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SAY-CORE STAYS WITH YOU START TO FINISH –
At SAY-CORE, we are ready to do far more than just provide precast, prestressed building materials. Our Engineering Department will turn your architectural drawings and specifications into detailed shop drawings, showing you every floor framing plan and layout of your project, including all sections, details, and openings, plus comprehensive easy to read load tables.
DELIVERY OF PRODUCT –
In most cases, 14-21 days after approval of the shop drawings, SAY-CORE can deliver packaged loads of plank on our own trucks. Slabs will be numbered and ready to be installed.
ERECTION –
Our supervised erection crews are specially trained to install the SAY-CORE slabs and continue to level and grout the slabs in order to provide a finished ready to use surface. After the building is under roof, our trained finish crew will point and caulk all exposed underside joints if required. We will stand by to provide any technical assistance needed through to finishing.
SHOP DRAWINGS–
Shop drawings should be prepared by the SAY-CORE engineering department for review and approval by the architect, engineer, and contractor.
SPECIAL SLAB WIDTHS–
The SAY-CORE extrusion machine produces a 48" standard wide slab. Narrower width slabs must be sawed to the required width by SAY-CORE. For the greatest economy, decks should be laid out for the maximum use of 48" wide SAY-CORE slabs.
NON-STRUCTURAL CONNECTORS AND HANGERS–
Since screw inserts, hanger tabs, studs, pipe hangers, etc., cannot be embedded in the SAY-CORE slabs during the manufacturing process, designers should make maximum use of the simple procedure of placing such connector in the cores or grout keys as a job site operation by the contractor or the trades requiring same.
OPENINGS –
The extrusion process precludes forming openings during manufacture of the SAY-CORE slabs. Large Openings, one full slab width or more, are accomplished with SAY-CORE steel headers appropriately supported by adjacent slabs, walls, columns or otherwise. Small openings, 6" or less, can be field drilled through the plank core or keys, as required by all trades. Intermediate openings, requiring the cutting of the prestressed strands, must be discussed and reviewed with SAY-CORE for the safest, most efficient and economical solution. Note: All openings must be shown on the SAY-CORE shop drawings so additional reinforcement can be provided if required.
CANTILEVERED PLANK–
Unsupported side projections of SAY-CORE plank should be limited to 12". Normally required end cantilevers are readily obtained with special placing of top prestressing strands.
GROUT KEY–
All grout keys should be filled with 3:1 sand cement grout to assure distribution of loads to adjacent slabs. Grout in plank keys should be allowed to cure before topping is placed to prevent cracking of the topping. Grout leakage must be removed before it hardens in finished ceiling areas. | 
