Flooring experts to discuss concrete challenges

Experts say warehouse flooring is vulnerable to extreme temperatures and humidity. Image: Jes Aznar/AFP/Getty Images

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Flooring experts from around the GCC are getting together in Dubai next month to discuss the challenges currently facing the industry.

The Concrete Flooring Solutions Seminar, held on 23 June at the Emirates Towers Hotel, will cover topics such as design aspects, pre-construction planning, logistics centres, warehouses, high tolerance and heavy duty industrial floors as well as design and construction guidelines.

Some of the biggest challenges facing the flooring sector at the moment include the need to minimise the environmental impact of concrete flooring, alongside the importance of ensuring fast, effective service delivery to maintain competitive advantage in line with industry growth.

Meanwhile, with summer on its way, flooring experts say that warehouse flooring in the UAE particularly is subject to extremes of temperature and humidity and the high levels of chlorides and sulphates in the soil and air.

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Hosting the seminar, Fars Al Mazrooei Contracting’s Mehmet Ozlokmaci said: “The concrete flooring industry is becoming increasingly important in the region, with level of trade increasing and with that the importance of logistics operations. This means faster and more effective distribution."

“The warehousing services have become of paramount interest and crucial to ensure an uninterrupted supply chain. Warehouse flooring in the UAE is subject to extreme conditions, not only from increased weight from racking, heavy machine movement and demand for super flatness, but also from extremes of temperature and humidity and the high levels of chlorides and sulphates in the soil and air.

“It is therefore of crucial importance that the concrete is well designed, distributed, levelled, cured and well maintained.”

He added: “Green logistics and LEED certified projects are becoming increasingly visible and important in this part of the world."

“The Concrete Flooring Solutions Seminar will investigate ways in which to minimise the impact on the environment from the logistics and warehousing industry and we feel this will work positively to raise awareness of corporate social responsibility practices.”