Optimized space design Reduced floor slab thickness 2.5 inches; Increased ceiling height 2.5 inches; Smaller column footprints expanded the amenity level floor area ; Lightweight benefits: From the ...

Origami-inspired floor design cuts concrete and steel use by half By Abhimanyu Ghoshal. February 07, ... and is typically stronger than flat slab floors because it uses compression to resist loads.

Optimizing slab design with composites. With new punching shear design guidance in hand, Benmokrane proceeded in 2010 to use GFRP reinforcement in one portion of a large city-owned parking garage that ...

Jerry Holland, Director of Design Services for Structural Services Inc. (SSI), Waxahachie, Texas, says building details and conditions such as the location and isolation of columns and other slab ...

Living on your slab: Who says you have to replace those wood floors? By Diane Cowen , Former Architecture and Home Design Writer Sep 15, 2017 This home designed by StudioMET will be on the AIA ...

Even, proper compaction is important for supporting a floor slab, but it also helps protect vapor retarders by pushing sharp aggregate below the surface and providing a stable surface that doesn ...

Argentinian architect Felipe Gonzalez Arzac has used folding wooden blinds and a chunky concrete floor slab to provide shade to this house near Buenos Aires. House L224 is a 220-square-metre (2368 ...

If your slab is split down the middle, call a contractor to come check it out. 2. Mark your walls - Sciuga suggested drawing a line with chalk or a pencil where the floor meets the wall.