Building element for erecting buildings, parts of buildings or the like

A building element for erecting buildings, parts of buildings or the like comprising a metal reinforced concrete panel which is horizontal in the position of use and which is provided with metal reinforcement, said reinforcement comprising a plurality of elongated steel reinforcing elements extending across said panel in traverse directions, each of said elements having upper portion embedded in said panel, said panel characterized in that at least some of said reinforcement elements (7), are connected in corner regions of said panel (3, 3a, 5) to metal stiffening shoes (11), said shoes adapted to be connected to vertical support elements (4), each of said stiffening shoes having a top plate (13) aligned parallel of a surface of said panel, a bottom plate (14) aligned in parallel with said top plate and a plurality of web portions (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) extending between and interconnecting said top and bottom plates in spaced apart relation, said top and bottom plate and a pair of said web portions of at least one of said stiffening shoes defining a utility access passage (21) which is open at an outer end adjacent a corner of said panel and an open inner end in communication with a generally open space adjacent a lower surface of said panel wherein said reinforcement elements are extended whereby utility conduits running along said supports at one or more corners of said panel can be extended through said open ended passage of said stiffening shoes into said open space adjacent said lower surface of said panel.