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    Lift-slab construction involves casting concrete floors and roof slabs at ground level and then lifting them into position using jacks. It was developed in the 1950s. It can be more economical than conventional construction for vertically uniform buildings like hotels. Key factors to consider include slab weight, building height, jack lifting capacity, and column cross-sectional area during lifting. The process involves casting slabs with lifting collars, applying bond breakers, and then jacking slabs up sequentially using steel rods attached to the collars. Advantages include faster construction and less formwork. Limitations include weakness to lateral forces and the method typically being used only for buildings under 16 stories tall.

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    Lift-slab construction involves casting concrete floors and roof slabs at ground level and then lifting them into position using jacks. It was developed in the 1950s. It can be more economical than conventional construction for vertically uniform buildings like hotels. Key factors to consider include slab weight, building height, jack lifting capacity, and column cross-sectional area during lifting. The process involves casting slabs with lifting collars, applying bond breakers, and then jacking slabs up sequentially using steel rods attached to the collars. Advantages include faster construction and less formwork. Limitations include weakness to lateral forces and the method typically being used only for buildings under 16 stories tall.

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    Lift-slab construction involves casting concrete floors and roof slabs at ground level and then lifting them into position using jacks. It was developed in the 1950s. It can be more economical than conventional construction for vertically uniform buildings like hotels. Key factors to consider include slab weight, building height, jack lifting capacity, and column cross-sectional area during lifting. The process involves casting slabs with lifting collars, applying bond breakers, and then jacking slabs up sequentially using steel rods attached to the collars. Advantages include faster construction and less formwork. Limitations include weakness to lateral forces and the method typically being used only for buildings under 16 stories tall.

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    Arbt 5: Lift-Slab Construction

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    Lift-slab construction involves casting concrete floors and roof slabs at ground level and then lifting them into position using jacks. It was developed in the 1950s. It can be more economical than conventional construction for vertically uniform buildings like hotels. Key factors to consider include slab weight, building height, jack lifting capacity, and column cross-sectional area during lifting. The process involves casting slabs with lifting collars, applying bond breakers, and then jacking slabs up sequentially using steel rods attached to the collars. Advantages include faster construction and less formwork. Limitations include weakness to lateral forces and the method typically being used only for buildings under 16 stories tall.

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    8/6/2018

    ARBT 5
    Lift-Slab construction

    Lift-Slab Construction
    Lift-slab construction is a method of construction where the concrete floors and
    roof slabs are cast atop one another at ground level and then are lifted into their
    final position by means of jacks. The method was invented and developed in the
    early 1950s by a collaboration of Philip N. Youtz and Thomas B. Slick. resulting
    Youtz-Slick Lift-Slab Method of Construction.

    Lift-slab construction can be more economic than conventional construction when


    the building is vertically uniform, such as for hotels, apartment buildings, and
    dormitories, and where the slab designs are repetitive.

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    Factors to Consider

    01 Weight of the Slabs

    02 Height of the Building

    03 Lifting Capacity of Jacks

    Cross Sectional Area of Columns during


    04 initial lifting

    Tools and Materials


    Hydraulic Jacks Lifting Collars Shear blocks Bond Breaker
    This jack is a hydraulic piece of Lifting collars are cast into each Shear blocks is a steel component The main function of bond breakers is
    equipment which has positive slab around each column used to hold the lifted slab in its to minimize dynamic loads during
    lifting or stripping of precast members
    safety devices on it. The jack can providing a means to lift the slab final elevation.
    and permit their complete, clean
    lift slabs on columns loaded up to and also providing shear
    separation from casting slabs or
    100,000 pounds at speeds of up reinforcement, they are fixed to
    molds. In lift-slab construction bond-
    to 14 feet an hour. columns by welding shear blocks breaking compounds permit the slabs
    to plates welded column flanges to be separated cleanly and easily
    and to the collar after the slab has from one another.
    been raised in position.

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    Construction Sequences

    Foundation Separating Medium


    01 The steel or concrete columns are first put position
    04 The first floor slab is cast inside edge formwork on
    and rigidly connected to the foundation then the top of the ground floor slab and when it is mature it is
    ground floor slab is cast. in turn coated or covered with the separating medium.

    Bond Breaker Casting of Slabs


    02 When it has matured it is sprayed with two or three
    05 The casting of the other slabs continues until all the
    coats of a separating medium consisting or what is floors and roof have been cast one on the other on
    called bond breaker. the ground.

    Lifting collars Lifting


    03 Lifting collars are cast into each slab around each
    06 The slabs are lifted by jacks , operating on the top of
    column. each column, which lift a pair of steel rods attached
    to each lifting collar in the slab being raised.

    Construction
    Sequences
    for mid-rise
    buildings

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    Advantages

    Concrete floor construction at ground


    level is convenient and requires no
    shores, scaffolds or cranes.

    Lift-slab construction method becomes


    more advantageous in buildings with
    similar floor plans throughout the height
    of the building

    Advantage of erecting concrete buildings


    using lift slab construction is elimination
    of most formwork, an especially
    important factor in areas where labor
    costs are high.

    Disadvantages

    Limitations Lateral Forces


    The Lift-Slab Construction is not to be used for multistorey The Lift-Slab Construction has a weak resistance against lateral
    building, only use for 15-16 storey building. forces but this can alleviated by applying a cross bracing in the
    structural design of building.

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