Warehouses are busy environments and daily traffic from forklifts and pallet trucks, heavy loads being moved around, weighty racking systems and general wear and tear can all adversely affect the state of the concrete flooring. Badly maintained or damaged flooring looks unsightly, and it can contribute to poor productivity, increase housekeeping costs, lead to unnecessary vehicle repairs and present a safety risk to those using the warehouse. Prevention is the best approach. So tackle holes, cracks or joint issues as soon as you spot them and don’t let them become a major problem, says Scott Saunders, Senior Technical Sales Advisor at Watco.
This article was first published in the November 1st 2022 issue of Warehouse & Logistics News, subscribe to the magazine by clicking here.
Quality and speed can be uncomfortable bedfellows, yet in the mezzanine floor sector, customers increasingly demand both. MiTek relies on its network of carefully vetted suppliers, which include a handful of steel companies and half a dozen steel fabricators. The largest of these fabricators is Toomers Ltd, which supplies the majority of the structural steel required for MiTek’s projects, while another supplier provides the majority of the required ancillaries.
CG Flooring Systems’ client, a creative marketing agency specialising in print management, fulfilment, and design, decided to implement an AutoStore system in a 750m2 area of their facility. After analysing the results of a survey by sister company Face Consultants, CG Flooring Systems advised the client that the best way to move forward was to remove the steel armour joint from where the AutoStore system would be installed. Corrective grinding would then follow to bring it within compliance.
] Twintec GmbH designed and constructed the floor slab for GROHE’s logistic centre in Porta Westfalica. This is a technical extension of DIN 15185 “Warehouse systems with guided industrial trucks”, which is used in high-bay warehouses with narrow aisles. Twintec’s in-house developed machines were used for this project’s Freeplan® floor; the TS6000 Superflat Screed which uses laser controls to level the concrete, and the TS5000 Topping Spreader which controls the application of the required surface treatment onto the fresh concrete.
] High-quality floor marking installations and RFID and barcode labels specialist inotec recently completed another impressive line marking project for a leading British food manufacturer. The two-week external line marking scheme involved laying 1900 metres of line marking at the company’s lorry yard and staff site car park to cater for its employees.
To mark the lines, inotec used the Spectrum ViaLine external line-marking paint.
As warehouses become busier and more demand is placed on the flooring, it is important that floors are maintained to the highest standards.
George Simpson
Features Editor
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