Practicalities on a hempcrete build - The Hempcrete Topic: Designing and Building with Hemp-lime - page 436

Shuttering team
While the work of mixing and placing hempcrete is under way, don't forget to check on
the shuttering team. Although they are working fairly independently of the other teams on-
site, their job also determines the speed at which the placing work progresses, since they
are removing sections of shuttering from cast hempcrete walls and re-fixing them on the
section of the frame where the placing team will arrive next.
As with the other teams, the speed of this work is partly dictated by the different sections
of the frame: long, straight runs are likely to go up and come down quite quickly, but any
corners or fiddly details, or anything which involves cutting boards to shape (such as inside
a roof space or on a gable end) can slow the work down considerably. As we have seen, the
accuracy of the shuttering work is vital to the straightness and plumb of the finished walls,
so there is no point in rushing it or assigning unskilled workers to this team, other than for
fetching and carrying duties or as 'the other pair of hands' to a skilled worker.
The shuttering team usually consists of two people.
Ideally, one or two of the placing team should have sufficient joinery skills to be able to
help out the shuttering team when they are being caught up by the placing team. This might