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Superstructure - Coggle Diagram

- - - - saving on material
      - handling cost
      - building dead load
  - - - resist deflection
      - voids in the web will reduce structural dead load
  - - - to fabricate high depth to weight ratio unit
- - - - Designed to give clear spans bet. external supporting walls
- - - - To protect the steel against corrosion
      - To provide sufficient bond/adhesion bet. steel and concrete
      - To ensure sufficient protection of the steel in a fire
- - - - provide tensile strength
    - - Permanent formwork system
      - Composite floor slabs
      - Save concrete volume used
        
        Reduces structural load on foundation
- - - - 2 storey height panels with an intermediate floor suspended from the framework