On an expansive soil, the first floor concrete slab is often designed as an elevated slab, i.e., like an upper-level slab. List one of the ways of constructing such a slab.

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Reinforced concrete beam and slab system, where the beams are supported on drilled piers to bedrock. Cardboard (void) boxes supported on the soil provide the formwork for the slab. They decay over time, leaving an air space below the slab that allows the soil to swell and shrink freely.

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