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FACE Middle East Fzc completed their FIRST supervision contract for The Modern Arab Distribution Co. Ltd new 4000m2 warehouse facility in Jordan.
In total 2 loading dock areas, 2 transfer areas, 4 wide aisle slabs and 6 Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) slabs were constructed under full FACE Middle East supervision.
To begin with the floor around the loading docks and transfer area was constructed, which allowed the flooring contractor time to train their workforce and familiarise them with the techniques used for VNA long strip construction. One long strip bay was cast per day for 3 days followed by 2 bays construction per day.
The day after each build, the FACE Middle East on-site engineers surveyed each panel and provided instant feedback to the flooring contractor. This meant that discrepancies could be addressed immediately. This process forms an essential part of FACE Middle East’s training structure and quality assessment.
As a result, all VNA slabs successfully complied with the TR34 Appendix C DM2 floor flatness specification, while all other areas complied with the TR34 FM2 (2003) specification.
The Modern Arab Distribution Co. Ltd are one of the Nader Group of companies, the leading FMCG distributor in Jordan. Modern Arab Distribution Company has over 450 employees and has a large fleet of delivery vehicles (dry and cold) as well as storage facilities of over 24,000 m2 throughout the Jordanian Kingdom. Among the many products they distribute are Unilever, Kraft, Wrigley’s, Sunwhite, Afia Oil, Kellogg’s, Barilla, Maxim’s, Café Najjar, and many others.
The client initially contacted FACE Middle East last year to enquire about the design & consultancy services. Subsequently, FACE Middle East were awarded the contract to design the floor slab for the proposed VNA distribution facility. Following on from the design, FACE Middle East were then awarded the contract to supervise construction of the floor and train the local flooring contractor.
Malcolm Godbold, General Manager of FACE Middle East adds, “With all floor designs, FACE Middle East optimise the floor joint plan to suit the racking layout. Joint exposure to MHE traffic is minimised as much as possible and best practice construction methods are considered at all times.”
With forward planning, the client was able to source certain materials and tools required for constructing a high quality floor. In early 2010, Isedio Armourjoint, along with other materials and tools were dispatched to the site in Jordon.
The FACE Middle East Technical Team then inspected the preparations and primed the site two days before floor construction was due to commence.
“We have witnessed a very positive experience with FACE, both from Management & Technical Staff. They completed the required job with noticeable speed and ahead of schedule; job was done with high quality & high precision, meeting the required standards of floor flatness being an essential requirement for safe & efficient operation of our narrow aisle forklift trucks. We highly recommend FACE for appropriate solutions of all warehouse flooring requirements.”, Mr. Ramez Zabaneh, Projects Director, for the Nader Group.
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