The industry leader, Structural Contours, Inc. offers the widest selection
of Aluminum Strongbacks....the STANDARD (7"/177.8 mm), HEAVY (9"/228.6mm) and
SUPER (12"/304.8 mm), providing the industry with choice, not chance. All of SCI's
Aluminum Strongbacks utilize the same Aluminum Clip Assemblies for attaching other
aluminum members, such as Aluminum Joists, Aluminum Stringers, and other accessories. The use of SCI's Aluminum Gang Form System
will allow tie spacing flexibility, as the Strongbacks can be spaced in accordance with
any architectural or structural requirement. The 3/4" thick (19 mm) plywood form face
will minimize joints, thus finishing costs. For architectural concrete wall forming, the
user will have the option of using other types of plywood, such as Fin-Ply Birch Plywood,
Plyform, FRP (fiberglass) faced plywood, and plastic or elastomeric form liners.
Because of aluminum's high
strength to low weight ratio, wall forming with large gang form panels will be possible
and forms are handled very easily with most tower cranes and small truck cranes.
The SCI Aluminum Gang Form
System is adaptable to forming walls that are straight, circular (tanks, highway retaining
walls, silos), Y-Walls, T-Walls, Dams, Bridge Piers, Tunnels, Building Core Walls, and for
One Sided Wall Forming.
Concrete placement rate,
ambient temperature, form tie capacity and centering will all have an effect on gang form
construction. SCI recommends that the users follow the recommendations of ACI Committee
347 to determine the Maximum Allowable Lateral Pressure for all wall forming, and then
consult with SCI's Engineering Department to determine the correct aluminum gang form
configuration, member spacing, tie location, etc.
If you have any
questions regarding our strongbacks, please contact us for more
assistance.
Click on the item you wish to view:
7"
STANDARD ALUMINUM STRONGBACK
9" HEAVY ALUMINUM STRONGBACK 
12" SUPER
ALUMINUM STRONGBACK 
ALUMINUM OUTSIDE CORNER STRONGBACK  |
WIDE
Tel. 203.531.4400 Fax. 203.531.4403
E-mail: 
