DUCTILCRETE® engineered systems help overcome the high maintenance issues that occur in traditional concrete slabs and concrete paving systems.
Traditional concrete slabs in industrial settings suffer from tremendous wear and tear. These slabs are prone to chips and cracks at control joints, even under normal use of material handling vehicle traffic. The drying of the slab’s surface during concrete placement can cause slabs to curl at the edges, resulting in maintenance issues that can be extremely costly and disruptive to operations.
Typically, these floors require extensive control joints to minimize cracking and curling. However, these control joints can disrupt the flow of the space and restrict rack and equipment placement.
DUCTILCRETE® extended joint spacing slab technology differentiates your space, giving warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and data center tenants greater flexibility of their floor space—with lower maintenance costs by reducing the amount of joints in the slab by up to 75%.
These systems feature a patented, specially formulated combination of concrete admixture and fibers placed via a layered installation system, using a precise method of floor design. Perfected over 15+ years, the systems yield floors that are typically thinner than conventional concrete slabs while allowing for increased loading capacity. These slabs are also more curl and crack-resistant than conventionally designed concrete slabs. The result is a floor with far fewer joints, thus reducing the opportunity for joint damage, wear and tear on machinery and personnel, and joint maintenance and costs. The reduction in joints also allows for a significant increase in usable space.
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