May 18, 2013
The concept of floors with no joints is obviously attractive to building users. However, it is important to recognise that all floors including “jointless” floors have construction joints between floor panels. Jointed floors have additional sawn joints cut into them at typically 6m spacing. Both types have their merits in different applications. Pile supported floors will invariably be jointless, while ground supported slabs can be jointless or jointed.
March 3, 2013
One of the services of Face Consultants is to carry out surveys and provide due diligence reports for property acquisitions or lease agreements. These are usually referred to as Condition Surveys when taking on a lease and as Dilapidations and Floors Surveys when handing back the building.
December 1, 2012
The Face Consultants design team has devised a bespoke and cost saving solution for a slab reinstatement to a freezer store in South East Asia.
July 28, 2012
Ground floor slabs in Warehouses and Distribution Centres are integral to the efficient operation of the facility. They are the table top on which an operator runs his business.
July 6, 2012
In September 2010 VDMA introduced a guideline “Floors for use with VNA Trucks”.
Although Face Consultants (FACE) can now survey the VDMA guidelines, they do not currently endorse the recommendations as they have yet to be validated and peer reviewed.
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