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Round Capital Forms

Round Capital Forms

Round Capital Forms

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Are round capital forms still used for flat slab construction? I haven't seen them used for quite awhile. As an alternate, I can use a small, thick square drop as a capital.

This is for a project in Iowa. Are there any local formwork companies that you can suggest that I should contact?

RE: Round Capital Forms

My experience with column capitals has been that the contractors complain a lot about having to form them. The last flat slab I did, the contractor advised the owner it would be less expensive to pour the entire slab thicker, which is how we proceeded.  I would think round column forms would be even more of a specialty item.

RE: Round Capital Forms

Agree.  On every similar project I have done, the contractor preferred to used a flat plate with studrails instead of drop caps.  That said, there's nothing to stop you from using a square drop cap with a round column (except cost and maybe aesthetics).

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