METHOD STATEMENT

OF
GETO
ALUMINIUM FORMWORK SYSTEM
REV.2
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Creating High-End Brands
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Aluminium Formwork

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD 2

1 INTRODUCTION 2

1.1 SHELL DRAWING DESIGN 2

1.2 MODULATION DRAWING DESIGN 2

2 PREPARATORY WORK 2

2.1 STORAGE 3

2.2 DISCHARGING REQUIREMENT 4

2.3 CHECK & ACCEPT 4

2.4 HOISTING SAFETY 4

3 ASSEMBLY 5

3.1 LEVELS&POSITION MARKING 5-6

3.2 FORMWORKS COATING 6

3.3 WALL FORMWORKS ASSEMBLY 7-10

3.4 BEAM & SLAB FORMWORKS ASSEMBLY 10-11

3.5 KICKERS ASSEMBLY 12

3.6 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE 12

3.7 WORKING PLATFROM ASSEMBLY 13-15

4 CONCRETING 16

5 DISMANTLING 16

5.1 UPSTANDING FORMWORKS AND STEEL BOX DISMANTLING 16

5.2 REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM DISMANTLING 16

5.3 WALL FORMWORKS DISMANTLING 17

5.4 BEAM & SLAB FORMWORKS DISMANTLING 17

5.5 FLAT TIE DISMANTLING 17

6 ILLUSTRATIONS OF ASSEMBLY & DISMANTLING 18-30

7 NOTES 31

8 APPENDIX 32-34

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FOREWORD

GETO, not only the aluminium formwork supplier, but the value that the formwork brings
to the customer.With 4 production bases, 2 R&D Centers, 5 professional laboratories and over
20 branches (both at home and abroad), GETO is one of the leading companies in China for
developing, manufacturing and distributing modern system formwork technology.

GETO = high quality aluminium and iron accessories + professional design + lean production +
whole Body quality control +1:1 assembly + first layer fast packaging system + professional
labor Subcontracting + powerful full Worry-free engineering service + total package cross+
construction Management coordination.

Kicker
Kicker Corner
Slab Formwork formwork
Internal Slab Corner
End Beam
Slab Corner Mid Beam

Top Wall Prop Head

Formwork
Long Pin

Link Bar (BB)

Internal corner
Wall Formwork
Pin

Flat Tie
Adjustable Prop

Rocker

Reinforcement

TYPICAL WALL AND SLAB ASSEMBLY

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 SHELL DRAWING DESIGN

The shell drawing design is an optimization procedure for the structure and architectural
drawing provided by main-contractor / consultant. GETO engineer will provide the
suggestions regarding the structures which can be casting with the aluminium formwork and
casting together with the main structures and will counter check the structures’ dimension in
the structure drawing i.e. wall schedule, beam schedule, slab details etc. and architectural
drawing.

1.2 MODULATION DRAWING DESIGN

After the shell drawing design completed and approved by client, GETO aluminium formwork
designer will proceed the modulation drawing based on the approved shell drawing.

Site will be provided with a set of formwork drawings as the followings;

1) aluminium formwork layout plan, elevation drawings and 3D model indicating the general
arrangement, location of formwork components and its accessories.
2) Formwork support system, formwork slab and connection details
3) Location of weep holes, inspection opening, formwork opening for transfer formwork,
concreting hole, etc.

2. PREPARATORY WORK
2.1 PACKAGE & STORAGE

The package of the formworks will be followed the guided chart which divide the storey
layout plan by zones and all the formworks will be stick a coding chart for the installation
numbering.

Prepare field for goods stacking

formworks for each block, should prepare fields where are the nearest to this block for goods
stacking in advance, it makes crane work convenient.

Note: it's about 700 m² of aluminium formwork per truck, covers an area of 150m².

Guided Chart Coding Chart

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2.2 DISCHARGING REQUIREMENT

Be sure to put goods separately on site as per to their area

and items.
1）Put wall formworks on the top.
2）Don't place beam slab at the bottom of deck.
3）Accessories should be placed separately with formworks.
4）Waler and hollow section cannot be placed at the bottom
of the goods.

2.3 CHECK & ACCEPT

Discharging

Count quantities of packages at first after unloading goods, and check the accessory numbers
(props, raking shore, tie rod, screw and nut, iron hook, hammer, working bench) according to
its corresponding lists. Make signature on lists after having confirmed.

