Cost Effective Alternate

Systems
October 25, 2017
Funicular Shell Roof
Funicular Shell Roof
Ribbed or Waffle Slab System
• Ribbed floors consisting of equally spaced ribs are usually supported
directly by columns.They are either one-way spanning systems known
as ribbed slab or a two-way ribbed system known as a waffle slab.
• Slab depths typically vary from 75 to 125 mm and rib widths from 125
to 200 mm. Rib spacing of 600 to 1500 mm can be used. The overall
depth of the floor typically varies from 300 to 600 mm with overall
spans of up to 15 m if reinforced, longer if post-tensioned.
• For ribs at 1200-mm centres (to suit standard forms) the economical
reinforced concrete floor span ‘L’ is approximately D x 15 for a single
span and D x 22 for a multi-span, where D is the overall floor depth.
Filler slabs
are one cost - effective roofing system which is based on the concrete
portions and instead placing filler material there.
• Consumes less concrete and steel due to reduced weight of slab by the
introduction of a less heavy, low cost filler material like two layers of
burnt clay tiles. Slab thickness minimum 112.5 mm.
• Enhances thermal comfort inside the building due to heat-resistant
qualities of filler materials and the gap between two burnt clay tiles.
• Makes saving on cost of this slab compared to the traditional slab by
about 23%.
• Reduces use of concrete and saves cement and steel by about 40%.
 COST SAVINGS
Material saving assuming a 100 mm thick slab 2.54×3.86 m, and calculating the
material and cost savings as per market material rates of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, August,
2011 and comparing the savings

For 1 m3 : RCC Filler slab vs. Conventional Solid RCC Slab.

• 1.61 bags (19% saving) = Rs 418/ m3 saving in cement cost.

• 0.09 m3 less sand (19% saving) = Rs 21/ m3 saving in sand cost.
• 0.18 m3 less aggregates (19% saving) = Rs 127/ m3 saving in aggregates cost.
• 10 kg less steel/m3 of slab casted = Rs 500/m3 saving in reinforcement cost.
 Cost saving/cu.m of concrete slab

Elaborating this savings, assuming a normal MIG house area of 100 sq.m
ground area and of two stories. Assuming the slab area comes to be 160
sq.m. for this house, the total savings in concrete cost can be Rs. 30,000.
Also if the filler material is not a virgin material for the slab construction,
you can save about Rs. 90,000 from your concrete cost.
• https://civildigital.com/ribbed-waffle-slab-system-advantages-
disadvantages/
• www.basinsa.net/training_menual/Funniculars%20Shell%20Roof.pdf
• http://sepindia.org/ihd-sep/ceeef-technologies/filler-slab-
technology/
• http://wiki.auroville.org.in/wiki/Roofing_with_Filler_slab