ADVANTAGES
• Reduction in time and cost related to positioning the formworks.
• High precision and regularity of the width of the concrete slab ribbing.
• Flexible, practical and simple creation of lengths below the standard size.
• Greater yard cleanliness and improved disposal of the waste in comparison to traditional formworks (hollow blocks and EPS).
• Better work performance guarantee in comparison to expanded polystyrene that, due to its crumbling into granules, tends to attach itself statically to everything, and is difficult to remove, compromising the correct filling of the concrete for the beams and in the nodes.
• Possibility to trim the soffit with immediate economic advantages, avoiding expensive plastering.
• Possibility to perform a single concrete casting for the creation of lightened slabs with the slab also in the soffit. In comparison to traditional formworks (hollow blocks and EPS), the layer making up the soffit must first be cast, then the formworks and the reinforcements are positioned, and then concrete is again cast.
• Quicker execution of prefabricated slabs without the need to prepare specific safety vents in the case of a fire.
• Providing the slab with greater fire resistance.
• Considerable reduction in the yard of overall volumes as well as the overhead handling of traditional formworks (hollow blocks and EPS) thanks to its characteristics of stackability, modularity, lightness and manoeuvrability.
• Better seismic behaviour; the presence of a dual reinforced concrete layer, which makes it possible to more solidly connect the vertical structures of a building in comparison to a traditional slab.
• Advantage of using the cavities created using U-Bahn Beton®, which run along the entire slab, as an equipment room for various types of systems.
