CASE STUDY: MIVAN Formwork

The City and Industrial Development Corporation and Organization (CIDCO) of Maharashtra are responsible
for the development of Navi Mumbai. It has undertaken massive projects to achieve this goal and has
encouraged use of latest technologies to complete these projects. In recent years it has undertaken large scale
constructions of houses in Navi Mumbai.

COMPLETED PROJECT WITH MIVAN FORMWORK

SPAGHETTI at KHARGHAR
Location:

Navi Mumbai.

Country:

India.

Client:

CIDCO and L&T ECC

Scope:

4 No. Blocks on each floor of 4, 5, 6, and 7 Storey Apts.

Design:

Load Bearing wall & slab.

Cycle:

4 days per floor.

System formwork:

6000 sq.mt.

Contract Start Date:

November 2003.

Project Type (s):

High rise, residential building having 16 buildings in all.

Architect:

Hafeez Contractor

The building in plan made an angle of 1720, 168 and 1610 with each other. The quality of construction is
maintained at the site with the use of RMC. The RMC plant has a capacity of producing 90 cubic meter of
concrete of concrete per hour. The concrete used was of 25 grades. The construction from foundation up to stilt
is done with conventional practice while the upper floors are constructed using MIVAN technology. The
construction company has imported three sets of aluminium forms. The cost is about Rs.500/- sq.ft as against
Rs.650/- sq.ft using conventional methods. Thus it can be said that even though the cost of construction is little
bit high it has an unmatched quality compared to the conventional method.
MIVAN formwork played a vital role in the construction of the project. The project was completed not
only on stipulated period of time but also paid off with its attributes. Speedy & quality dwelling units were

provided to the people of low income groups at very reasonable costs. MIVAN is a definitely future of this ever
growing construction industry with lots of project still awaiting its touch of excellence.

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DISCUSSION WITH EMINENT EXPERTS

1. Mr. Manohar R. Kharache, Executive Engineer, CIDCO.
2. Mr.Vikas Damle, Deputy Manager, ACC-RCD, Thane.
3. Mr. Ankur Jadhav, Site Engineer Spaghetti, L&T ECC.
4. Mr. Naik, Site Engineer Spaghetti, CIDCO.

WEB SITE CONSULTED

AskACC- ( Definition of Formwork)
URL (www.askacc.com)
2. Answers- (Classification of formwork)
URL (www.answers.com)
3. Army Website- ( Prefabricated buildings)
URL (www.army.com)
4. Encyclopedia- (Definition of Formwork)
URL (www.wikipedia.com)
5. OUTINARD- (Components, Assembly)
URL (www.outinard.com)
6. MIVAN- (Components, Assembly, Case studies)
URL (www.mivan.com)
7. MASCON- (Components, Assembly, Case studies)
URL (www.mascon.com)