Climbing formwork

Okay kiddo, so climbing formwork is a special kind of tool that people use when they want to make a building taller. You know how when you stack blocks or Legos, you have to add more pieces to make it taller? Well, it's kind of like that, but with real buildings!

Here's how it works: imagine that you're building a really big tower, like a skyscraper. You start by pouring a big slab of concrete at the base, and then you want to keep building up from there. But how do you do that? You can't just use a ladder or a scaffold - that would take too long!

That's where climbing formwork comes in. It's basically like a big mold that you attach to the side of the building as you build it up. The mold is made of metal and has all sorts of shapes and sizes depending on what kind of building you're making. You fill the mold with concrete, and then wait for it to dry.

But how do you go higher? That's the clever part: you attach the mold to a special kind of machine that can lift it up to the next level. The machine is called a hydraulic jack, and it's super strong! It lifts the formwork up to the next level, just like you would lift a piece of Lego to add to a tower. Then you fill the mold with concrete again, and you can keep going higher and higher.

The great thing about climbing formwork is that it's really fast and efficient. You can build a whole floor of a building in just a few days, which is way faster than using traditional methods. Plus, it's really safe for the workers because they don't have to climb up and down ladders all the time.

So that's climbing formwork - a really cool tool that helps people build big buildings really fast and safely!