Reinforced concrete floors

Reinforced concrete floors are preferably manufactured by means of the composite construction method with lost formwork made of additive profile sheet metal. This means that free spans for the floors (centre-to-centre distance of the supports) of up to 5.80 m are possible. The profile sheet metal can be coated in any chosen colour.

A special advantage of this construction method is the extreme rigidity coupled with low floor cross sections.

All concrete floors (parking levels) have an all-over coating to prevent corrosive salts and chloride seeping into the concrete. If a recently developed concrete mixture is used (together with the conclusion of a service agreement), a coating is not necessary.

Other floors systems are possible at the customer’s request. However, we think that other systems create only disadvantages.

If prefabricated building elements are used, one disadvantage is that composite floor girders have to be integrated every 2.50 m. This increases the maintenance cost for the steel surface of the framework considerably.

A coating of the concrete slabs may not be necessary when using prefabricated building elements; however, there will be numerous joints which spoil the visual impression of the surface and increase the maintenance requirement.