Ferro cement is one of the construction emerging material as substitute for the conventional RCC in many aspects.
Ferro cement is the future of the low cost houses and precast houses. Folded plates are solution for the longer span roofs in
economical and ascetical manner. This project combines the advantages of both Ferro cement and folded plate and compared the
results with RCC folded plate. The trough type Ferro cement folded plates of size 0.6 m x 1.82 m x
0.15 m is casted by considering different journals & RCC folded plates in consideration while fixing dimensions. In first phase of
experiment different properties of materials used for casting are tested and compressive strength of the mortar used is tested, the
test is carried out at 1:3 of cement: sand ration & 0.35 water cement ration. In second phase the specimen is casted with chicken
mesh of 12 mm spacing is used and 2 layers on front and back sides of 6mm dia 150m spaced skeleton steel is laid.The casted
specimens is tested for 28 days strength in loading frame and the results are compared with theoretical analysis RCC folded plates
for load vs deflection and suitability of Ferro cement application in folded plates are studies. The test results are shown good
results, finally with low expenditure & low self weight Ferro cement structures are good alternate for RCC.