Precast Floor Slab Self Weight

In addition the panels have continuous voids in them that reduce weight and cost and also may be utilized for electrical or mechanical runs.

Precast floor slab self weight.

Precast hollow core elements is also known as the most sustainable floor roof system and has far smaller co2 footprint than even clt slabs. With the benefit of prestressing and low self weight longer spans can be achieved for the same loads or greater loads for the same depths. Precast floors are available with a variety of factory formed notches slots and reinforcement arrangements to offer a range of structural design solutions. Precast flooring federation part of british precast.

Our precast hollowcore floor unit offers the ideal structural section reducing deadweight whilst also providing maximum structural efficiency within the hollowcore slab depth. A hollowcore floor slab is a prestressed precast concrete element incorporating continuous voids to reduce self weight whilst providing an efficient structural section manufactured by slipform extrusion or wetcast. Hollowcore planks can be attached to cmu walls steel beams or precast walls beams. Hollowcore slabs are typically used in the construction of upper floors in apartments and flats commercial buildings and larger houses.

The reduction in weight offers benefits such as lower transportation costs and saves on the cost of materials required concrete.