ST. PAUL’S HOSPITAL
- Prime: PCL
Formwork: Pagnotta
Location: Vancouver, BC
Aegis scope: Concrete forming plywood supplied to the formwork contractor
20 pours reported on St Paul’s Hospital — ten per face, both faces phenolic filmed. 11-ply poplar hardwood core. Manufactured direct and delivered to your pour schedule by flatbed and Hiab.
Give us the site and the volume. You get a delivered price, same business day.
Every change in this sheet came from a formwork crew telling us what failed. What came out the other end is the best cost per pour we know how to build.
A cheap sheet blows out around six pours and leaves your crew patching the finish. That is where the cost actually sits — not on the invoice.
Ours holds because of how it is built: an 11-ply poplar hardwood core under a 20 g/sq ft black phenolic film on both faces, bonded to a 72-hour boil standard and held to ±0.3 mm thickness tolerance. Strip it, flip it, pour again, and your gang forms still run true.
Actual reuse varies with application, release agent, cleaning, handling and storage. The St Paul’s result is a reported project outcome, not a guaranteed reuse count for every panel.
Reported on site. The formwork crew on St Paul’s Hospital reported ten pours on each face. See the crew talk about it →
We manufacture direct and deliver to your pour schedule by flatbed and Hiab. Formply that turns up late does not cost you a delivery fee, it costs you a crew.
Prices are per sheet in Canadian dollars and exclude GST and PST. Delivery is quoted separately by site. Minimum order one lift of 50 sheets. In stock — no mill lead time. Tell us your site and quantity and we will give you the delivered number the same business day.
30101 · Black filmed concrete plywood (formply) · Division 03, line 3.01
| Length | 96-1/16″ | 2440 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 48-1/16″ | 1220 mm |
| Thickness | 11/16″ · 13/16″ | 18 mm · 21 mm |
| Sheets per bunk | 50 |
|---|---|
| Weight per sheet, 18 mm | 28.82 kg · 58.94 lb |
| Weight per bunk, 18 mm | 1,441 kg · 2,946.85 lb |
| Bunks per 40′ container | 18 |
| Sheets per 40′ container | 900 |
| Pallet footprint | 98″ × 48″ × 36″ |
| Weight, 21 mm | On request |
| Re-use cycles | Up to 20, ten per face — reported, varies by site |
|---|---|
| Wood species | Poplar hardwood |
| Core glue | WBP melamine glue |
| Film | Black phenolic film, 20 g/sq ft |
| Layers | 11 ply |
| Edge treatment | Sealed with melamine glue, painted black |
| Surface quality | Flat and smooth; no carbonization; no film defects |
| Moisture content | 8.6% |
| Density | 550 kg/m³ |
| Bonding strength | 0.81 N/mm² |
| Bending strength | 71.5 MPa |
| Longitudinal grain strength | 57.1 N/mm² |
| Dimension tolerance | 1 mm |
| Average thickness tolerance | ±0.3 mm |
| Glue bond | Pass 72 hour boil test |
We welcome enquiries from building supply distributors and resellers. Talk to us about bunk and container pricing, product specifications and shipping.
Tell us your company name, service area, panel thickness and estimated volume, and we will come back with a trade price.
REQUEST DISTRIBUTOR PRICINGProjects where Aegis supplied concrete forming plywood to the formwork contractor. Photographs show the project and our formply on site.
Aegis formply on real pours across British Columbia. Click any photo to enlarge.
One supply chain, mill to pour deck.
“Great, fast, efficient and responsive. Worked throughout the weekend to ensure we had the materials we needed for the start of the week.”
“Aegis helped me make sure I got the formply I needed for my sites in Vancouver on time, and helped arrange logistics with a flatbed and a Hiab. The formply quality is great. I have used it for the last 3 years for foundations, walls, slabs and planters. Will continue purchasing.”
Give us the site and the volume. You get a delivered price per lift, same business day.
Specification, grading and site practice, written for formwork crews.

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