Flooring Systems In Steel Buildings

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Flooring systems in steel buildings. The boxspan floor system is lightweight shrinkage free and won t twist. Wall bearing steel framing system in a wall bearing steel framing structure building wall whether it is interior or exterior is used to carry the end of structural members that support floor or roof loads. A complete floor system the boxspan steel flooring system for elevated sub floors is one of our core products and where we started as a specialist in floor systems.

And reducing the depth of the floor due to shallower beam depth. Fewer structural elements less fabrication fewer surfaces to be fire protected and less time to design. Steel frame flooring options.

This floor system is composed of hollow or solid precast concrete units placed on steel beams on which shear studs are welded. The thickness of the concrete precast units is 150 160mm for hollow units and 75 100mm for solid units. Reinforced concrete toppings are placed on the beams to connect units as can be seen in figure 11.

Providing a flexibility in planning. Not only is the flooring system a solid alternative to a slab on ground it works economically supporting anything from a lowset granny flat or kit home up to a highset pole house. Reducing the construction cost by about 5 6 and 6 8 compared with that of steel or rc frame structures respectively.

Improving the construction quality and construction management. Developed by onesteel market mills the duragal flooring system is a steel flooring system utilising the higher strength and lighter weight advantages of duragal hollow sections. Particle board floor sheeting internal use.

Reducing the construction time compared with that of rc slabs. The boxspan floor frame can easily be designed to support any flooring such as. Within the context of steel floor systems simple also means less labour and cost.