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Menary, said“ There are key critical success factors to constructing a DM1 large panel‘ jointless’ floor slab. These include highly skilled and experienced workers on site, precision in-house developed machinery and robust quality control processes. The role of other parties on site is key also with a strictly controlled and prepared working environment for the floor slab construction and the correct concrete mix design, delivery and quality. Twintec takes total responsibility for the floor slab offering a clearly defined Design-Build-Guarantee service that removes any split responsibility”.
Twintec has a longstanding track record of designing and constructing high tolerance floor slabs worldwide, including a recent DM1 project in Oman. With logistics technology rapidly evolving, and racking continuing to get higher, logistics operators will need to consider the demands that will be placed on the floor more closely and consider the benefits of working with a specialist flooring contractor to meet their flatness needs.
New state-of-the-art distribution center to optimize aswaaq supply chain
Leading UAE community mall and supermarket chain, aswaaq, has announced that it will be building a state-of the-art distribution center in Nad Al Hamar, Dubai. Marking the next phase of the company’ s expansion plans throughout the UAE, the 300,000 sqft plot and 180,000sqft facility is expected to be completed and ready for operations by Q3 of 2018, with the consulting contract awarded to German firm Ehrhardt + Partner Solutions.
The distribution center is expected to be the UAE’ s first facility of its kind, which will be a purpose- built, evolving and scalable model to address aswaaq’ s supermarket business, including the company’ s growing brick & mortar multilevel portfolio, 24 / 7 online shopping capabilities, a complete spectrum of omnichannel, along with third party logistics. The facility is designed to streamline procedures and create further business opportunities through resource optimization,
34 February 2017