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Simply smart slab formwork

The requirements during slab construction are wide-ranging: in-situ concrete or prefabricated parts, small cellar ceilings up to surfaces with thousands of square metres, slab thicknesses, slab heights, challenging floor plans, compensations, architectural concrete requirements … all these factors mean...

Slab formwork design 2.0 with BIM²form

The design and construction of horizontal formwork are often given lower priority in CAD applications, without satisfactory automation. In tandem with its partner BIM², MEVA is looking to tap still-unexploited potential in order to boost the efficiency of building...

When effort pays off

What do you do when you know that your processes can be more efficient, but a tool doesn’t exist for your area of work? For Sajid Mahmood, MEVA UK’s MAC Design Manager, the answer was to teach himself a...

Constructing the world’s most complex building

The Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been dubbed the world’s most complex building, thanks to the unusual vertical torus shape and labyrinthine interiors. Recently completed in 2020, the curved shape presented an enormous...

The benefits of BIM for formwork

Digitalisation has been advancing rapidly within the construction industry as the technological landscape has changed. One of the major changes has been the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM). BIM can help construction companies control costs, collaborate, and construct...

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