Engineering innovation in falsework and formwork Designed using specially developed 3D software, the heavy-duty Megashor system was used to support 911 node points required for the installation of a landmark steel ladder and glass panelled shroud structure covering The Yas Hotel. When RMD Kwikform Middle East was awarded the contract to support a new 217-metre grid-shell shroud - an expanse of sweeping, curvilinear forms, constructed of steel and 5,096 pivoting diamond- shaped glass panels - the business took on one of the most innovative and exciting structures in the world. For primary contractor Al Futtaim Carillion, working for developer ALDAR Properties, the requirement for a formwork and falsework based temporary works system that could safely support no fewer than 911 different node

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