3D technology has been used in the field of formwork for a long time. Initially, it was confined to the virtual world of computing, where it was used for three-dimensional formwork design. Nowadays, though, it is being used more and more on the construction site itself, sometimes in the form of formwork parts produced by 3D printers, sometimes even entire building elements manufactured additively. Doka and its parent company, the Umdasch Group, have embraced these new technologies.

Shape of towers varies between rectangles and hexagons

With the new headquarters of VakifBank, Istanbul is now in the process of becoming a financial capital. Covering a total area of 690,000 m² with 257,464m² of usable area, the office construction will be one of the most spectacular buildings to be located in the Istanbul Finance Centre. Doka offered a suitable formwork solution for the special design of the two towers.

More efficient. More productive. Working at ever-increasing speeds with no loss of precision. These are the challenges that construction companies face today. At the same time, planning and execution are becoming increasingly complex. To address these challenges, the construction industry is progressively integrating more digital solutions with the declared goal of implementing lean construction. The nucleus, where all the construction data is stored, is BIM (Building Information Modelling). New digital solutions designed to boost the industry’s profitability on the basis of BIM are gradually emerging on the market. These four smart tools developed by Doka in cooperation with its customers illustrate what this can look like in practice.

Largest involvement in tunneling civil works for Doka

The new standalone railway will deliver 31 metro stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail, revolutionising the way Australia’s biggest city travels. Doka supplies formwork engineering services, material and equipment supply for the mined tunnel concrete lining construction at Martin Place, Pitt Street and Victoria Cross Station sites.

MATEXPO is one of Europe’s biggest international construction trade fairs. This year
it was held in Kortrijk, Belgium, from 11 to 15 September. Doka had its first reasons to celebrate before the trade fair had even officially begun: its mobile fall protection system FreeFalcon had won the Safety Award.

Linz may be known as the Steel City, but concrete will also play a vital supporting role in the refurbishment and expansion of this strategically important traffic route. The construction firms involved in the work are on the right track: in Doka, they have chosen a formwork supplier with the necessary construction expertise and the ability to deliver.

Austrian formwork company Doka GmbH has signed an exclusive agreement with WECON Engineering Ltd. – a Division of COMASCO Construction machinery & Systems Ltd. for sole distribution rights across Israel.

WorldSkills, the world championships of vocational skills, will take place in Kazan, Russia from 22–27 August 2019. Around 1,400 participants will be representing almost 70 countries in over 50 vocational skills. Doka is sponsoring this year's concrete construction competition for the third time.

For some time now, the construction industry has been seeing a boom in B2B e-commerce, which is quickly becoming an unquestionably important part of the fabric of the industrial landscape. With its own online shop and myDoka customer portal, Doka has created an impressive and successful combination for sales and customer service.

Austrian formwork company Doka GmbH has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Waco Africa Pty Ltd for sole distribution rights across sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.