Structural Decking Range Improves Every Project

The Fielders KingFlor steel decking range provides designers with the flexibility to tailor a composite flooring solution that best suits project requirements while accessing the inherent benefits of steel decking over labour and material intensive ply timber and lost formwork alternatives.

The Fielders KingFlor range is 100 per cent Australian made and manufactured using BlueScope’s speciality decking material, Deckform steel.

This zinc-coated high-tensile steel has been developed by BlueScope specifically for steel decking applications.

In addition to Deckform steel’s inherent physical properties it also benefits from the application of a “blue” low-glare coating, or LGC. This coating reduces the effects of reflected sun on workers and is required by occupational health and safety workcover guidelines.

Each of the five core profiles in Fielders KingFlor range have been developed to provide the most optimal flooring solution in the wide range of composite structural building construction types found in Australia.

▲ SlimDek210 being installed at the Blacktown Exercise, Sport and Technology Hub.

RF55 is Fielders’ original steel decking product that has become the industry standard.

Its traditional flat pan or ‘re-entrant’ profile provides unmatched performance in suspended concrete slabs. The RF55 is used in concrete and steel-frame construction and utilises patented technology to achieve superior spanning capabilities, less deflection and greater composite strength than similar re-entrant profiles.

The KF57 is Fielders’ lightest formwork solution. It is an easy-to-use steel decking product featuring an enhanced deck profile and deeper pan stiffeners to provide a more effective mechanical interlock for the concrete than comparable product alternatives.

Optimal fire performance is one of the key attributes of this popular decking product.

Fielders KF40 is the most economical formwork solution in the range.

Suitable for a range of building types, KF40 has been specifically designed to provide a strong and reliable shear bond performance giving strong composite slabs.

Featuring an optimum strength-to-weight profile, KF40 combines the performance of a traditional flat-pan profile with the unmatched economy and concrete saving of a trapezoidal deck.

As the widest decking product available, KF40 can provide improved construction times through higher square-metre coverage per installed length.

This is the preferred choice when constructing post-tensioned slabs.

KingFlor KF70 was the first trapezoidal decking profile introduced in Australia and remains a preferred option for many projects that benefit from lengthy unpropped spans.

It is accepted as the most cost-effective composite steel formwork system for many projects.

With the longer spanning capability and a deeper profile than many other formwork systems, the innovative KF70 offers a real alternative and opportunities for significant cost and time savings.

▲ The benefits of the Fielders KingFlor range, including the SlimDek210, really stack up.

The final product in the KingFlor range, SlimDek 210, has been specially developed to provide even greater material, structural and construction benefits in suitable projects.

SlimDek 210 is capable of achieving unprecedented unpropped spans during construction of up to 7m and propped spans of over 10m.

When combined alongside asymmetric steel beams in Fielders SlimFlor construction system, floor construction depth can be reduced to as little as 290mm, which represents up to a 35 per cent reduction in slab thickness compared with traditional concrete construction.

The KingFlor range is supported by a detailed technical design manuals that work with a companion software, KingFlor Designer Suite.

The design manual and software enables designers to quickly assess a multitude of options, to help determine the most economical and effective design solutions.

The Urban Developer is proud to partner with BlueScope to deliver this article to you. In doing so, we can continue to publish our daily news, information, insights and opinion to you, our valued readers.