These wall slabs offer the following advantages:
- Partition walls can be used as structural elements in place of columns to reduce the cost of construction.
- This wall type allows for greater headroom as the space required for beams does not need to be included.
- Core walls can maintain good lateral movement in both directions.
- The flat soffit on slabs reduces concrete spalling and, therefore, requires less maintenance.
- There is no need for beam strength to be reduced as beams will not be used.
- Maintenance costs are lower.
- The wall slabs are perfect for irregular grids, structural shapes, and even irregular grids.
- Limits to deflection
- These contain high-strength
- Adapts slab openings to service routing
Construction
- The use of standardized formworks and shuttering is easier with this method.
- Repeating component construction
Other slabs have a number of advantages:
Wall Slab vs Ribbed Slab, Waffle Slab
- The construction time is significantly reduced when using wall slabs. They use standardized formworks and the easiest method for placing reinforcement and shuttering.
- The technical problems will be reduced as the contractors have experience in building wall slabs.
Wall Slabs vs Flat Slab
- The wall slabs can be adapted to accommodate more slab openings, for example, for the installation of services or floor-to-floor spaces.
- The wall slabs are the thinnest and best suited for ceilings with large voids.
- It has a greater lateral wind resistance because of its hard walls.
- Columns are inferior in terms of sound and vibration isolation compared to walls.
- The heavy reinforcement required for flat slabs can increase material costs and complicate the placement of support.
Wall Slabs vs. Beam Slab
- The wall slabs allow for more headroom, as no beams are required.
- The rigidity of the wall slabs provides greater resistance to lateral winds.
- It is cheaper to use partition walls as structural components.
- To reduce construction time, wall slabs use standardized formwork to streamline construction.
- Beam Slabs can have a lower beam strength due to penetrations in the downstand beams used for service installations and clashes that may occur during reinforcement placements.
- Construction becomes more complicated and time-consuming due to the beams of the Beam Slab Structure, as it requires more design work and a workforce.