FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements
Numa Bertola,
Célia Küpfer,
Maléna Bastien-Masse
et al.
Abstract:<p>Carefully extracting reinforced concrete (RC) elements from soon-to-be demolished structures and reusing them as load-bearing components is an emerging circular low-carbon alternative to building new structures. As floor construction typically accounts for the most upfront carbon footprint of buildings, this paper presents the design, structural verifications and construction process of FLO:RE, a new floor system built with reused saw-cut RC slab elements and steel beams. To value all pre- existing pr… Show more
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