Lightweight Concrete Floor

Most notably renzo piano s the shard a marvelous 95 floor structure made of lightweight concrete that took only four years to build.
Lightweight concrete floor. If one uses a lightweight concrete weighing 90 pounds per cubic foot a 1 1 2 inch thickness of this concrete weighs about 11 pounds. Types of lightweight concrete floors systems 1. Solid lightweight floors this type of lightweight floor system is constructed by pouring lightweight aggregate. Lightweight concrete weighs between 65 and 100 pounds per cubic foot.
This gives the concrete a lower weight and lower density than traditional concrete. Usually consisting of lightweight aggregates lightweight concrete can also be made using certain types of foaming agents including aluminum powder.