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NPS® Basic Beam
The NPS® Basic steel truss beams are characterized by a compact slim-floor section – possible also with downstanding.
They can be combined with all types of slabs and are ideal for spans up to 12 metres. Also suitable for larger spans depending on the required loads and geometry.
Advantages
- Reduced heights
- Ideal for slim-floor solutions
- Ideal for large spans
- Integrated fire resistance without additional fire protection measures
- Seismic resistance even without bracing
- Reduced load on foundations
- Speed of construction
- High flexibility for system installation
- Self-supporting (no need for propping)
- Can be combined with all types of slabs and supports
- Adaptable to floor plan geometries
- LEED and DGNB certified
- Certified product
- Design and technical support from Tecnostrutture technicians
Areas of application
The NPS® Basic beams are particularly suitable for buildings with spans between 4 and 12 metres, where high loads are present and high worksite speed is required. They are the ideal solution for infrastructure, especially where a self-supporting solution is required.
Common application areas include:
- Buildings in seismic zones
- Healthcare
- Office buildings
- Residential
- Culture and education
- Infrastructure
- Elevations
- Structural aesthetics
Technical material
Product Catalogue
Technical material for NPS® Basic beams
Videos on NPS® Basic beams
- Technician’s testimony
- Assembly NPS® Odense University Hospital
- NPS® assembly on a small to medium site
Useful resources related to NPS® System
- Fire resistance
- Bridge Design Guide (available soon)
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- Crater price list
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- Prezzario Regione Marche excerpt beams columns floors
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Test report for F90 NPS® beam with timber-concrete composite (HBV) slabs
- Test report F90 NPS® beam with hollow-core slabs H32cm
Certifications and authorisations
Technical tools
You have technical tools at your disposal to optimise structural designs and easily include NPS® Basic beams.
All tools are free of charge.
Design services included
Tecnostrutture’s technical team offers personalised advice and technical support from the initial stages right through to project completion.
This includes:
- Preliminary technical consulting – e.g. identification of the ideal structural mesh
- Optimisation of the solution and/or conversion of the project to an NPS® solution
- BIM modelling of NPS® structures
- Design of NPS® structures with calculation report and executive drawings
- Certifications
Optional services:
- FEM modelling of the building
- BIM modelling of the building
Sustainability
Up to 93% recycled steel, EPD certified.
NPS® Basic beams are made from up to 93% recycled steel for more than 84% of their weight, as certified by the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) issued by a third party.
This declaration is based on life cycle analysis (LCA), calculated per kg of beam, providing transparency on the environmental impact of the product.
NPS® beams support obtaining credits for sustainability certifications such as LEED and DGNB.
Assembly
An NPS® beam is assembled in just five minutes, with the intervention of just three operators. No shoring is normally required. Immediately after casting, the subsequent construction operations continue, without having to wait 28 days for the concrete casting to cure. A fast and efficient solution, ideal for speeding up construction time.
Accessories
NPS® Safety is a fall protection system integrated into the NPS® beams.
The NPS® beams can be supplied with integrated support for fall protection on request. This allows the parapet to be fixed to the ground, ensuring safe and fast installation.
References
Since 1983, NPS® beams have been successfully used in thousands of projects, from residential buildings to schools, from car parks to infrastructure.
The reason? Structures with integrated fire and earthquake resistance, speed and high construction flexibility. In addition, the general designer can count on Tecnostrutture’s engineering support for more efficient and simpler construction.
