Residential Projects

Residential Projects

Use of post tensioning in residential buildings is still not common in India. As most residential constructions cater to mass housing, the column grids are small and post tensioning does not offer a direct economy in design. However SEPL feels that in towers, this technology is bound to catch up as it has done in countries like Dubai and Singapore. The flexibility, quality, speed and reduced dependency on labour that post tensioning offers will soon be recognized and builders will be willing to pay a small price for the same. We have been fortunate to be awarded our first residential tower in India in Pune where we are doing large span slabs in a high end 25 storey building. The design provides for speed and for flexibility in interiors.

However one aspect of the township construction which definitely benefits from post tensioning is the huge basement and podiums. Post tensioned flat slabs are the ideal choice for such areas as they give the benefit of large span spacing to accommodate more efficient parking. They also reduce depths and steel consumptions drastically in these slabs. As they do not normally form a part of the overall seismic analysis of the towers, their design can be easily isolated. We are doing many such podiums.