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Guidance for the people who specify and buy concrete frames.
Frame DesignFrame Design
· 9 min read
RC vs Post-Tensioned Frames: Which Should You Specify?
Reinforced concrete and post-tensioned frames each win on different jobs. Here's how span, floor-to-floor height, programme and vibration drive the decision, and where a hybrid frame beats both.
By Daniel Mercer
Post-TensioningPost-Tensioning
· 6 min read
Why Developers Specify Post-Tensioned Flat Slabs
Thinner slabs, longer spans and fewer columns: PT flat slabs can unlock extra storeys within the same building envelope. We break down the commercial case and the buildability trade-offs.
By Priya Nair
ProgrammeProgramme
· 6 min read
How to Read a Concrete Frame Programme (and Protect the Pour Cycle)
The pour cycle is the heartbeat of a frame package. Here is how main contractors can sanity-check a subcontractor’s programme, from crane strategy to striking times and the critical floor-on-floor rhythm.
By Daniel Mercer
ProcurementProcurement
· 7 min read
Vetting a Concrete Frame Subcontractor: 12 Questions to Ask
A frame package can be 20 to 30 percent of a build’s value and sits on the critical path. These are the twelve questions that separate a safe pair of hands from a programme risk.
By Priya Nair
SustainabilitySustainability
· 6 min read
Reducing Embodied Carbon in Concrete Frames
From cement replacement and PT efficiency to slab optimisation and EPDs, here are the practical levers that cut embodied carbon in an RC or PT frame without blowing the budget.
By Daniel Mercer
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