Mivan: A new adoption in construction industry

Mivan shuttering is a fast paced construction technique which offers strength and durability to a building by use of aluminium formworks.

Technology plays a vital role and its changing the face of construction industry in a better way by replacing the traditional method of construction. Township and high rise projects are more favourable by many developers due to changing lifestyle of targeted audience. Such projects required lot of time and heavy skilled labour to complete the projects in a given stipulated time and that increases the construction cost. So to overcome this difficulty developers are already using technology at numerous levels of construction, including for other manual jobs like weightlifting and also to make the whole operations process more oriented.

Mivan technology
Sharing on the breakthrough technology of 2016 and its impact on the construction industry Dhaval Ajmera, Director, Ajmera Realty said, “The technology called Mivan construction is adapted by many developers. Mivan is the name of company which invented aluminium formwork. So, it’s often called Mivan shuttering in India. Mivan shuttering is a fast paced construction technique which offers strength and durability to a building by use of aluminium formworks. Speed of construction increases up to 200 per cent faster that helps to give possession on time to customers. Quality is guaranteed with this technology. Aluminium formwork technology reduces the labour cost as no skilled labour required and unskilled labour gets trained in 2 to 3 days so it helps to minimise the cost and maximise the profit.”

How Mivan has added value to Ajmera’s business
Mivan formwork has been used widely in the construction of residential units and mass housing projects and also it is suitable in situation where fast construction is required. It is highly suitable for column less structure and load bearing structure. It is fast simple adaptable. It produces total quality work which requires minimum maintenance and when durability is the prime consideration. These forms are made strong and sturdy, fabricated with accuracy and easy to handle. They offered large number of repetitions around 250 that is required for high rise projects. It reduces the construction cost and increases profitability. “Projects are delivered on time and quality and brand image is maintained in the eye of the customer. This technology provides smooth finishing of wall and slab with higher carpet area with lesser number of joints and reduced leakages that enhance quality of construction work,” informs Ajmera.

Adopting Mivan for luxury projects
Many projects of Ajmera Realty are using Mivan technology for their construction. Current projects like Ajmera I- land a township project at Wadala which comes under luxury segment using aluminium formwork for construction. “Ajmera Realty is coming up with a new project at Kanjurmarg in 2017 will be a part of this league as well,” says Ajmera.

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