Precast Floor Plates from Lightweight Concrete

The paper deals with a system of precast floor plates from lightweight concrete intended mainly for building of family houses and residential construction. The developed system has two types of precast floor plates made from lightweight concrete: floor plates for floor systems and solid section floor plates. This paper describes solid section floor plates. The unambiguous advantage of lightweight concrete floor construction is weight lower by as much as 37% compared to floor structure made from common concrete, while bearing strength remains unchanged as well as high fire resistance. This type of floor slabs has also been successful in the system of assembled prefabricated houses thanks to its lower weight and elimination of the wet construction process.