In Bangladesh, different types of floor system, such as edge supported ... higher strength than that of the buildings with flat plate slabs. For plan size 18.3mx27.45m, beam supported slab has ...

QDEAR BARRY: My home has a forced-air heating system, with ducts installed beneath the concrete slab floor. When it rains for several days in a row, the vents get wet, and some have standing water ...

The floor prototype used 75 per cent less concrete than an equivalent flat slab Currently, concrete production accounts for more than seven per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, leading to ...

the men and machines cut their way across the slab. They worked 10-hour days, not even stopping for Thanksgiving. In eight days the floor was flat. In all, the crew turned 10 square yards of ...