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Flat Slab Benefits for Builders

A flat slab is a reinforced concrete slab supported directly by concrete columns without beams. It provides flexibility in room layouts, saves on building height by approximately 10%, and has shorter construction times due to simplified formwork and ease of installing mechanical and electrical services directly on the underside of the slab rather than routing them around beams. Key features that increase its strength and stiffness include column heads, drop panels, prefabricated welded mesh, and buildable design elements.

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Flat Slab Benefits for Builders

A flat slab is a reinforced concrete slab supported directly by concrete columns without beams. It provides flexibility in room layouts, saves on building height by approximately 10%, and has shorter construction times due to simplified formwork and ease of installing mechanical and electrical services directly on the underside of the slab rather than routing them around beams. Key features that increase its strength and stiffness include column heads, drop panels, prefabricated welded mesh, and buildable design elements.

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FLAT SLAB

What is a flat slab?

•a reinforced concrete slab supported directly by concrete columns without


the use of beams

Uses of column heads:

•increase shear strength of slab

•reduce the moment in the slab by reducing the clear or effective span
Uses of drop panels:

•increase shear strength of slab

•increase negative moment capacity of slab

•stiffen the slab and hence reduce deflection

BENEFITS

•Flexibility in room layout

•Saving in building height

•Shorter construction time

•Ease of installation of M&E services


•Prefabricated welded mesh

•Buildable score

FLEXIBILITY IN ROOM LAYOUT

•allows Architect to introduce partition walls anywhere required

•allows owner to change the size of room layout

•allows choice of omitting false ceiling and finish soffit of slab with skim
coating

SAVING IN BUILDING HEIGHT

•Lower storey height will reduce building weight due to lower partitions and
cladding to façade

•approx. saves 10% in vertical members

•reduce foundation load

SHORTER CONSTRUCTION TIME


SINGLE SOFFIT LEVEL

• Simplified the table formwork needed

EASE OF INSTALLATION OF M&E SERVICES

•all M & E services can be mounted directly on the underside of the slab
instead of bending them to avoid the beams

•avoids hacking through beams

PRE-FABRICATED WELDED MESH

•Prefabricated in standard sizes


•Minimised installation time

•Better quality control

BUILDABLE SCORE

•allows standardized structural members and prefabricated sections to be


integrated into the design for ease of construction

•this process will make the structure more buildable, reduce the number of
site workers and increase the productivity at site

•more tendency to achieve a higher Buildable score

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