Article: Stake-free Footing Forms.(Products for the Pros showcase)

Article: Foundation contractor saves time with stay-in-place ...
Concrete Construction;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... seven years ago, when he decided to try a new kind of footing form on one of his projects. A long-time user of aluminum footing forms, Detweiler tried using Form-A-Drain, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) form by CertainTeed that stays in place after the ...

Article: Anchor and footing forms. ...
Building Design & Construction;  May 1, 2002 ;     539 words ...The Bigfoot System is pre-engineered in several sizes for various applications, from light commercial to industrial buildings. The system consists of a plastic, bulb-shape footing form that is placed in the excavation. An anchor tube is then attached to the form and the system is filled with

Article: GETTING OFF on a New Foot.(Trends: Forming)
Concrete Contractor;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... difficult for stakes to hold in the ground. The Fine Line Footing forms work great on both ends of the spectrum, Collins ... Management, Ontario, was also using conventional wood footing forms until three years ago when a local supply company ...

Article: Adjustable footing form.(Cool New Stuff: There's a bumper crop of ...
Concrete Construction;  January 1, 2006 ;     350 words ... ... flexibility to customize the footing form and eliminates the need to measure and place conventional filler forms. Fine Line Footing Forms Inc., 877-256-3676, www.finelinefootingforms.com. Circle 93. Booth C7809. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Article: Technology vs. Father Time.
Texas Contractor;  November 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Special Light Bent and Arch Bent footing forms double as temporary cofferdams. Global ... supporting these bridge bents. These bent footing forms are also temporary cofferdams. The ... bottom slab is cast on a barge, and the footing forms are set on the bottom slab. The forms ...

Article: Construction Firm on Sound Footing
Vermont Business Magazine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... founders of Sound Footings, a Williston company that manufactures the Square Foot concrete footing forms, the only code approved square plastic footing forms in North America. The product, which comes in three sizes and works with Sonotubes from ...

Article: Solid Foundation.
Western Builder;  December 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... sections are used instead of more traditional wood or aluminum footing forms, and remain in place after the concrete is poured. According ... crew to cut costs and labor hours. "When using traditional footing forms, contractors must return to the job site to strip the forms ...