Floor flatness survey: When to get it and why?
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What is floor flatness survey?
Floor flatness survey is the mapping of the floor of a building or a site to identify its flatness, levelness, abrasion and more. Knowing how to check floor flatness is essential when:
- Undertaking a new building
- Repurposing your current unit
- Doing a refurbishment project
- Setting up a new premise
An industrial floor should have adequate flatness in order to check floor level and provide a suitable surface for the operation of material handling equipment (MHE). The floor should also have appropriate levelness to ensure proper functioning of the building together with its static equipment. Red Laser specialists are here to explore the importance of keeping the required surface regularity tolerance.
With the rise of robotic operations, the impact of floor characteristics on performance is becoming increasingly important. Factors like slope, flatness, and surface quality can affect the safety of both staff and visitors, as well as the overall efficiency of operations. This is where floor surveys play a crucial role, providing accurate data to ensure your floors meet the required standards for safety and performance. Although your warehouse or industrial floor may look flat, deviations and irregularities can present risk to the stability of your storage systems as well as the smooth running of MHE and other equipment. In light on how to check floor flatness , you need to have your floor assessed for suitability and safety.
Deliverable from the survey
Receive a detailed and validated report of findings with recommendations (if improvements are required) from the floor flatness survey service of your industrial or warehouse floor, covering both Free Movement (FM) and Defined Movement (DM) floors. This will help you with safe and efficient running of MHE. The validated reports measure flatness, curvature, levelness, surface gloss, and surface roughness. Our specialists can also provide as-built BIM models from scans of the whole building as required.
A surveyor uses a total station to conduct a floor flatness survey at a factory, ensuring the floor meets required level standards
A surveyor employs a laser scanner to gather accurate data for a floor flatness survey, ensuring reliable results
What do we use for floor flatness survey?
Red Laser experts employ the use of the latest industrial-grade terrestrial laser scanners to accurately map your floor, ensuring absolute accuracy of the captured data. To check floor level, the entire floor is scanned using 3D laser scanners, collecting highly accurate data, rather than the standard practice of testing only a sample area. Therefore, we provide survey reports with complete wall-to-wall coverage. This ensures that any changes to the layout or usage of an existing building can be planned with ease and accuracy. Our floor surveys deliver precise measurements and detailed insights, making renovation and redesign projects more efficient and reliable.
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Why do you need a floor flatness survey?
Meeting the required surface regularity tolerance is essential for the following reasons:
- Operations are more efficient if lift trucks operate at maximum speed.
- Poor surface regularity will cause excessive vibrations on a lift truck and increase downtime as well as maintenance.
- The floor flatness survey services are essential to ensure health and safety and reduce driver fatigue.
- Reduced damage to stock.
- Gives control over the general quality of a floor when constructed.
How much does a floor flatness survey cost in the UK?
Our floor flatness survey service costs vary with the nature of a project, and are determined by the following factors:
- The size and scale of the building/site
- The complexity of the building/site
- The conditions and accessibility of the site
- The level of detail required
- The format of deliverables required
Our experienced expert performs a meticulous floor flatness survey to guarantee industrial floors provide a suitable surface for operations
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Are you looking for a reliable provider of floor flatness surveying services across London and the UK? Red Laser is here to provide you with efficient and cost-effective survey services that suit your needs. Contact us and get a quote!
