Building system using modular precast concrete components

(10) US 2016/0298327 A1

(22) 16.06.2016

(43) 13.10.2016

(57) A building system with modular precast concrete components uses bulb tee beams to span between walls that are distributed within the building footprint to open up the structure. Shallow corrugated slabs span between the bulb tee beams to form the floor deck. Optionally, double tee beams can be used at the periphery of the structure for longer spans.

(71) Rocky Mountain Prestress, LLC, Denver, CO (US)

Issue 04/2024 ELEMATIC

Life-size Noah’s Ark built on precast slabs and beams

As far as we know, Noah did not use precast concrete when building his ark. However, for the replica of the biblical vessel in the theme park Ark Encounter, precast concrete was utilized to stay on...

Issue 06/2022

CPC – a new concrete construction method: Highly resistant plug-in connectors between CPC slabs

The CPC-Optima (CPC = carbon-prestressed concrete) modular bridge system is suitable for pedestrian and cycle bridges. This trough bridge design comprises a deck slab and two lateral beams. The beams...

Issue 07/2014 Haitsma Beton

Super long concrete beams installed with success

Quite recently, the Dutch company Haitsma Beton B.V has successfully installed several 68 m long box beams with a weight of 240 tons. They are used for spanning the main span of the new bridge near...

Issue 02/2015 Peikko Deutschland

Hollow-core slabs, composite beams and columns combined

For the construction of an office and production building in the eastern Swiss city of Kriessern, built at the cost of 60 million Swiss Francs, composite Deltabeams from Peikko were combined with...

Issue 03/2010 Fire test Deltabeam/Hollow-core slab

Fire resistance of hollow-core slabs supported on non-fire protected Deltabeams

Test panel The test panels for the fire test consisted of a main Deltabeam with a span width of 3,915 mm.The span width of the slabs was 2,350 mm between the main beam and the two edge beams as shown...

BFT 12/2016