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Design Stage
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Precast elements are designed to safely sustain all the loads during
de-molding, handling, transport and erection as well as the service loads after
they become part of a complete structure.
SFI teams are used to do the designs
and produce the shop drawings allowing for a smooth production and safe
erection.
Structural designs and drawings, although prepared by SFI, are reviewed and
approved by one of the best known structural Engineers in Jordan.
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Quality Control |
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SFI has implemented a strict and documented system of quality control, including
the inspection of molds, the inspection and testing of materials and
concretes, and the continuous checking of the adequate curing of the produced
elements.
Furthermore, the well-equipped SFI plant laboratory is run under the direct
supervision of one of the best known material testing firms in Jordan.
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Reliability |
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Reliability is not only concerned with the quality of products and services
rendered, but is also concerned with the compliance with time schedules for
delivery and erection agreed upon with the clients.
The reliability of SFI has been well established to the extent that all
projects executed during the last few years were delivered before the agreed
execution time, thanks to the practically unlimited potential SFI has for
the production as well as for the erection of precast elements.
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Economy |
Economy in precast is achieved due to the following:
- Economy on molds and workmanship for highly repetitive elements or for
hollowcore slabs.
- Economy on materials due to the use of high quality concretes and prestressing
techniques.
- Economy on scaffoldings if precast cladding is used in high rise buildings.
- Substantial economy of time thanks to the large capacity of the SFI plant, to
its large stacking areas as well as to the fact that the elements might be
produced independently of the progress of work on site. For instance roof or
cladding elements of a fifth floor in a building might be produced when the
foundations on site have not been yet completed.
Economy in the execution time of projects means naturally economy in its overall cost
when bank interests and benefits from early occupancy are accounted for.
Adequate use of precast elements in large projects may therefore cut their
execution time by several months and sometimes by several years.
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