Concrete Grinding successfully completed a Fast -Track floor solution program for The Oxford University Press’s (OUP) new distribution centre in Kettering.

This was the first time in Concrete Grinding Ltd’s history that not one, not two, but THREE of their Laser Grinders were used to provide speedy, precisioned floor grinding to 21 very narrow aisles (VNA).

Working for Crown Trucks on behalf of OUP, the Concrete Grinding Ltd team carried out 3 wheel track grinding totalling 1080 metres to meet with the required floor flatness specification.  

Face Consultants Ltd were appointed to survey the floor before grinding.  This meant that areas out of specification could be identified so that Concrete Grinding Ltd could focus their grinding work to correct only the errors, rather than grinding the full aisle length.  This minimised the amount and depth of grinding which resulted in a cost saving to OUP as well as meeting within the client’s stringent work schedule.  

After grinding, Face Consultants surveyed the floor and confirmed that within the VNA’s the floor complied with The Concrete Society’s TR 34 Appendix C DM2 floor flatness specification for defined movement floors.

Concrete Grinding Ltd also carried out Joint Arris Repairs to 132 metres of joints before grinding commenced.   An anti-dust suppressant was applied after the Laser Grinding.
OUP is a department of the University of Oxford.  It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford University Press has a presence in more than 50 countries around the world.
OUP recently moved from their Corby’s DC to their Kettering site where it is expected to be fully operational from January 2011.

Concrete Grinding Ltd returned to France to provide a floor grinding solution for an existing client, 3 Suisses.   Working in partnership with the main contractor, Promadis, an extension to the existing VNA facility in Villeneuve d’Ascq near Lille, North of Paris required the floor to be ground to tolerance ready for racking installation.
 
Concrete Grinding Ltd has previously worked for 3 Suisses in December 2008 through to January 2009 when they were first commissioned to provide Laser Grinding to two of the client’s DC near Lille, one of which was in Villeneuve d’Ascq.   At that time the client had an aging MHE system in a large portion of their facility.  However, after seeing how beneficial the Laser Grinding system can be, the client then modernised with an extension area, resulting in the revisit completed this year.
 

Al Seer Group (ASG) commissioned FACE Middle East Fzc (FACE ME) to assist in the design and construction of the floor for their new Distribution Centre (DC) in Barka, Oman.   Established for 48 years, ASG is one of the pioneers in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods distribution in the Gulf Cooperation Council region with capabilities to service all types of Retail and Institutional clients.  The new DC is expected to be the first in a series of expansion plans for ASG.

Work started on the first DC in Oman for ASG which required 10,000sq metre of SuperFlat floor to be built. 25% of the warehouse will be used as a Freezer Store, 25% as wide aisles and the rest as narrow aisles.  The VNA plan included 11 aisles, each measuring at 66 metres long.