In a recent survey of facility professionals we asked the participants to identify
their most “significant” concrete floor problem.
An astounding 92% responded with the answer "deteriorated joints.”
Joint deterioration has been a problem ever since the first hand-pushed cart was
rolled across a concrete floor. It became a noticeable problem when pallet jacks
and similar equipment was introduced. Now, with today's large and sophisticated
material handling vehicles so common, joint deterioration is reaching crisis proportions,
especially in the warehousing and distribution industries. To a large
degree the material handling industry sets the criteria that we in the concrete
floor industry must meet.
Here are some actual comments we received back from our survey...
"My wheel replacement costs are double our company average. HQ is on
my back even though I tell them I've got the worst floor of all our DC's."
"My vehicles are designed for high speed use, but I can't use them at high
speeds because my joints are so badly deteriorated."
"I couldn't get any budget money for floor repairs until a load tipped and
the driver got hurt. Now I get $4,600 each year for floor repairs. It's not
nearly enough, but it's more than I had."
"I've been pushing for a transfer to our newer DC. I'm tired of having my
chances for a promotion limited because our floor is in such lousy shape,
and HQ blames our low productivity on my lack of ability.”
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