Formwork systems and products

HaMachresha makes four families of products: DOR steel formwork, DOR-KAL modular formwork, complementary casting systems, and perimeter scaffolding with protection systems. All the systems connect to one another, so one set of formwork serves the whole structure.

A full parts catalogue (ties, nuts, clamps, braces, lifting lugs and scaffold accessories) is on the Hebrew products page.

DOR steel formwork

Heavy steel wall formwork, made to order for each project. It is HaMachresha's main system for the Baranovich method.

• Designed for a concrete pressure of 80 kN/m², higher than the usual standard, which allows a fast pour rate and special pours.
• Assembled as large panels, which cuts manual work on site and repeats precisely from floor to floor.
• Fewer accessories than other systems: savings in equipment, stock and manpower.
• Casts every type of cladding: natural stone, porcelain, HPL, "Kir Amir" and exposed concrete; also round walls, columns, parapets and bridges.
• Built for many years of repeated use, adapted from project to project.
• Planned for an average pace of 4 floors per month, also on stone-clad projects.
• Connects to every other HaMachresha system: modular formwork, single-sided formwork, columns, round walls, the ratchet system and balcony parapet forms.

Hebrew name: תבניות מתכת דגם "דור"

DOR-KAL modular formwork

A modular, off-the-shelf formwork system that gives design flexibility with no project-specific manufacturing. Used mainly for interior walls and areas without cladding, and an efficient complement to the DOR system. Its accessories are hot-dip galvanized and kept in stock.

Hebrew name: תבניות מודולריות "דור-קל"

Shrinking corner

A collapsible inner corner for casting shafts and cells. The same corner fits both DOR and DOR-KAL formwork.

Hebrew name: פינה מתכווצת

Single-sided wall formwork

Heavy-duty triangular trusses for casting walls against an excavation, such as basement perimeter walls. The system connects to both DOR and DOR-KAL panels, so the same formwork that casts the building's walls also casts the basement walls.

Hebrew name: אגד חד צידי

Column and curved-wall formwork

Forms for columns of different diameters and for round walls. The system withstands high pour pressures and connects to DOR-KAL panels for oval columns in parking levels. It was used on flagship projects including Kikar HaMedina, TOHA 2 and the Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv.

Hebrew name: עמודים ורדיוסים

Balcony parapet forms

A system for casting the balcony parapet with no repeated formwork carpentry from floor to floor. It also casts stone-clad parapets in the Baranovich method.

Hebrew name: קראנצים למרפסות

Balcony tables

A simple table system for casting cantilevered balconies with few accessories. It comes with a lifting fork rated for up to 1.5 tons, so large tables are reused from floor to floor.

Hebrew name: שולחנות למרפסת

Cantilever slab casting

Hover brackets that serve as a working platform and as the form for a cantilevered slab at height, plus a profile system for wide slabs and architectural beams that project from the building's perimeter.

Hebrew name: יציקת רצפות קונזוליות

Kimatics perimeter scaffolding

Folding, heavy-duty perimeter scaffolds that are fully modular: a worn part is replaced on its own at low cost. Accessories also fit older scaffold models.

Hebrew name: פיגומי קימטיקס

Ratchet system for Baranovich formwork

A ratchet rail added to the Kimatics scaffold. The formwork climbs one floor together with the scaffold, without being lowered to the ground after every pour, which saves many crane hours.

Hebrew name: פיגומי ראצ'ט