The strength/serviceability enhancements over regular floating slabs include:

• Level underside to provide ease of insulation/vapor barriers to protect the reinforcement from corrosion and reduce slab depth,
• Steel reinforcement product strength approximately 2.5 times that of normal reinforcement (compared to concrete, this quality frequently accounts for 95% of the section flexural strength),
• High steel content and non-metallic fiber reinforcement minimizes shrinkage cracks, normally without the use of saw cuts that normally weakens the slab,
• Typically, carbon footprint/cost savings in terms of reduced excavation, backfill, compaction, disposal, formwork, and reinforced concrete products,
• An isolated floating slab is more able to resist frost damage (than conventional frost foundations) by simply floating above it, and
• The patented perimeter forms allow ease of installation and accurate rebar placement along the critical edge/ends at the exterior column locations.

The foundation slab designs account for (to name a few)

• Transformed conventional sections and deflection analysis, theoretical cracked sections,
• Limited near surface bearing pressures (1000 PSF),
• Long term slab deflections to prevent excessive “dishing:
• Punching shear review,
• Slab edge break out review at columns,
• Review for column tear out,
• Slab thickness limitations,
• Crack control limitations,
• Bond and anchorage, and
• Slab self-weight uplift resistance.