IN TANDEM with the upsurge in construction activity in Dubai, German formwork manufacturer Paschal-Werk G Maier is witnessing growing demand for its systems.

Its modular formwork panels are currently being used in the construction of a number of prominent residential, commercial and educational projects in the emirate that are in various stages of construction.

Some of these developments include Phase One of the Community Centre in Falcon City, Kings’ College in Nad Al Sheba, City Walk residential apartments in Al Wasl and a 32-storey residential and commercial building in Tecom.

The Phase One of the Community Centre in Falcon City, Wadi Alsafa Two, comprises a hypermarket, medical centre, a nursery and mosque aiming to serve the community being built in Falcon City. The main contractor Seidco is using Paschal modular panels to construct the columns from the basement to the rest of the floors of the project, utilising some of the stock it used in a previous school complex project.

Paschal systems are also giving shape to the columns, and shear and core walls of the Kings’ College in Nad Al Sheba. ANC Contracting is the contractor on the project that has reached the superstructure phase. The 20,000-sq-m building complex forms part of a broader site masterplan that includes an Olympic-size swimming pool and playing fields.

Meanwhile, Meraas Holdings’ City Walk residential development, being primarily horizontal in nature, is also benefiting from the ease of use of Paschal’s modular panels to construct its vertical elements like pits, water tanks, retaining walls, core and shear walls and columns. Located in Al Wasl, the project comprises 21 low- to medium-rise apartments being built by Al Shafar General Contracting close to The Avenue shopping and leisure development (the first phase of which contains more than 350 m of new retail stores also being developed by Meraas Holdings). The City Walk project is expected to be completed in 2015.

Paschal formwork will also prove its user-friendliness on a 32-floor residential-cum-commercial project in Tecom, in the construction of the retaining wall, columns, and core wall. The project, which will use its climbing system as well, also comprises two basement, one ground and three podium levels. Transemirates, the contractor for the project, will soon execute the raft works of the complex.

In addition to the surge in demand for its products, Paschal indicates that it has seen an increase in demand for its services, particularly in terms of technical support.

The company’s formwork systems are currently being employed in a number of ongoing projects in the city including the two towers for real estate developer Damac in the Burj Khalifa District: the Burjside View Tower, which boasts a ground floor, five podium levels and 45 upper levels, and the Burjside Terrace, which comprises a ground level, five podium levels and a 37-storey tower, all being carried out by ANC Contracting.

The Kings’ College project.

Another noteworthy project was the Terminal Building Package (T3 Q10) of Dubai Port World’s Jebel Ali Port, being implemented by Gulf Technical Contracting.

Among other developments, Emirates Sand Contracting is using Paschal’s modular formwork for the construction of a commercial building at Wadi Al Safa (formerly Al Majan District), a community being developed along the stretch of Mohammad Bin Zayed Road. The modular formwork is also proving itself in the construction of a 132/33 kVA substation for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) along Doha Road at Business Bay, by the civil contractor Lootah Building and Contracting under a subcontract from main contractor ABB.

A further two 132/33 kVA substations are being built by Lootah Building and Contracting – one in Mushrif and the other at The Pearl Jumeirah under subcontracts from Siemens and ABB, respectively.

Paschal’s product range comprises systems for modern wall and ceiling formwork, special shuttering, climbing systems, single-side walls, wall formwork, and trapezoidal formwork systems for any type of circular structures especially tanks for sewage treatment plant (STP) projects.

Since the inception of Paschal Concrete Forms, its regional office in Bahrain, in January 1998, Paschal has emerged as a leading supplier of modern formwork solutions to the region’s contractors. It opened its office in Dubai in 2004 and its Abu Dhabi branch in 2009.