Plate Floor Slab

For prestressed construction the economical span can be increased to 8 to 12m.

Plate floor slab. Fasten the sill plate to the concrete slab following the recommendations of the local building code. Flat plate floor system. A flat plate is a one or two way system usually supported directly on columns or load bearing walls. A flat plate floor can be constructed with an economical span of 6 to 8m for ordinary reinforced flat plate floor.

Depending on the concrete covering and reinforcement it can be up to 7 cm thick. The floor slab is a semi precast component that includes the lower floor slab reinforcement that is required for structural reasons. The flat plate is simply a slab of constant thickness supported directly on columns or load bearing walls. Flat plate system introduction.

A floor slab also called plate slab or filigree slab is a reinforced concrete slab with a minimum thickness of 5 6 cm. Flat plate concrete floor system does not use beams between columns or drop panels and it is usually suited for lightly loaded floors with short spans typically for residential and hotel. The concrete floor slab system shown below is for an intermediate floor to be designed considering partition weight 20 psf and unfactored live load 40 psf. Some codes require that the sill plate be bolted to the slab while others recommend a metal strap.

This system is one of the most common structural system used in building construction due to the ease and speed of making the formwork as there is a uniform thickness one need a formwork with a flat soffit.