2.4 HOISTING SAFETY

1）There must be a professional personnel in tower crane to coordinate work.

2）Check the wire rope strengthened or not.
3）Accessory packages must be hoisted by a dedicated funnel chest for loading and unloading;
4）Be sure to use a funnel chest or steel wire net for lifting. Do not hoist directly with our ton
bags.

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Lifting Tools

3. ASSEMBLY WORK

3.1 LEVELS AND MARKING

Before pouring the concrete on the upper layer, place the formwork thickness control pieces
at the root of the shear wall. The first row of control pieces should not be more than 100mm
from the main reinforcement of the shear wall, should not be more than 300mm from the
internal corner, and the spacing of control pieces should not be more than 2m, so as to ensure
the flatness of the root of the shear wall and avoid the concrete ground unevenness during
the installation of the wall column formwork.

Set the wall control line at 300mm outside the wall column according to the main control line,
after the control line of the wall is set and all the control lines are checked and confirmation,
the wall column edge line is popped out through the wall column control line and the wall
column edge line tolerance is controlled within 2mm.

After the concrete casting of the floor, welding the positioning rebar at the 50mm-100mm
height of wall reinforcement from the floor level, The length of the positioning rebar is
determined by the wall thickness, and the welding is determined by the wall line popping
up，The tolerance between the rebar and the wall control line should be less than 2mm to
ensure the wall thickness of the lower part of the shear wall when the formworks is installed.

THICKNESS

WALL

POSTION
CONCRETE
REBAR
COVER

Positioning Rebar

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After concrete casting is completed，Mark the 1-meter level line on each shear wall steel bar
in time，Each shear wall corner side steel bar must be given a leveling point，The wall length
over 3 meters must be added a leveling point in the middle of the wall，Spacing of each level
point is 1.5m~2m for the inspection of floor height, At the same time, marking 1m line on the
support of the slab formworks to counter check the floor height.

Note:Positioning rebar is the most important step to install aluminium formwork, directly
affects the quality of installation and measurement data.

3.2 FORMWORKS COATING

Before the assembling aluminium formworks, cleaning and coating (release agent) is required
at the surface to form a slippery soap film that prevents from sticking and concrete buildup
aluminium form surfaces, it protects and prolongs the useful lives of the aluminium
formworks.

Note: The formwork coating (release agent) should be used of recommended Form Oil and
need to be re-coating if encountering the heavy rain.

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Formworks Coating

3.3 WALL FORMWORKS ASSEMBLY

The inner wall formwork installation starts from the inner corner, and extends to both sides
according to the coding chart ， In order to prevent the formwork falling down, it should be
temporarily fixed with diagonal support (wood square, steel pipe, etc.). The flat-tie should be
installed together with the internal wall formwork. Once the initial wall corner formworks are
assembled, commence to erect simultaneously the balance of wall formworks from either side
of the internal wall formworks. Then proceed to assemble the external wall corner. Place these
formworks into the correct position on the lines which were set up by the surveyor. Proceed to
assemble the balance of external wall at both sides.

The vertical formwork is generally nailed by one set of pin&wedge per 300mm , and the
horizontally stitched formwork end pin must be nailed, the pin is placed from top to bottom
to avoid shaking when vibrating the concrete and the internal and external walls are to be
held together by Flat-Tie .

The installation procedure :

Install the internal wall formworks Install flat-tie Install external wall formworks
Install wedge and pin

Internal and External Wall Formworks Assembly The Right Way to Install the Pin and Wedges

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The sequence of the pins installation as below;

The pins of wall panels should be installed
from the first hole at bottom and the
space of each pin from the bottom is
50,150,300,600,900,1200,1500,1800,2100
,2250,2350.(All the space does not exceed
300mm ).

Each pin of slab panel installed spacing

does not exceed 300mm, whatever the
panel length is 1200mm or 600mm, the
first pin is installed at the hole position
of 100mm.

Each pin of kicker panel installed spacing

does not exceed 100mm and the first pin
installed at the hole position of 100mm.

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Step 1 Step 2

Install the inner wall formwork from the inner corner Install Flat Tie

Step 3 Step 4

Install external wall formworks Repeat the step 1 to 3 and connected all the formworks
with wedges and pins

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Installation of raking shore

The raking shore is installed on both sides of the column and wall formwork, The bolts are
embedded in advance to serve as the force bearing point of the raking shore base, The spacing
of the raking shore shall not be more than 1500mm.
After finished the waler and support Installation, it should be inspection verticality on the wall
formworks, select 3 points from upper, middle and lower, measured by rotating the adjusting
rod, tolerance should be control in 3mm strictly.

