Special Formwork

Special Formwork Limited are a UK based company located in the West Midlands, specialising in the design and manufacture of purpose made steel formwork for the casting of concrete.

We are a family owned and managed company with over forty years experience in formwork and fabrication for the construction industry.

Column Formwork
Special Formwork is the UK’s leading manufacturer of purpose made steel column formwork. We supply columns to several high profile projects throughout the UK, Ireland and even the Caribbean.

Major Projects where you can find our SF Columns includes

- BBC Television Centre.
- Heathrow Airport.
- Docklands Light Railway and Canary Wharf Station.
- Paddington Station, Charing Cross Station and Stratford station.
- Francis Crick Institute – London, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.
- Midsummer Place Milton Keynes.
- John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford.

Tunnel Formwork
Special Formwork has designed and supplied forms for a range of different tunnel and shaft lining projects, including for the London Cable Tunnels, Crossrail, London Underground, Welsh Water, Amsterdam Metro, and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Sea Defence
Special Formwork has manufactured a wide range of solutions for sea defences around the UK coastline. Sea defence structures include Recurved Wave Walls – in situ and pre-cast, stepped revetments, and very large mass concrete structures – including a hydraulically operated travelling formwork system.

Wall Formwork
Steel Formwork is a cost-effective alternative method for constructing walls when there are a high number of repeat uses. They’re also suitable for special architectural constraints limiting the number and position of form joints and tie locations. Steel formwork is particularly suitable for curved structures, or where tall pours produce high concrete pressure.

Piers & Bridges
Special formwork design all type of pier & Bridge formwork.

Our experienced design team would be happy to discuss your specific requirements and to give any advice or assistance as required.