The Ecospan® Structural Floor System provides innovative, results-driven building solutions that surpass industry standards for safety, design flexibility, sound mitigation and fire ratings. Fabricated at Vulcraft plants throughout the U.S., Ecospan’s high-strength to weight ratio makes it ideally suited for multistory residential and commercial buildings. It incorporates the benefit of open web configuration along with 48” to 72” joist spacing, allowing for maximum design and installation flexibility of HVAC and Electrical systems.
Ecospan is easy to install with the use of the Shearflex® Fastener that not only attaches the deck to the joists but also acts as the shear connector between the steel and the concrete. This system can be installed without the need for welding equipment.
ECOSPAN® IS A GREAT CHOICE FOR:
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Senior Living and Care Facilities
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Apartment Buildings
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Condominiums
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Student Housing
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Military Housing
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Hotels and Resorts
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Medical Facilities
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Office Buildings
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And many other structures...
EXPANDING DESIGN FLEXIBILITY
It can be difficult to balance the demands of your clients and architects, all while trying to meet the structural requirements of a project at the same time. With Ecospan, you gain more flexibility in a building’s design with steel joists that have high strength-to-weight ratios, allowing for greater spans and spacing with lighter members. Ecospan also has joist orientation flexibility.
The Ecospan System enables you to span from the exterior to corridor or demise wall to demise wall. It can also be supported by virtually every framing system:
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Structural steel, joist girders
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Cold Form Steel Studs (CFS) load-bearing walls
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Concrete masonry units (CMU)
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Cast in Place (CIP) concrete walls
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Wood
ECOSPAN IS ECONOMICAL
The Ecospan System over-delivers on value toward each project. There are many reasons why the Ecospan System delivers a very economical solution for your next project.
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The system is simple and fast, and, along with a short learning curve for contractors, it saves the owner construction time and as a result… money.
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The lighter weight of the system, as compared to many competing systems, gives the designer some options for using lighter materials for the supporting structure, thus reducing material costs of the project.
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Shallower composite joists help reduce the floor-to-floor heights while maintaining inside ceiling heights, which helps reduce the height of the structure, thus reducing the cost of the project.
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The Ecospan System is produced at every Vulcraft/Verco facility throughout North America. This allows for the system to be produced at the closest facility to your project, which minimizes the cost of delivery of the material.
Install the Decking
Install Shearflex Connectors
THE SHEARFLEX® FASTENER
The “key” to the whole system, the Ecospan Shearflex fastener not only provides the shear connection between the steel and the concrete, but it is also the fastening device for attaching the deck to the steel joists. In one quick motion, two steps are done.
This self-drilling, self-tapping fastener provides the following benefits:
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NEW Milled Point improves sharpness and provides consistent quality
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NEW thread formation improves ease of drilling
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NEW improved ductility helps improve the slip characteristics of the composite system.
This self-tapping, self-drilling, Dual Process heat-treated Shearflex Shear connector creates a composite design, allowing for shallow, lightweight, longer span joists with greater rigidity; also providing a diaphragm.
1. LOWER PROJECT DOWNTIME
With Ecospan® there are no short deck sheets, plywood forms or shoring. Sub-trades can typically continue construction the day after the concrete is placed.
2. EASY AND INEXPENSIVE INSTALLATION
Average installation time of 10 seconds per screw. With the patented self-drilling, self-tapping connectors install the 2 1/2” or 3” long, 3/8” diameter screws in a uniform pattern using a Vulcraft-provided Shearset® Tool.
See how Ecospan® can fit into your next project!
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