This means fewer vertical columns, more unobstructed views inside the building, and less structural steel and stone needed in the foundation below and the many floors beneath. Without the great weight of the concrete slabs that no longer bear down on it, the entire building can breath easier, use less materials and create more rentable tenant space.

Most importantly the low weight and durability of a SafetySpan building makes it highly resistant to collapse, reducing both the probability of collapse and the severity of the threat to everyone in the event of failure. This is especially true in the case of Progressive Collapse, an all too frequent and fatal structural failure in which the weight of a collapsing concrete floor falls, its great weight and downward momentum causing the floor immediately below it to fail also. The resulting chain of collapse usually destroys the building in seconds.

SafetySpan eliminates the potential for progressive collapse by both reducing the weight of each floor below the critical trigger weight of failure, and by redundantly securing each floor to the building's skeleton at multiple points, retaining floor integrity and allowing occupants to safely escape the building.