Belhasa Group), Larsen & Toubro Construction, IAS Lootah Contracting, and Pivot Engineering, among others.

Paschal is a sought-after partner for concrete projects worldwide, with customers in more than 40 countries and 50 years of experience.

Set up in 1997 as the main office for the Middle East, Paschal Concrete Forms has since become one of the leading suppliers of modern formwork solutions to the construction industry in the GCC.

Paschal Concrete Forms, which is based at the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) in Hidd, has an assembling facility for modular formwork and a stockyard in Bahrain. In addition, with a branch in Dubai and its Scientific and Technical Office in Dammam, Paschal is strongly represented in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.