Concrete floor level
January 1st 2008 Installation of a 60 400m2
concrete floor at a new
distribution centre in
Buckinghamshire for John
Lewis department stores
has been completed on
time and within budget to
the design and under the
supervision of Face
Consultants.
John Lewis appointed
FACE to ensure the floor at
the new DC was designed
and installed to maximise
efficiency and minimise
maintenance in the future.
FACE first advised John
Lewis on the floor
requirements for the new
warehouse, including
issues such as floo
flatness, to enable trucks to
operate as efficiently as
possible, and the position
of floor joints.
For the 10 000m2 in and
around the racking a floor
to the latest Concrete
Society TR34 DM1 standard
was specified, while the
Concrete Society FM2
Special standard was used
for the rest of the building.
A 215mm-thick reinforced
concrete floor slab was
specified throughout, with
saw-cut joints positioned to
allow for mezzanines, high
bay racking and sorting and
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