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EFCO offers formwork and shoring solutions for all types of concrete construction projects.[1] EFCO, formerly known as Economy Forms Corporation, is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and currently has operations in 12 countries and manufacturing facilities in both Des Moines, Iowa, and Georgetown, Ontario, Canada.[2] EFCO is privately held, employee-owned, and continues today in its second, third, and fourth generations of leadership with Scott Walter, the great-grandson of EFCO’s founder, W. A. Jennings, serving as the president and CEO of the organization. W. A. Jennings started EFCO as Economy Forms Corporation in 1934.
[3]FORMWORK
EFCO’s product offering includes formwork and shoring solutions for commercial and residential high-rise buildings, bridges, highways, stadiums, water treatment facilities, power plants, tunnels, mining, industrial, civil, and transportation projects.
[4]ENGINEERING
EFCO is known worldwide for high-quality and innovative products and engineered solutions for concrete forming and shoring construction projects. The EFCO engineering team is the leader in the industry for solving some of the most challenging project opportunities in the concrete forming industry. This team focuses on project design‚ cycling of equipment‚ cost savings, and the quality of the finished concrete and provides these solutions as part of EFCO’s form erection drawings supplied to the construction project.
[5]FIELD SERVICE
EFCO field supervisors provide job site assistance with formwork assembly and cycling, using the EFCO drawings, and they assist with the development of methods and procedures to promote safety and productivity.
[6]EFCO ONLINE
EFCO ONLINE provides internet access to order all EFCO products via the internet 24 hours a day and 7 days a week if you have signed a user agreement.
[7]EFCO CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION & FORMING INSTITUTE
Designed with the future concrete construction industry in mind, EFCO offers hands-on instruction and training to customers in EFCO’s Concrete Construction and Forming Institute training facility for all of EFCO’s forming and shoring equipment.
The product range includes handset, radius, and heavy-duty formwork girders, column formwork, various shoring systems, a variety of slab formwork systems, aluminum posts, jump systems, self-climbing systems, tie systems, services, software and training.
