397-Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses II – Slab Design

By: Thor Heimdahl, P.E., S.E.

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Course Objective

This continuing education course is written specifically for professional engineers with the objective of relating to and enhancing the practice of engineering.

Course Description

397-Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses II – Slab Design

This course, Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses II – Slab Design, is the third in a series of courses on concrete slabs-on-grade.

The first course, Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: From the Ground Up presented knowledge necessary for designing and specifying concrete slabs-on-grade.

The second course, Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses I – Background & Loading presents background information on warehouse facilities and the sites they are built on. Also, unique challenges are identified, as well as types of loading.

The present course, Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses II – Slab Design, teaches the reader how to provide warehouse owners and operators with slabs that are designed to handle the abuse that small hard wheels impose on slab joints. The course will also review how to design slabs for the loads that legs and base plates of heavy storage racks can apply on small areas of the slab, especially near discontinuities. Furthermore, information on joint construction, joint filler, and surface finishes are presented. The service life of a slab will depend on the durability of the concrete surface and joints. For facilities with a poorly executed slab design, it is extremely costly to repair and maintain the slab joints. This includes the loss of efficiency while slabs are in a state of disrepair and during operational downtime when remedial action is taking place. This course identifies the specific concerns of warehouse slabs, and suggests approaches to the design and construction of these slabs to achieve optimal long term performance and minimization of maintenance costs.

This course focuses on qualitative approaches to slab design and construction, as well as quantitative design measures useful in calculations. Design concepts are tailored to engineers with a background in statics and mechanics of materials, with some familiarity in concrete construction and design.

Questions about this course? Email the Author: thorheimdahl@gmail.com

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(4.9) 17 Reviews

Review of: Concrete Slabs

Matthew Dusenbury

08/26/2022

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Course materials well presented. A very thorough review of slab design criteria.

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Douglas Jones

04/27/2022

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good sequence with ground up course and warehouse-I

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William E Rettew

03/13/2022

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excellent and revealed past issues where we were correct in our designs

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Dee J BURRIE

12/28/2021

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The course materials did not correlate well with the exam. I found it hard to follow the course materials.

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Carl Shipman

12/05/2021

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Very Good! The course information is excellent for slab on grade construction and design.

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Edward Jalil

08/23/2021

Excellent course.

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Rajendra Bhatt

06/16/2021

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Précised and well organized review course. Learned lot on short time. Thanks.

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Edward Ellis

05/01/2021

good slab design course

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Julie

04/13/2021

Good info for slab design.

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Stephen Bourassa

04/09/2021

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Excellent course. Very helpful with projects currently in design.

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Joseph De Stefano

04/08/2021

Very informative course and well presented. Recommend to all.

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397-Concrete Slabs-on-Grade: Warehouses II – Slab Design

Ronald Aberin

04/05/2021

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Great overview and highlights the important points in Slab-on-Grade design . This course is related to the first two courses (from the ground up and backround and loading). The author has compiled all the relevant references to properly design slab on grade.

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Michael W Sheffield

03/26/2021

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Great diagrams and background information on several analysis methods I was unaware of. We typically use the PCA Method

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James Fawcett

03/06/2021

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A good course on the fundamentals of designing a slabs on grade in industrial warehouses.

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Robert Feasel

02/18/2021

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Very good course. Much useful information and references.

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Josrph S Johnson

02/10/2021

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Good Course

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Review of: Concrete Slabs II

01/24/2021

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The material was well organized but some of the verbatim text citing work by others in the field were kind of rudimentary and a bit confusing at times. Otherwise, the course was a fine compliment to earlier classes on concrete construction design.

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Course Code: 100293-03

Course PDH Hours: 4

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This course is accepted for engineering continuing education credit in all US states, territories, the District of Columbia, and Canadian provinces.
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