When there is a movement across the joint such as forklift, MHE, and other machinery that joints between the concrete slab, it needs to be strengthened since there is load transfer between adjacent slabs, and these joints should be capable of bearing that load which is acting on that joint and also needs to transfer it from one slab to another without disturbing the serviceability of the slab.

This could be achieved by introducing Durasleeve plate dowels ( Diamond or Rectangular ) which are capable of increasing the shear, bending strength and overall load capacity of the joint.

The effective loads at joints are reduced by load transfer through Durasleeve – Plate dowels and protects from the failure of the construction joint. Duraplate conforms to the EN 10025-2:2004, Durasleeves’s material is ABS and Design refs. to TR-34.