Steel Floor Deck Profiles
Steel Floor Deck Profiles
‘Composite deck floors’ or ‘composite slabs’ provide an effective and economical floor slab in a range of building types. They comprise profiled steel decking, in situ-concrete and mesh reinforcement. The steel decking acts as a permanent formwork to the concrete during construction and then acts compositely with the concrete to produce a strong and stiff long span floor. Temporary propping is not required in most applications.
LOAD CAPACITY
Composite deck floors are robust and achieve excellent load carrying capacity due to the shear-bond developed between the embossed decking and the concrete slab. Load capacities upto 15kN/m2 can be achieved, which can be enhanced by additional reinforcement in the slab. Light mesh reinforcement is generally used for fire resistance, and additional reinforcement required for crack control in exposed application.
FIRE RESISTANCE
Composite slabs have excellent fire resistance and can achieve upto 120minutes fire resistance with simple provision of mesh reinforcement. The exact period of fire resistance is dependent on: the slabdepth:the deck profiles;size of reinforcement and whether normal or light weight concrete is used. Longer fire resistance period can be achieved by placing additional reinforcing bars in the ribs.
ADVANTAGES:
Value benefits of composite Floors
Applications
• Residential
• Refurbishment
• Industrial
• Commercial
• Buildings extensions
• Multi-Storey buildings
• Leisure facilities
Better value for clients is achieved through:
TIME RELATED SAVINGS
SERVICE INTEGRATION
REDUCED FOUNDATION COST
INCREASED FLOOR AREA
SAVINGS ON CLADDING COSTS
WHOLE LIFE BENEFITS
ROBUST PERFORMANCE
IN-SERVICE BENEFITS
ENVIRONMENT BENEFITS