Safety First or Face the Worst!
This safety feature must be installed around slabs and openings when a fall of more than 3000 mm is possible.
What is a guardrail?
This vertical structural element supports loads from above.
What is a column?
These structural elements transfer loads from slabs to columns.
What are beams?
This type of slab is commonly used in parking garages.
What is a slab with drop panel?
This support system is commonly used in confined spaces.
What are jacks?
Before concrete pouring begins, this document must be signed and sealed by an engineer.
What is a compliance certificate?
These triangular wooden pieces soften the edges of a concrete column.
What is a chamfer?
These two types of beams are classified based on their position relative to the slab.
What are conventional and inverted beams?
Joists for slab formwork are typically spaced this far apart.
What is 405 mm (16 inches)?
These heavy-duty scaffolding frames provide strong support for concrete formwork.
What are HD frames?
This section of the Construction Safety Code (CSTC) is dedicated to the shoring of concrete formwork.
What is Section VI?
The two most common shapes of concrete columns in construction.
What are square and cylindrical?
This type of beam supports other beams.
What is a master beam?
This type of slab is used in residential buildings.
What is a flat slab?
These components in a metal frame support system ensure lateral stability.
What are cross braces?
If part of a guardrail is removed, workers must use this for safety.
What is a safety harness?
This modern tool allows for column placement without using strings or plumb lines.
What is a theodolite or total station?
Before placing beam formwork, this must be done to ensure the structure is correctly aligned.
What is leveling the columns?
This process supports the structure while the concrete cures and gains strength.
What is re-shoring?
This type of scaffold is pre-assembled and moved with a crane, making it efficient for high-rise construction.
What is modular scaffold (flying formwork)?
A ladder must extend at least this much above the upper landing.
What is 900 mm?
Before installing formwork ties, this must be done to ensure a column is properly aligned.
What is squaring using a plumb line or working from above?
Name two safety measures required before working on beam formwork.
What are guardrails and safety harnesses?
Before removing slab formwork, this must be verified.
What is concrete maturity and engineer approval?
The three main components of a metal frame support system.
What are vertical frames, cross braces, and horizontal beams?