Suspended concrete Ground floor

Suspended concrete Ground floor are used whee the ground

• Slopes
• has poor or uncertain bearing capacity
• Is liable to volume change (swealls)

IT may be wise to form the ground floor as a suspended floor supported by external or internal loadbearing walls , which are independent of the ground .

Suspended concrete ground floors can be constructed using :

1. In situ reinforced concrete slab
2. Precast reinforced concrete slab
3. Beam or block floor system