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h Thes ervicespr ov i
dedi nthewaf f
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9.
Removi
ngpods 10.
Provi
dingSt
acki
ng

Dif
ferentguideshav e been made forar chi
tect
sand
engineersto determine vari
ouspar ametersofwaf f
le
sl
abs , pri
mar i
ly the ov eral
lt hickness and r i
b
di
mens i
ons.Thefoll
owingar erul
esofthumb,whi char
e
explai
nedfurtherintheac companyingdiagrams:

The wi dt
h ofthe r
ibs i
s I
NSI TUCONSTRUCTI ON Rei
nfor
cementDet
ail
s:
t
y pical
ly130mm (5in)to
I
n-sit
u waf f
leslabs ar
econst
ruct
ed by pour
ing
150 mm ( 6in),and ri
bs
C
concrete in the s it
e or f
iel
d with proper
us uall
y have st
eel rod =0.
4( Spanbetween
o arr
angement s.
reinfor
cement
s. l
u
columns)
m Construct
ionTechni
que:
nSpan
Span 1.Ar
rangi
ngt
heFr
amewor
k 2.Fi
xi
ngt
heConnec
tor
s

Slab depthistypical
l
y 75
mm (3i n)t
o130mm ( 5i
n)
t
hick.
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humb,the
3.Fi
xi
ngt
heFr
amewor
k 4.Provi
dingahor
izont
al
depthshouldbe1⁄24ofthe
connect
or
span.
Rei
nfor
cementDet
ailatJunct
ionofBeam andwaf
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esl
ab.

The width oft he sol

id ar
ea
5.Pl
aci
ngt
hePods 6. Fixi
ng pods t
o t
he
aroundthec olumns houldbe >=1/
8(span
bet
ween connect
ors
1⁄
8 of t he s pan between col
umns)
columns.It
shei ghtshoul
dthe
sameast heribs

Thedistanc
ebetweenribsi
stypi
cal
l
y915mm (3
f
t).
Theheightoft
heri
bsandbeamsshoul
dbe1⁄
25 7.Removi
ngf
ramewor
k 8.Removi
ngconnect
ors
ofthespanbetweencol
umns.

Rei
nfor
cementdet
ailatj
uncti
onofsl
opi
ngsl
abandgr
id
sl
ab.