3.4 BEAM & SLAB FORMWORKS ASSEMBLY

After wall vertical correction, according to the drawings, install beam formwork, slab and
balcony (it is needed to brush release agent), the balcony cannot be installed until the rebar
banded.

The beam bottom formwork can be pre-assembled on the floor, and the beam bottom
formwork is connected as a whole set. Assemble the beam bottom formwork、prop head、
inner corner formwork according to the coding chart，Note that the prop of the prop head
must be in the same vertical center line with the bottom of the lower beam to ensure the
safety of the RC structure.

After leveling the bottom formwork of the beam by adjusting the beam support, Begins to
install the beam side formwork, all formwork with horizontal connection, the pin and wedge
must be inserted from top to bottom to avoid the pin and wedge falling down when vibrates
in casting concrete , which will cause the formwork blasting and affect safety.

Middle Beams and End Beams of slab formwork installation begins after installation of the
inner corner formwork at the top of the wall/beam was completed, In the process of
Middle&End beams installation, the support should be installed below every Middle&End
Beam ， after the Middle & End Beams installation completed, begins to install the slab
formwork based on the coding chart，all the props should be vertical and not loose. Adjust
the support after the slab formworks completed in each zone.

Beam & Slab Assembly

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Step 1 Step 2
Adjust the prop to the desired height and connect Connect the internal and external beam side
the beam bottom formwork. formwork to the beam bottom formwork.

Step 3 Step 4
Connect the external kicker and the slab corner Secure the slab formwork to the slab corner
formwork onto the external & internal beam side formwork.
formwork.

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3.5 KICKERS ASSEMBLY

Kickers are fixed on the external wall formworks in accordance to the required height for the
formation of the slab concrete and matching the flat tie notching of wall formwork on the
upper layer . Check to ensure that the vertically of the kicker is correctly aligned. The kickers
shall remain at its position for the subsequent forming of wall at next floor .
Before installing Kicker, make sure the formwork is clean and brush the formwork release
agent. Open 36mm x18mm holes on the kicker and install the kicker screws on the kicker
before pouring.

3.6 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

After finished the hollow section and support Installation, it should be inspection verticality
on the wall formworks, select 3 points from upper, middle and lower, measured by rotating
the adjusting rod, tolerance should be control in 3mm strictly.

Adjust the supporting prop, control the floor height.

Check the sealing mortar at the root of the wall column before concrete pouring, whether it is
closed and dense, to avoid slurry leakage during concrete pouring. Mortar plugging should be
carried out 6 h before concrete pouring.

Check if the position and size of the reserved hole are correct and there is no distortion.

Check whether the top formwork and the beam bottom formwork are horizontal, and
whether the top formwork is extremely poor within the allowable deviation range.

Ensure that the bottom of the formwork and the bottom support are vertical and that the
support bar is not loose in the vertical direction.

Check that the square and oblique supports of the wall and column formwork are correct.

Check that the pull tabs, pins, and wedges remain in place and secure.

Clear the remaining materials and other objects out of the pouring floor.

The inspection procedure can refer to the Inspection Form (Refer to Appendix)

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3.7 WORKING PLATFORM ASSEMBLY

The steel structure external working platform are used to provide a work area at the external
wall section if required.
Step 1 Step 2.
Assemble all formwork on the 2nd floor in preparation Remove all vertical formwork on the 2nd floor after
for the concrete works. concrete work has been completed. Approximately 12-
24hrs.

Wall reinforcement steel 3rd Floor

3rd
3rdFloor
Floor

Catch
Catch
CatchNat Nat
Net
Net

2nd Floor
2nd
2ndFloor
Floor 2nd Floor

Step 3 Step 4
Position the working platform bracket on the 3rd floor Fix the handrail supports, plywood walkway & toe
level and secure in position with the tie rod and securing board to the 3rd floor platform. Note: Safety harness
nut. must be worn during the operation

