Column formworks are structural element that transmits, through compression the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. They are specially made for the purpose of wind and earthquakes and are designed for lateral forces. They also are made to give the best form of support to your structures.
A decking is a material of concrete, asbestos, steel, or the like, in the form of self-supporting flooring or roofing units laid between joists or rafters.

FORMWORK FOR RAFT FOUNDATION
This is basically a material that holds the wet reinforced concrete of the raft foundation in place until it cures. This material is mostly of wood, but this idea of formwork become obsolete internationally and it is gradually becoming obsolete in the country with the introduction of our steel shutters, steel panel or steel formwork.
STEEL SHUTTERS (ADVANTAGES)
1) ITS CHEAPER
It is cost effective and economical. The average cost of formwork using wood for a raft foundation is about five hundred thousand naira (500,000.00) while with steel shutters it’s a about half the cost of wood for an average building.
2) BETTER QUALITY END PRODUCT
The finished work when steel shutters are used gives perfect quality with no honey combs on the surface of raft foundation unlike wood that will bulge with lots of honey combs.
3) IT ELIMINATES WASTE
Steel shutters are reusable as justified by the fact that it is made of steel, therefore it can be use subsequently as against wood that is condemned after use due to water and weather.
4) IT MAINTAINS A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
Steel shutters when dismantled after use is easily removed from site with no extra cost unlike wood that litters around site thereby making the entire surroundings unkempt.
At Bamenda Group we specialize in giving the best of its kind using our steel shutters to give you an accurate, neat and more defined structure, with the best consultation and customer service in the real estate field at an affordable price.