FastFloor – The Need for Speed – Session 1 [N24] 2024

AISC’s Need for Speed initiative has prompted a number of creative ideas which are currently in development.   One of these is a prefabricated, modular, steel floor framing system dubbed FastFloor.  Taking cues from the shipbuilding industry, FastFloor re-imagines the construction of a typical floor in a commercial building by shop-fabricating large, all-steel floor panels, then erecting them in the field to quickly and safely form the structural floor system.   Combined with a raised access floor MEP needs are accommodated, and vibration and acoustic performance is achieved.  The system eliminates all cast-in-place concrete resulting in a 30% reduction in construction time and a substantial reduction in embodied carbon.  Research and development of this system is ongoing.  This session will introduce the system, its details and advantages.  An overview of the multi-year, multi-university research program will be presented.

Source: NASCC
Year: 2024

Speaker(s): Ron Klemencic, SE, PE, Jerome Hajjar, PE, PhD

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