Concrete Floors - Failure by Design

CoGri Asia recently hosted a full day seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia discussing “Concrete Floors – Failure by Design”. The seminar covered key trends in the logistics industry in Asia including:

E-commerce and the drive for higher density and automated warehouses.
The impact a high quality floor can have on the cost of pallet movements in a warehouse – reducing operating costs to make warehousing more profitable.
The impact a bad floor with cracking, damaged joints, delamination or a dusty surface can have on reducing profitability by causing disruption and driving up maintenance costs.

Key note speakers Tim Walker (Regional Manager – ASEAN, CoGri Asia) and Kevin Dare (Managing Director, CoGri Group) provided a detailed technical view of “why floors fail and what to do about it”- providing a template for designing and constructing world class floors in Indonesia:

Carefully addressing ground conditions and client loading briefs to avoid unexpected disasters and pick the right structural system for the floor.
Designing for a higher level of serviceability and minimising the restraint on the floor to reduce and mitigate cracking.
Detailing joints with Armour Joint systems as a simple and cost effective way to reduce maintenance costs.
Paying attention to concrete mix design to produce higher quality surfaces that don’t require dry shake floor hardeners to produce durable and dust free surfaces.
Selecting the right flatness specification for a project – considering the needs of different logistics systems like Selective Pallet and VNA racking – and testing what you specify.
Casting floors in a controlled environment after the roof and cladding are in place to help ensure a high quality floor.

“The event was very well received” said Kevin Dare. “We got some great questions from the participants, and it helped people to realise that they could use a different approach and make some simple changes to the way that floors are designed and constructed in order to achieve a better result. That’s exactly what we set out to do. We’d like to thank everyone who attended and helped to make the day a success.”

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