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Falsework Manual

**To request individual files including the most recent version of the compiled pdf  Falsework Manual, please email osc.administration@dot.ca.gov

Table of Contents

Chapter Title Date
  Title Page September 2023
  Acknowledgements April 2020
  **Table of Contents June 2022
  Definitions April 2020
 1 Introduction June 2022
 2 Review of Shop Drawings September 2023
 3 Loads June 2022
 4 Design Considerations September 2023
 5 Analysis September 2023
 6 **Stability June 2022
 7 **Manufactured Assemblies June 2022
 8 **Foundations June 2022
 9 **Inspection June 2022
Appendix Title Date
A Wood Characteristics April 2020
B Falsework Reminder List April 2020
C  Falsework Memos April 2020
D **Example Problems  June 2022
 Example D-1 Clearances at Falsework Openings April 2020 
 Example D-2 Falsework Beam - Bi-Axial Bending - Canted <= 2% April 2020
 Example D-3 Falsework Beam - Bi-Axial Bending - Canted > 2% April 2020 
 Example D-4 **Wind Loads on Conventional Falsework June 2022
 Example D-5 Horizontal Design Load on Heavy Duty Falsework April 2020
 Example D-6 Stability of Conventional Falsework in Longitudinal Direction April 2020 
 Example D-7 Stability of Shoring Towers April 2020 
 Example D-8 Stability of Towers with Discontinuous Legs April 2020 
 Example D-9 Effect of Overturning on Post Loads April 2020 
 Example D-10 Bolted Joints - Single Shear April 2020 
 Example D-11 Bolted Joints - Double Shear April 2020
 Example D-12 Multiple Fastener Connection - Single Shear April 2020 
 Example D-13 Multiple Fastener Connection - Double Shear April 2020 
 Example D-14 Diagonal Bracing of Single Tier Framed Bent - Nailed Connections April 2020 
 Example D-15 Diagonal Bracing of Single Tier Framed Bent - Bolted Connections April 2020
 Example D-16 Diagonal Bracing of Multi-Tiered Framed Bents - Two Posts April 2020 
 Example D-17 Diagonal Bracing of Multi-Tiered Framed Bents - Multiple Posts April 2020
 Example D-18 **Cable Bracing - Bents  June 2022
 Example D-19 **Individual Falsework Pads - Symmetrical Loading June 2022
 Example D-20 **Individual Falsework Pads - Asymmetrical Loading June 2022
 Example D-21 **Continuous Pads - Individual Corbels June 2022
 Example D-22 **Continuous Pads - Two or More Corbels June 2022 
 Example D-23 Soil Bearing Load Test April 2020 
 Example D-24 Timber Pile Bents - Type I Bent April 2020 
 Example D-25 Timber Pile Bents - Type II Bents April 2020 
 Example D-26 Timber Pile Bents - Type III Bent April 2020 
 Example D-27 Pile Penetration Failure - Type I Bent April 2020 
 Example D-28 Pile Penetration Failure - Type II Bent April 2020 
 Example D-29 Short Poured-In-Place Concrete Piles - Sample Calculations April 2020 
 Example D-30 Short Poured-In-Place Concrete Piles - Example Problem April 2020 
 Example D-31 Falsework Removal with Winches April 2020 
 Example D-32 **Falsework Removal June 2022