Geotextile fabric was used to form the reduced volume, variable section, reinforced concrete beam shaped to follow the bending moment curve for a uniform load (CAST Laboratory, 2005).
Society's Vision
In a world with increasingly scarce resources, fabric forming improves the efficiency of concrete forming, thereby allowing concrete structures to be more sustainable.
The International Society of Fabric Forming (ISOFF) was created to fill a multiplicity of needs in the concrete forming industry:
- To communicate the work of researchers in fabric forming to manufacturers, distributors and concrete contractors;
- To provide feedback to researchers from forming contractors and distributors on new technology and needs for further research;
- To communicate to the world at large of the dramatic environmental benefits of replacing rigid forms with fabric.