Building smarter, lighter and more sustainable with steel plate concrete floors

REPPEL specialist building solutions has been active as a supplier of flooring systems for more than 90 years. Started in 1930 as a distributor of the well-known LEWIS® Dovetailed Sheets®, the Dordrecht-based company has experienced considerable growth and development. Today, REPPEL can call itself the manufacturer and supplier of a complete range of flooring solutions for new construction, remodeling, renovation and redevelopment projects. Following in the footsteps of the LEWIS® Dovetailed Sheets®, the LEWIS® Steelframe Concrete Floor (SCF), the OP-DECK® insulated concrete floor system and the HODY® steel sheet concrete floor, for example, are attracting high praise from architects, structural engineers and construction companies.

Inner-city construction, transformations and repurposing of buildings combined with a reduction in CO2 and nitrogen emissions are creating new challenges in construction. "We will have to build lighter and with fewer raw materials to successfully complete construction projects within the specified requirements and regulations," knows Reginald van Dooremalen of REPPEL. "With our range of HODY® steel plate concrete floors, we provide a perfect floor solution for these challenges."

Optimal cooperation

The HODY® steel plate concrete floors consist of thin profiled steel HODY® plates that act as the lost formwork and under reinforcement of the steel plate concrete floor. "Thanks to the geometry of the HODY® plates, there is optimal cooperation between the plates and the concrete," Van Dooremalen said. "This makes it possible to create a slender and lightweight steel plate concrete floor with a limited amount of concrete and minimal reinforcement." REPPEL supplies a complete range of HODY® profile heights and slab thicknesses so that the most ideal flooring solution can be provided for each project.

Efficient logistics

Steel plate concrete floors offer many interesting project advantages. For example, with regard to construction logistics, Van Dooremalen knows. "Our HODY® slabs are easily stackable and are delivered in bundles. Efficient quantities of floor space can be delivered to a project per logistical movement. This greatly minimizes the number of transport movements. The low weight and width of the sheets also allow them to be lifted in through existing openings in the façade or roof. The plates have a low dead weight, can be assembled without a construction crane and can be walked on immediately. So you immediately have a safe work floor. That makes our HODY® steel plate concrete floors ideally suited for inner-city construction projects, transformations and redevelopment."

Substantial reduction of CO2, nitrogen and construction costs

REPPEL specialist building solutions supplies a complete range of HODY® steel plate concrete floors that can be used to create structural floors from 100 mm to approximately 360 mm thick. Based on the span and floor load required, REPPEL specialists work out the most suitable floor design for each project. Regardless of whether it is a complete building or the filling of a single floor cavity. The efficient and optimal use of steel and concrete is central to this, Van Dooremalen concludes. "Thanks to the sophisticated profiling of our steel plate concrete floors, the use of these raw materials is significantly reduced. In this way, the application of the HODY® steel plate concrete floor in construction projects contributes to the reduction of CO2 and nitrogen emissions. Combined with the high assembly speed, there are also significant savings in construction costs." 

Comprehensive advice

Those who choose REPPEL's steel plate concrete floors also choose comprehensive advice. From design to installation, REPPEL is the partner of choice for architects, structural engineers and construction companies. To make the execution of a project successful, REPPEL also provides the static calculations, laying plans and detailing of the steel plate concrete floors.