EFCO is a civil company based in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

. It was founded in 1934 and is today one of the leading providers of concrete formwork

Formwork

Formwork is the term given to either temporary or permanent molds into which concrete or similar materials are poured. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering moulds.-Formwork and concrete form types:...

 systems in the USA and the world. EFCO has an extensive subsidiary network in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

, Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, and Europe

Europe

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History

Economy Forms Corporation, known today as EFCO, was founded by W.A. Jennings in 1934. The first product that Jennings designed was a 30 inch by 30 inch steel form that a single worker could easily handle. Since then EFCO has developed advanced wall, slab and climbing formwork

Climbing formwork

Climbing formwork is a special type of formwork for vertical concrete structures that rises with the building process. While relatively complicated and costly, it can be an effective solution for buildings that are either very repetitive in form or that require a seamless wall structure Climbing...

. In the present day largest steel form manufacturing plant EFCO produces various modular steel wall systems designed for specific circumstances and conditions. EFCO is also in a leader in self climbing formwork with its Power Tower formwork.

Product overview

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.

Notable projects

• World Trade Center Tower One - New York, New York
• Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - East tower
• Project CityCenter - CityCenter Casino & Resort
• Trump Tower, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• San Diego Convention Center
  San Diego Convention Center
  The San Diego Convention Center is the primary convention center in San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive...
  
  , San Diego, CA, USA
• Prado Dam
  Prado Dam
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  , Corona, CA, USA
• O'Hare International Airport
  O'Hare International Airport
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  , Chicago, IL, USA
• Indianapolis Colts
  Indianapolis Colts
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  , Indianapolis, IN, USA
• Estadio Nacional de Panamá
  Estadio Nacional de Panamá
  Estadio Nacional de Panama, also called Rod Carew Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Panama City, Panama. The stadium has a capacity of 27,000 and was built in 1999....
  
   (Panama National Stadium), Panama City, Panama
• Eastlands Stadium, Manchester, England