3rd
3rdFloor
Floor
Safety Harness
3rd Floor

Catch
Catch
Net
Nat

2nd
2ndFloor
Floor 2nd Floor

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Step 5 Step 6
Repeat the process again by assembling the vertical Remove the working platform bracket and supports
formwork on the 3rd floor. Remove kickers from the 2nd from the 2nd floor and pass up to be stored on level 3
platforms. This operation is to be carried out on the day
floor level and fix to the top of the 3rd floor level.
of the concreting – level 3 wall and level 4 slab.
Wall
Wall reinforcement
reinforcement steel 4th Floor
steel 4th Floor

Catch
Catch
Net
Nat

3rd Floor
3rd Floor
3rd Floor

2nd
2nd Floor
Floor

2ndFloor
2nd Floor

Step 7. Step 8.
Remove all vertical formwork on the 3rd floor. Remove nuts from the tie rod on the 2nd floor working
(Concrete was poured on the previous day) platform bracket.

4th Floor 4th Floor

Catch
Net

3rd 3rd
3rdFloor
Floor
3rdFloor
Floor

2nd Floor 2nd Floor

2nd Floor

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Step 9 Step 10
Hoist the working platform bracket from the 2nd floor Position the working platform bracket on the 4th
up to the 3rd floor. floor level and secure using the tie rod and securing nut
on the inside of the building.

4th Floor
4th Floor

Catch
Net

3rd Floor
3rd Floor
Hoisting
cable

2nd Floor
2nd Floor

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4. CONCRETING

During the concrete pouring, two formwork protect workers are arranged to check the
connection of pins on both sides of the wall being poured at any time.
Use level measurement to adjust verticality and smoothness of wall columns during pouring.

In the process of external wall concrete pouring, the concrete slurry seeping from the
bottom of external wall formwork need to be cleaned to ensure that there is no concrete
slurry bonding on the external wall.

Attentions during pouring:

(1) The pin loose and drop out due to the vibration.
(2) The prop head in the beam/slab formwork sinking due to the vibration.
(3) Ensure that all the supports in special areas are in good condition, especially the wall
formwork, column formwork, beam formwork and their supports can not be shifted.

5. DISMANTLING

Dismantle steel accessories ------ Dismantle wall formworks----- Dismantle beam

formworks----- Dismantle deck formworks

5.1 UPSTANDING FORMWORKS AND STEEL BOX DISMANTLING

Removing upstanding formwork , the formworks transmitting hole, chimney iron box,
remove the balcony cover formwork.
1) Should be timely remove suspended formwork , formworks transmitting hole
chimney for they embedded in the concrete. (suggest removing 12 hours after
concrete pouring).
2) After casting, priority should remove the the balcony cover formwork, so as to avoid
concrete completely solidified not easy to disassemble.

5.2 REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM DISMANTLING

Remove the reinforcement system after solidification, the order is as follows:

Kicker Waler ----------Raking Shore-----------Wall Waler/Hollow Section

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5.3 WALL FORMWORK DISMANTLING

Formwork can be stripped that wall and columns concrete poured after 12-24 hours and
strength reach to 1.2Mpa. However, this process shall subject to approval of the project
structure engineer after taking into consideration the grade of concrete used, additional
props stand ordered etc.

Remove wall columns side formwork: Under normal condition, after 12 hours of concrete
pouring, the side formwork of the wall column can be removed, firstly, the raking shore is
removed, then the hollow section, the pins connected with the formwork, and then gently
pry the formwork with a crowbar, so that the formwork get apart form the wall. Removed
formwork and accessories need to be cleaned up in time. Move to the upper layer same
position and fold it up.For the external wall section, the kickers on the upon portion of the
floor level shall remain intact to support and align the next level/floor of formwork that are
going to be assembled.

5.4 BEAM & SLAB FORMWORKS DISMANTLING

Remove deck formwork: Under normal condition, deck formwork can be removed after 48
hours(However, this process shall subject to approval of the project structure engineer after
taking into consideration the grade of concrete used, additional props stand ordered etc. )

Deck formwork dismantling start from beam, deck formwork prop position, remove the pin
of beam and deck formwork support and other connective structures, next, remove the pins
of the adjacent beams and formwork, and then remove the formwork, pry it down from the
junction of the formwork and concrete with a crowbar, and ensure that the support remains
as the original and does not loose. Removed formwork and accessories need to clean up in
time. Move to the upper layer same position and fold it up.

Remove support: 2-3 sets of prop stands will be provided from GETO to support the slab in
order to ensure safety, ensure the suspended formwork, will not deformation, each
supporting of the three floors can be rotated.

