Bison Prestressed Floors

Prestressed hollowcore units form part of the comprehensive range of precast concrete ooring products from bison precast.

Bison prestressed floors. Additional reinforcement can be incorporated into hollowcore slabs to accept bolt on steel balconies. Founded in 1919 by two royal engineers who created the pillboxes used on the western front in the first world war bison precast has come a long way. Throughout our history we have built innovation and passion into every component while delivering speed strength and quality to the industry sectors we ve come to know and understand. Comprised of precast concrete with lengthwise voids hollowcore is the ideal solution for those who are looking to take advantage of the strength of traditional concrete while simultaneously enjoying a low weight and high load capacity.

A hollow core slab also known as a voided slab hollow core plank or simply a concrete plank is a precast slab of prestressed concrete typically used in the construction of floors in multi story apartment buildings the slab has been especially popular in countries where the emphasis of home construction has been on precast concrete including northern europe and former socialist countries of. Bison precast is able to offer several solutions to incorporate balconies within a floor layout. No formwork or propping in most cases propping is not required with hollowcore flooring saving time and money. Prestressed hollowcore floors can be designed to suit a very wide range of buildings and meet most project criteria.

Bison precast prestressed concrete beams exhibit an upward curve known as camber which is a result of the compressive force near the bottom generated by the prestressing tendons. Bison precast prestressed concrete beams exhibit an upward curve known as camber which is a result of the compressive force near the bottom generated by the prestressing tendons. International prestressed hollowcore association ipha is formed. 100mm thick solid prestressed slabs can be used as permanent formwork for a cast in situ balcony.

An allowance of span 300 should be taken into account in floor finishes or bearing levels. They deliver outstanding thermal properties and offer improved thermal efficiency in buildings. At the 7th annual ieca conference in malta terry treanor and tony crane bison deliver a presentation and the decision is made to expand the organisation to include slipform manufacturers. Hollowcore flooring is an efficient and modern flooring solution that can be implemented within a great many structures.

An allowance of span 300 should be taken into account in floor finishes or bearing levels.