CoGri Group provided expertise for a flooring upgrade project at a pharmaceutical company warehouse.

The aisles at Sanofi Aventis’ UK Distribution Centre in Sheffield needed an upgrade to better support operational requirements. The DC has 37 Very Narrow Aisles with the vast majority of the aisles having a concrete surface however within 5 of the aisles a soft screed overlay was present. It was proposed to upgrade the aisles by a combination of Laser Grinding and the application of FASTFLOOR – IT in the aisles with the soft screed overlay.
Concrete Grinding, a member of the CoGri Group of companies, commissioned CG Flooring Systems, specialists in this type of industrial floor refurbishment, to assist on the first phase.

The first phase was to remove the soft screed overlay and replace with FASTFLOOR – IT industrial wearing screed. Core samples were taken which provided an indication on the amount of material to be removed and subsequently replaced with the new flooring system. The process began with saw cutting along either side of the aisle, as this progressed down each aisle, the team began to erect a tenting system within the aisle in order to enclose and isolate the working area from the remainder of the warehouse. Once the tent was completed, the soft screed was removed by road planer, then the exposed concrete underneath was mechanically cleaned by shot-blasting.

The FASTFLOOR – IT base system was then pump applied to levels set and controlled by Face Consultants to ensure the required tolerance was met. FASTFLOOR – IT Industrial Wearing System was then pump applied at a thickness of 10mm. Once the screed had received its initial cure, the final requirements were to reinstate the existing floor joints and the installation of the wire guidance system was carried out by Concrete Grinding.

All work was completed on time, over three weekends, with minimum disruption to the clients’ normal operational pattern.