Pre-stressed beams and block floors
Fully-suspended beam and block floors consist of pre-cast pre-stressed concrete beams and standard building blocks which are commonly available from producers and builders' merchants throughout the UK. In combination they provide an economical type of suspended ground floor. Blocks are easily handled and quick to place on site and once a beam and block floor is erected, it is immediately available as a working platform. Pre-stressed beam and block floors have high load carrying capacity and long spans for commercial building. In house design there is an allowance for complete freedom of room layouts, with the option to use block partitions on all floor levels. Other benefits include high sound insulation, good fire resistance and take up of seasonal movement in ground floors on shrinkable clay sites.
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