Taiping® Post-Tensioned Integrated Floor System: Supporting the Operation of Airbus Aircraft Full-Lifecycle Service Center

1. Traditional industrial floors have numerous saw-cut and construction joints, leading to edge spalling that disrupts forklift/AGV traffic and production continuity. 2. Clean, heavy-load, high-frequency traffic scenarios demand superior flatness, durability, and low maintenance. 3. The floor solution must be evaluated against load, subgrade conditions, production workflow, and lifecycle maintenance.

1. Adopted a 10–14 m large column grid post-tensioned flat slab system to improve spatial efficiency. 2. Optimized expansion joints for building lengths up to 120 m, reducing the need for double walls, columns, and insulation. 3. Flat slab design reduces structural depth and insulation area, increasing usable storage volume and lowering energy consumption in cold storage. 4. 3D BIM coordination with rack systems during design to accommodate future mechanization and automation. 5. Taiping® offers three integrated floor solutions: post-tensioned integrated floor (for industrial facilities and underground garages), UHPC integrated floor, and UHPC long-lasting repair (for cold chain, industrial, and garage applications). 6. Reduced saw-cut joints by 80%, minimizing edge damage, dust, step displacement, and operational interruptions.

BICP's Taiping® post-tensioned integrated floor system was applied to the Airbus Aircraft Full-Lifecycle Service Center in Chengdu's Shuangliu District. The center, with a total investment of CNY 6 billion, provides full-lifecycle services including parking, storage, maintenance, upgrade, modification, disassembly, and recycling for various aircraft types. It features two MRO hangars, two material warehouses, an office building, and ancillary facilities, with a planned capacity of 125 aircraft. The Taiping® floor system covered approximately 25,000 m², with the largest single bay in the MRO hangar reaching 7,000 m². BICP assembled a dedicated expert team to collaborate with the China Aviation Planning and Design Institute and the general contractor, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau, on multiple technical rounds. The project utilized the ST-NSM post-tensioned floor anchorage system developed by Anhui Shente Prestressed Materials Co., Ltd., a BICP subsidiary. The Taiping® post-tensioned integrated floor system offers several advantages for hangar applications: reduced joints and cracking, high resistance to heavy loads and deformation, excellent flatness for safe aircraft maintenance operations, strong wear resistance for high-frequency use, and dust-free, easy-to-clean surfaces. Structural costs account for over 75% of total project investment, and the embodied carbon from steel and cement production represents more than 95% of total building carbon emissions. BICP's low-carbon digital construction solutions—including Taiku®, Taiping®, and iBLM TaiShu Cloud—provide value-added services throughout the project lifecycle, from structural optimization and AI-assisted decision-making to ST low-carbon prestressed anchorage systems. In multi-story reinforced concrete buildings (e.g., cold chain warehouses, logistics centers, industrial facilities, heavy-load buildings), these solutions can reduce construction costs by approximately 15% and carbon emissions by 30% compared to conventional methods, supporting clients in achieving cost efficiency and low-carbon transformation.

Under applicable conditions, the Taiping® post-tensioned integrated floor system can reduce saw-cut joints for floor slabs up to 150–200 m in length. Compared to conventional construction, it reduces concrete consumption by 20–30%, rebar usage by 90–95%, carbon emissions by approximately 30%, and overall construction cost by 10–20%.