The technical objective of Pontarolo Engineering™ was to produce an aerated floor forming system for concrete slab construction which would create a system to mitigate harmful gases and humidity emanating from the sub-grade, sustain a concrete floor even in poor or expansive soil conditions, and sustain heavy loads.

The innovation of PONTEX™ was introduced to the CUPOLEX™ system to advance the aerated floor technology one step further. It has the potential to revolutionize the conventional application of concrete slab construction by reducing the amount of excavation, reducing or eliminating the need for imported materials, aggregates or engineered sub-grade, reducing the amount of concrete consumption and reducing labour costs. The CUPOLEX-PONTEX™ technology is at the forefront of conventional concrete slab construction.

PONTEX is recycled polypropylene element that, combined with CUPOLEX can be used to create beams so that aerated floors become self-bearing. If the soil is unsuitable to hold the slab load design, we then can introduce Pontex, which in turn will create a one directional or a two directional structural slab.