The formwork removed on the site shall be sorted and cleaned, and shall be trimmed and
repaired in time to avoid slab become overweight to reduce the workload of the later
cleaning formwork.The place where the cleaned formwork is placed shall be flattened with a
raft to prevent deformation of the formwork.

5.5 FLAT TIE DISMANTLING

One-time Flat Tie and Reusable Flat Tie use for the purpose of ensuring that the thickness of
walls and column are consistent, are to be removed by using special tools provided by GETO
after the wall formworks dismantling.And the reusable PVC sleeve which is embedded in the
walls with reusable flat tie by using the PVC extractor provided by GETO.

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6.0 ILLUSTRATIONS OF ASSEMBLY & DISMANTLING

ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 1

Formwork Coating with Form Oil

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 2

External corner formwork and External wall formwork connected by wedge

and pin.

WEDGE

PIN

External wall
formwork

External
Corner
formwork

WEDGE PIN

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 3

Internal corner formwork and Internal wall formwork connected by

wedge and pin. The internal and external formworks are hold by
embedded Flat Tie.

Internal Corner
formwork

PIN

WEDGE
Internal Wall
formwork

Internal Wall External Wall

formwork formwork

FLAT-TIE

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 4

Repeat Sequence Step 3 & 4 to complete the assembly of both Internal

and External wall formwork.

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 5

Install Slab Corner formwork on the top portion of the wall formworks connected
by pin & wedge.

Slab Corner
formwork

Slab Corner formwork

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 6

Middle, End Beam and Prop are combined by joint bar with long pin and wedge at
the bottom section of the beams.

PROP HEAD

WEDGE
JOINT BAR

LONG PIN

PROP

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 7

Start the assembly of the slab formworks from the corner and fill out the whole
slab area by pining the slab formworks together with the link beam and install the
kicker on the top of the external wall formwork.

Slab
Prop Head
Formwork
End Beam Middle Beam Kicker

Prop

Prop Prop

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ASSEMBLY PROCESS STEP 8

The inspection of all the reinforcement are necessary after the wall and deck
formworks assembly completed, ensure that all ties, pins and wedges are properly
installed and secured before concreting.

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DISMANTLING PROCESS STEP 1

After the required hours, striking the Internal Wall formworks by knocking out the
pins and wedges. The wall formworks are to be moved to upper floor same position
through the transfer opening and fold it up.

Transfer
Opening

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DISMANTLING PROCESS STEP 2

After striking the wall formworks, proceed to the slab formworks after required
hours by removing the long pins and wedges on the joint bars of middle beams and
end beams.

LONG PIN

WEDGE

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DISMANTLING PROCESS STEP 3

Upon removing the middle and end beams, the prop shall be remained to continue
support the concrete slab.

Prop Head
End Beam

Middle Beam

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DISMANTLING PROCESS STEP 4

Removing the slab formworks and transfer to the next floor same position
according to the installation sequence.

Remove
slab
formworks

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DISMANTLING PROCESS STEP 5

Removing the slab formworks and transfer to the next floor same position
according to the installation sequence.when the cube tests shows the slab concrete
is sufficiently strong, the prop and prop head can be removed and transferred to the
next floor.

Remove slab
corner formwork

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7. NOTES

(1) Pouring while use water washing attached concrete on slab , avoid slab
become overweight to reduce the workload of the later cleaning formwork.

(2) Not to be violent dismantle, when removing the formwork, do not loose or touch the
support.

(3) Support system every three layers of rotation.

(4) Each layer of dismantling the wall formwork, need to be fixed with a piece of
slab(through the data , the first piece of removal formwork is the most easily damaged)
formwork dismantle first.

(5) In order to ensure the quality, each layer positioning reinforcement needed.

(6) Geto formwork is strictly as per the slab after pouring the concrete surface bare test
data 5mm standard design and production, so according to the standard installation
assemble is complete can achieve 5mm quality inspection requirements.

(7) Kickers must be checked for alignment using a string line: A straight kicker will ensure the
wall on the next level is also straight.

(8) Do not open the wall formwork from the middle or bottom as this can damage the wall
formworks, the uneven surface of the concrete slab can snag the wall heel, causing
excessive pressure at he bottom.

(9) We should start to remove formwork from one end, from top to bottom, to prevent falling
injuries and avoid accidents.

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APPENDIX
1. PRE-CASTING INSPECTION FORM
2. POST-CASTING INSPECTION FORM

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