Around 390 columns with dimensions between 30 and 55 cm and heights of 3.3 to 3.8 m support the six floors of this new office building “Pandion The Shelf”
Berlin. The architects required square edges, but only an exposed concrete quality of SB 2 or SB 3. However, to be on the safe side, the Lupp construction company went one step further. The highest surface quality was the construction company’s goal, as project manager Nils Witschonke explains: “As a safety factor, so to speak, so that the required quality can be reliably maintained throughout the entire construction process.” Christian Gübel from the Lupp preparation team asked his long-standing formwork partner Mayer Schaltechnik in Bergrheinfeld the following question: “Can your Pax HD column formwork also handle angular edges in SB 4?” MST sales representative Walter Siegler promptly answered with a convincing: “Yes, of course!” Company founder Bernhard Mayer launched the PAX folding column formwork on the market around 25 years ago. Although Mayer admits that the patented PAX has been imitated over the years, the original PAX HD – now in its second generation – is still the market leader.