Building frame systems based
on the slim floor
construction have recently gained increasing success
especially
in the Northern and Western Europe. Slim floor
construction is
competetive with conventional construction based upon reinforced concrete and
composite beam solutions when savings in fire protection, cladding costs and
ease integration of services are taken into account. An extensive research
project has been conducted in the Laboratory of Steel Structures at Helsinki
University of Technology to investigate and improve the existing methods in the
slim floor design and construction. By combining the results of the structural
detailing and the frame overall assembly studies, this research will establish
a basis for developing a structurally competetive and cost-effective
steel-concrete composite slim floor frame system and ensures an optimised
quality for both the design and construction of the frame system.