# Concrete formwork software that ties every stripping decision to a cylinder break and a signature

> Concrete formwork is the temporary structure that holds wet concrete in position and carries its load until the concrete can carry itself. Under 29 CFR 1926.703 the drawings must be available at the jobsite, and forms and shores cannot be removed until the employer determines the concrete has gained sufficient strength, typically measured against a 3,000 or 5,000 psi design strength. Neurobird ties each pour to its breaks and to the person who cleared the strip.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/formwork/
- Product: Neurobird Concrete Formwork Compliance Platform
- Niche: concrete formwork
- Buyer: cast in place concrete contractors
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-21

## What Neurobird Concrete Formwork does

- Attach the formwork and shoring drawings to the pour they were engineered for
- Log cylinder break results against the pour as the lab reports them
- Require a named clearance against a measured strength before forms or shores come out
- Track reshore removal weeks later without relying on somebody's memory

## How it works

1. **Load the formwork design** Shore and reshore layouts, design loads and the drawings 1926.703 requires on site, attached to the pour they belong to.
2. **Log the breaks as they land** Day 7 and day 28 cylinder results post against the pour, so the strength curve is visible before anybody touches a shore.
3. **Clear the strip on the record** Stripping and reshore removal need a named clearance against a measured strength, not a hallway conversation.

## From the source material

> Selfconsolidating concrete (SCC) is a class of high-performance concrete that can consolidate under its own mass.

Source: concrete.org, https://www.concrete.org/Portals/0/Files/PDF/CEU-347R-14.pdf

## Industry context

- **1926.703** Formwork must be designed, fabricated, erected, supported, braced and maintained so that it supports without failure all vertical and lateral loads that may reasonably be anticipated. (source: OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.703, https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.703)
- **1926.703(e)** Forms and shores, other than those for slabs on grade and slip forms, may not be removed until the employer determines the concrete has gained sufficient strength to support its weight and superimposed loads. (source: eCFR, 29 CFR 1926.703, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-Q/section-1926.703)
- **A10.9** The non mandatory appendix to Subpart Q points at Sections 6 and 7 of the American National Standard for Concrete and Masonry Work, ANSI A10.9, as a way to meet the formwork design requirement. (source: eCFR, 29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart Q, https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-Q)
- **1926.701** General requirements for concrete construction, including protruding reinforcing steel, post tensioning areas and the rule that no structure may be loaded until it can support the load. (source: OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.701, https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.701)
- **318** ACI 318 is the building code requirement for structural concrete that your specified strengths and acceptance criteria are written against, which is why the break result and not the calendar is the deciding number. (source: American Concrete Institute, https://www.concrete.org/)

## Pricing

- Single project: $120 per project, per month
- Contractor: $260 per project, per month
- Multi crew: $480 per project, per month

## Questions

### What is concrete formwork?

Concrete formwork is the temporary structure that holds wet concrete in position and carries its load until the concrete can carry itself. Under 29 CFR 1926.703 it must be designed, fabricated, erected, supported, braced and maintained so that it supports without failure all vertical and lateral loads that may reasonably be anticipated.

### When can forms and shores be removed?

Not until the employer determines the concrete has gained sufficient strength to support its own weight and any superimposed loads. In practice that means a measured strength, usually cylinder breaks against a design strength such as 3,000 or 5,000 psi, not a day count on a calendar.

### What does OSHA require for formwork drawings?

Drawings or plans, including all revisions, for the jack layout, formwork, shoring, working decks and scaffolds must be available at the jobsite. The non mandatory appendix to Subpart Q points at Sections 6 and 7 of ANSI A10.9 as a way of meeting the design requirement.

### What is reshoring and why does it get missed?

Reshoring supports a slab after the original shores are struck, transferring load back into the structure while the concrete continues to gain strength. It gets missed because removal happens weeks after the pour, when the crew has moved 2 or 3 floors up and the paperwork has moved on.

### Does this replace our project management software?

No. Schedules, RFIs and submittals stay where they are. This holds the pour, its formwork design, its strength record and its stripping clearance, which is the part that is currently on a whiteboard.

## Sources

- [OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.703 cast in place concrete](https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.703)
- [eCFR, 29 CFR Part 1926 Subpart Q](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1926/subpart-Q)
- [OSHA, 29 CFR 1926.701 general requirements](https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1926/1926.701)
- [American Concrete Institute](https://www.concrete.org/)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/