New skyscrapers using PASCHAL formwork

High-rise housing project in Astana

The ninth-largest country on Earth, Kazakhstan decided in 1997 to create a new capital. The administration moved from the historic city of Almaty in the south to a location closer to the centre of the country. Astana has been a building site ever since.

Photo: Rudolf Frei, (c) PASCHAL 2009.

Astana (Kazakhstan):

PASCHAL has also had a sales office for a number of years in this emerging nation, rich in raw materials.
In 2008, a contract was signed for a major high-rise project in Astana, consisting of four identical residential buildings, each 43 storeys high.
Buildings such as these are typically constructed as skeleton structures in many countries. This means that one or more cellars or basements with concrete outer and inner walls are built on the foundations. A solid core contains the services (lifts, electrical wiring, water conduits), as well as the staircase. This is surrounded by concrete columns or a few load-bearing concrete walls to support the weight of the ceilings. The remaining internal and external walls are made of masonry.
PASCHAL's Modular/GE universal formwork was the star here too. In Germany, it is used mainly as small-scale, foundation, beam or manually installed (without cranes) formwork. However, the large-scale elements have proven suitable for more prestigious projects as well.

Finished in 2008: Four structurally identical 43-storey high-rise buildings in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. PASCHAL's Modular/GE universal formwork proved efficient and successful.