Description

CUPOLEX® is a concrete floor system which includes plastic, dome-shaped concrete void formers to create concrete slab-on-ground floors. Concrete is placed over the modular pod void formers to create a waffle raft slab. The system consists of CUPOLEX® Pods, Beton Stops, Flat Stops, Reinforcing Chairs and Load Spreaders which are all identified by the CUPOLEX® brand on the individual components. The concrete used with the CUPOLEX® system is specified by the technical literature or by the Chartered Professional Engineer.

Scope

1. CUPOLEX® is a concrete floor system intended for use within slab-on-ground floors for either timber-framed buildings within the scope limitations of NZS 3604, or steel-framed buildings within the scope of limitations of NASH Standard Part 2, or other similar light weight construction, where floor slabs are subject to Specific Engineering Design.

2. CUPOLEX® can be designed using design details from the Technical Literature when built on:

• ‘good ground’ and ‘TC1’ type ground within the ‘Canterbury earthquake region’, as defined by the NZBC Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods for NZBC Clause B1 Structure; or,
• ground with an ultimate bearing capacity of minimum 200 kPa pressure (as defined in the Technical Literature) and with all other classification details of ‘good ground’ or ‘TC1’ type ground within the ‘Canterbury earthquake region’

3. When built on ‘TC2’ type ground within the ‘Canterbury earthquake region’, or moderately to highly expansive soils, CUPOLEX® is subject to Specific Engineering Design, as well as to verification and assessment by a Chartered Professional Engineer.

4. Compliance with NZBC Clause H1 Energy Efficiency is dependent on project-specific details (including supplementary insulation where required), refer to Paragraph 12.1.