Temporary Works Committee

Vision: To identify the major categories, prioritize the topics, establish teams with construction engineering experience, collect related information and post to CI website, develop practical guidelines for each topic, present findings at seminars and related venues and ultimately publish a variety of documents on best practices for Temporary Structures (Works) in Construction.

Definition: Temporary works (TW) are the temporary elements of a construction project that are needed to enable the permanent works to be built.  Usually, the TW are removed after use (access scaffolds, props, shoring, excavation support, falsework and formwork, etc.); however, sometimes the TW are incorporated into the permanent works or involve evaluation of permanent elements for temporary loads.