A Solitaire in Pune

Contractor: Millennium Engineers & Contractors Ltd., Pune

A modern office complex with 32 floors and a standard height of 3.6 metres per floor has been built in the western Indian metropolis of Pune. The Solitaire Business Hub 3 high-rise project has a total floor space of 53,000 m².

The new MonoDec slab formwork system and others show their strength

The renowned construction company Millennium Engineers & Contractors Ltd. used a total of 1,212 m² of MonoDec slab formwork elements, while the walls were constructed using 92 linear metres of the MSC 240 climbing system, 830 m² of MEVA Beam System (MBS) wall formwork and a 75 m² shaft platform. The site team led by Project Manager Vijay More and Senior Manager Formwork Ravindra Patekar achieved fast construction processes with the help of the efficient and economical MEVA systems. The concrete surfaces have turned out impressively smooth.

Slab formwork with MonoDec
Each complete prestressed slab was erected in an average of ten days using MonoDec slab formwork, which MEVA specifically developed for the needs of emerging markets such as India. The formwork system with drop head, beam and panel methods allows for an early stripping procedure and optimised material use. It can be used for any building geometry and provides a high-quality concrete finish for beams and slabs.

MonoDec: light and robust slab formwork

Fast and simple assembly by hand
No crane required
Permissible slab thickness: 20-44 cm
Durable and lightweight
100% recyclable
Easy to clean, reduced concrete adhesion
Impervious to moisture, no fungal decay
No corrosion, long lifespan
Superior and consistent concrete finish

MBS and MSC 240 for the lift cores
With 830 m² of MEVA MBS wall formwork in combination with the MSC 240 climbing system and 75 m² shaft platforms, the walls of the lift cores were erected in a cycle time of just five days. MBS is a high load capacity wall and column formwork system, designed to suit any layout of wall, curved or angular. Adjustable walers allow column formwork to be designed to suit a number of sizes.

The MSC 240 climbing scaffold ensures efficient and quick climbing, even under challenging ambient conditions. With its 2.4 m-wide platform, MSC 240 provides all the technical advantages of large-area formwork, irrespective of building height, with the same level of safety as on the ground. In addition to climbing, it offers a working platform for rebar fixing, formwork set-up and concrete pouring work and can be supplemented with a trailing platform to perform follow-up work. In the Solitaire project the platforms were longer and supported 3.6 m wall formwork with formwork retraction of 750 mm to provide space for workers to execute rebar, formwork set-up and box-out work.

MSC 240 for formwork height up to 4.5m

Adjust vertically by 10 cm, enabling formwork to be precisely adjusted as per building geometry
Adjust formwork horizontally in increments of +/- 50 mm
Tilt formwork back to ensure easy stripping
Slide carriage to retract formwork by a distance of up to 755 mm to provide workers’ space and to move formwork and platform to the next level by crane as a single unit
2.4 m platform width with 6 m maximum length for safe and comfortable work at all heights
Perimeter protection with guard rail posts provides all-round safety for workers