Your business may rely on a steady stream of online sales, but it’s your concrete reinforcement that’s holding your physical business together. For that reason, it’s essential to build your next fulfillment center or warehouse with the concrete reinforcement that rules them all: Helix Micro Rebar.
It’s also important to note that the demand for well-built and maintained fulfillment centers and warehouses is rising as the number of people who shop online continues to skyrocket.
These vast facilities with hundreds of thousands of square feet of floor space require durable, high-performance concrete slabs capable of withstanding heavy loads, high traffic and constant operational pressures.
As you know, concrete slabs in fulfillment centers and warehouses take a beating. They’re exposed to extreme conditions, such as forklifts and pallet racks, and even the construction process itself has issues. Traditional concrete reinforcements, such as rebar and mesh, can be very challenging for your contractor and crew.
Here are some of the key ways that Helix Micro Rebar benefits fulfillment centers and warehouses.
Still today, the logistical complexity of ordering, transporting and storing bulky steel rebar means that you need to dedicate significant time, personnel and project coordination, leading to increased project costs.
Each piece of Helix Micro Rebar is twisted to keep your concrete together, just like a screw used in two pieces of wood. Since the reinforcement is disbursed throughout the entire slab, weak points are addressed.
Rebar requires time-consuming installation, but Helix Micro Rebar is simply mixed into the concrete at your batch plant. This reduces onsite construction time and helps to build your slabs faster.
Our evenly distributed steel reinforcement reduces shrinkage cracking and improves the slab’s resistance to load-induced cracks. The result is a concrete slab that can handle high traffic and heavy equipment.
By reducing the amount of rebar and labor required, choosing Helix Micro Rebar lowers your upfront construction costs.
Helix Micro Rebar arrives in convenient cardboard boxes and is not stored outdoors where elements can reduce its effectiveness. Also, unlike traditional rebar, it is corrosion-resistant, even in high-moisture environments, ensuring the longevity of the slab.
Let’s reduce the damage we do to our natural environment. Helix Micro Rebar reduces the need for steel by up to 50% compared to traditional rebar reinforcement. Also, its long-lasting performance means fewer repairs and replacements, reducing the environmental impact over its entire lifespan.
Let’s reduce the damage we do to our natural environment. Helix Micro Rebar reduces the need for steel by up to 50% compared to traditional rebar reinforcement. Also, its long-lasting performance means fewer repairs and replacements, reducing the environmental impact over its entire lifespan.
Here are just a few of the thousands of projects that Helix Micro Rebar has been used in.
Livonia, Michigan
Helix Steel replaced all of the WWM reinforcement for each SOG application with a Helix Micro Rebar reinforcement dosage of 9 lb/yd3.
Middletown, New York
By utilizing Helix Steel’s design, over 290 tons of steel were eliminated from the new Dynarex Warehouse in Middletown, NY. The original slab was thinned by 1.5″ while the foundation walls were optimized with a 100% replacement of the double layer of rebar.
Larado, Texas
Park Avenue Construction built this 300,000-square-foot logistics center similar to a previous project they had completed for Allied Properties. To ensure the highest efficiency of the slab, Helix Micro Rebar was used at two different doses: 9 lb/yd³ for the parking area and 13.5 lb/yd³ for the drive aisles.
You can see many more success stories for warehouses and other applications using our Project Finder.
Interested in learning more about how Helix Micro Rebar will improve so much about your next warehouse or fulfillment center?
Speak with one of our project managers, and we’ll walk you through the benefits, answer questions and, if you’re still unsure, we’ll work out the logistics to get a test performed based on your dosage and requirements.
It all starts with a no-obligation email right now. If you have specs ready to share and would like an equivalent Helix Micro Rebar dosage, use our Submit a Project form.
In times of great economic uncertainty, there is no better way to keep your business humming than by trusting America to deliver.
In times of great economic uncertainty, there is no better way to keep your business humming than by trusting America to deliver.
In times of great economic uncertainty, there is no better way to keep your business humming than by trusting America to deliver.
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