Cellular floor raceways are
electrical wiring ducts or cells made from steel floor deck that serve as structural
formwork
Formwork is molds into which concrete or similar materials are either precast or cast-in-place. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering molds. In specialty applications formwork may be permanently ...
for placement of
concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most ...
floor slabs and also as wire and cable raceways within the concrete floor slab.
These raceway systems are generally used to create floor slabs on multi-story
steel-framed building
Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The develop ...
s but can also be used in concrete framed structures and for on-grade applications.
References
Electrical wiring
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