Although using the same components as handsetting, it offers several advantages. The Gangs are easily assembled on the ground and then moved into place. Stripping the unit as a gang eliminates rebuilding. You save time and material, increase your productivity and reduce your forming costs.

The lightweight steel-ply system is ideal for gangforming. At 6 1/2 PSF, including hardware, gang form sizes are limited only by crane capacity.

With layout drawings from our drafting department and assistance from our experienced sales staff, you can use steel-ply gangforming as efficient and safe as possible.

Gang Form bolts and wedge bolts are used to connect panels and gangs from ties. Gang Form bolts connect panel siderails and gang form ties in a single operation. This longer end allows you to break the ties back and strip the gang without disassembly.

Walers are placed 18" from the top and bottom in conventional gang forming. Using one waler for each tier or panel, these walers align forms within the gang.

The same time and meterial advantages in wailing are also present in the use of strongbacks. They are needed only to align the walers and are usually placed at 8' centers. depending on the specific job conditions however, this spacing can change.

The most economical way to gangform with this system is to use the load-gathering technique. The walers and strongbacks gather the load of the panels, and high-capacity ties are installed throughout the panels and walers. The load is transferred to the ties from the walers.

The ties can be placed farther apart then in conventional gang forming due to the strength and rigidity of the steel-ply system. You save time and money when setting, stripping and patching because you use fewer ties.