Mivan’ is basically an aluminium formwork construction technology developed by Mivan Company from Malaysia, hence the name Mivan. This is the latest building construction technology which is becoming popular with its increasing demand day by day. The need of using this technology is soaring due to its fast speed of construction and easy applicability for mass housing besides various other advantages like good quality and durability of the structure.
Mivan technology fits into this requirement of mass housing and serves the purpose pretty well.
Mivan is an Aluminium formwork technology where the whole structure is of RCC ( Reinforced Cement concrete ) and brick walls are not used. This gives a very strong earthquake resistant structure, easy to make typical floors with cement concrete pouring at one go for a large area with pipes & conduits for services embedded in it. The construction time taken is reduced to a great extent and also it results in a smooth impeccable finish. Also ‘Mivan’ technology reduces the need for skilled labour, masonry and rendering work. Mivan technology comes out to be reasonably economical and better equipped for fast construction of mass housing. In Mivan, walls and slabs are cast simultaneously at site by use of easy going light weight aluminium shuttering formwork. Mivan system is much faster than the traditional beam,column,brick construction.
In the present day scenario of shortage of construction manpower and escalating costs, the developers are trying the new Mivan technology which is very well suited in the high rise buildings with typical floors saving time and money in comparison to the conventional brick column beam construction method. Many other advantages of Mivan technology are as follows.
• Due to less thickness of walls in Mivan in comparison to brick walls, more carpet area or bigger room sizes are gained in Mivan system.
• Impeccable smooth finish, even surface is acquired in Mivan system with no need of plastering as in case of brick wall construction.
• Less manpower and resources are required at site in comparison to the traditional brick construction method.
• Mivan technology is much faster than the conventional brick method which saves a lot of time and money.
• It is more earthquake resistant structure and safer also in case of strong earthquake because it is a monolithic concrete structure which shall act as a whole single strong unit.
• Mivan technology eliminates or reduces to a great extent the labour intensive activities like rendering and masonry and also results in negligible or very less wastage.
• Built by Mivan technology, the end product or the concrete structure requires negligible or less maintenance as it is much more durable than the brick masonry construction.
‘Tulip Lemon’ the Affordable Housing project at sector-69, Gurgaon is using the ‘Mivan’ construction technology and reaping the good results of the same.