Horizontal Diaphragms

Diaphragms are usually incorporated into Multi-Storey commercial structures and typically consist of Profiled Steel Decking with a reinforced concrete floor cast in-situ.  The decking not only acts as a permanent shutter, but it also provides sufficient shear-bond with the concrete by means of the shear-studs, so that when the concrete has gained sufficient strength the […]

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