floor beam | main beam

T-beam floor [ T-rail floor ]

pre-cast beam

throughed suspended floor

Recently, in the American press, it has been stated by several experts that had asbestos insulating material been used in the World Trade Center for fireproofing and insulating steel building materials, particularly floor supports, the steel girders would have lasted up to four hours before melting.

In precast concrete, the biggest product group is prestressed hollow-core floor elements, followed by beams, columns and walls.

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- Intended for structural use (in particular prestressed hollow core floor elements, posts and masts (1), foundation piles, shuttering slabs, lattice girder elements, beam/block floor units and elements, ribbed floor slabs, linear structural elements (beams and columns), load-bearing wall elements, retaining wall elements, roof elements, silos (2), stairs, bridge deck elements and large box culverts).