Building and structure

Industrial floor

The load-bearing, trafficable floor slab of a warehouse, usually reinforced or steel-fibre concrete.

The industrial floor must carry racking loads, forklifts and traffic over the long term. It is built as a reinforced or steel-fibre concrete slab, often with a dry-shake topping for abrasion resistance. Joints are weak points where edges spall and vehicles jolt. Large joint-free bays improve operations.

Construction

Besides conventional floors with saw-cut joints, there are joint-free floors with large bays that limit cracking through steel fibres or post-tensioning. Surfaces are power-floated, treated with a dry-shake topping or coated. Areas with substances hazardous to water require liquid-tight construction.

Subgrade

Floor capacity depends on both slab and subgrade. Settlement, frost heave under cold stores or poorly compacted fill cause cracks and unevenness. A geotechnical report is therefore part of every new-build design.

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