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Guidelines for Safety Requirements for Shoring Concrete Formwork 477
SECTION 3 — TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SHORING
Joists
Steel stringe
Shore head
Adjustment screw
Crossbracing
Frame
Frame
Base plate
Sill
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Tubular Frame Shoring
3.0 See Section 2, "General Requirements for Shoring".
3.1 Metai tubular frames used for shoring shall have allowable loads based on tests conducted according to a
standard test procedure for the Compression Testing of Scaffolds and Shores, as established by the Scaffolding,
Shoring & Forming Institute, Inc.
3.2 Design of shoring layouts using tubular welded frames shall be based on allowable loads which were obtained
using these test procedures, and at least a 2.5 to 1 safety factor.
3.3 All metal frame shoring equipment shall be inspected before erection by the contractor who erects the equipment.
3.4 Metal frame shoring equipment and accessories shall not be used if excessively rusted, bent, dented, reweided
beyond the original factory weld locations, having broken welds, or having other defects.
3.5 All components shall be in good working order and in a condition similar to that of original manufacture.
3.6 When checking the erected shoring frames with the shoring layout, the spacing between towers and cross brace
spacing shall not exceed that shown on the layout, and all locking devices shall be in the closed position.
3.7 Devices to which the external lateral stability bracing are attached shall be securely fastened to the legs of the
shoring frames.
3.8 Base plates, shore heads, extension devices, or adjustment screws shall be used in top and bottom of each leg
of every shoring tower.
3.9 All base plates, shore heads, extension devices or adjustment screws shall be in firm contact with the footing
sill, and/or the form material, and shall be snug against the legs of the frame.
3.10 There shall be no gaps between the lower end of one frame and the upper end of the other frame.
3.11 Any component which cannot be brought into proper alignment or contact with the component into or onto which
it is intended to fit, shall be removed and replaced.
GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR SHORING CONCRETE FORMWORK 7
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