Bluescope Steel's Lysaght Bondek Photo borrowed from http://www.bluescopesteel.com.au/go/product/lysaght-bondek
Article from BPN, April 2007, Vol 43, No.3
These days time is money, therefore in the construction industry the faster a building is errected the more you save money. As in the above article, "Bondek" was used in replacement of traditional formwork to speed up the construction process of the suspended slab for the carpark. Not only did the material speed up the construction process but it also gave an aesthetically pleasing look. The use of "Bondek" also saved money on labour costs, as less labourers were needed on site than what a traditionally constructed suspended slab would have needed. "Bondek" is a product that is fabricated by Bluescope Steel, there may be other similiar products in the construction industry that may also be used for the same purpose. "Bondek" has large spanning capacities, it is fast and easy to install and it acts as permanent formwork. One of the advantages of "Bondek" is that it works as a composite slab, which saves in concrete and reinforcement costs. Composite slab construction is structuraly efficient, it exploits the tensile resistance of the steel and the compressive resistance of the concrete.
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