Ifomu lokwakha liwuhlobo lwesikhunta sesikhashana noma esihlala njalo esisetshenziswa ekwakheni ukhonkolo ukusekela nokubumba ukhonkolo osanda kuthululwa kuze kube yilapho uthola amandla anele okuzisekela. Ngokuvamile lwakhiwe ngezinto ezifana nokhuni, insimbi, i-aluminium, noma izinhlelo zepulasitiki ezakhiwe ngobunjiniyela, futhi lwenzelwe ukumelana nengcindezi eseceleni yekhonkrithi emanzi ngenkathi kugcinwa ukunemba kobukhulu.

Izinhlelo zefomu zingahlukaniswa ngezinhlobo eziningana:

• ‌Ifomu lezinkuni lendabuko- Yakhelwe endaweni ethile kusetshenziswa amapulangwe nezisekelo zokhuni; iguquguquka kodwa idinga umsebenzi omningi.
• ‌I-formwork yensimbi- Ingasetshenziswa kabusha, ihlala isikhathi eside, futhi ifanele izakhiwo eziphakeme noma eziphindaphindwayo; inikeza ukuqedwa okubushelelezi kwendawo.
• ‌Ifomu le-aluminium- Ilula, iyashesha ukuhlanganiswa, futhi ilungele izinto ezijwayelekile njengezindonga nama-slab.
• ‌Ifomu le-Modular noma lesistimuAmaphaneli akhiwe kusengaphambili anezingxenye ezijwayelekile (isb., amafomu etafula, amafomu emigudu); asetshenziswa kabanzi ekwakheni kwezentengiselwano ukuze kusebenze kahle.
• ‌I-Slipform- Ifomu elihambayo elisetshenziswa njalo ezakhiweni eziqondile njengezinsilo, amashimoni, noma izinsika zamabhuloho.

Umklamo ofanele wefomu kumele ubhekele amandla okuthwala umthwalo, ukuqina, ukuvimbela amanzi, kanye nokulula kokususwa. Ngemva kokulungiswa kwekhonkrithi, ifomu liyasuswa — inqubo eyaziwa ngokuthi ukushaya — ngokuvamile ngemva kwezinsuku ezingu-7 kuya kwezingu-28, kuye ngomklamo oxubile kanye nezimo zemvelo.

Ikhwalithi yomsebenzi wokwakha izinhlaka ithinta ngqo ukuqeda kokugcina kokhonkolo, ubuqotho besakhiwo, kanye nesikhathi sephrojekthi. Imikhuba yesimanje ithanda kakhulu izinhlelo zomsebenzi wokwakha ezingasetshenziswa kabusha nezisimeme ukunciphisa imfucuza kanye nezindleko esikhathini sokuphila kwephrojekthi.