Assessment of Industrial Floor Slabs Using Nondestructive Testing Methods

Abstract

<p>An animal feed manufacturing plant features a 78-foot-long by 53-foot-wide by 136-foot-high slip-formed concrete mill structure with cast-in-place concrete beams and slabs; see Figure 1. The facility was constructed in 1976. Receiving, storage, warehouse, and sacking systems are located on the ground floor. The second floor houses an electric room, a 4-ton mixer, storage, pellet coolers, and a blender with sacking conveyor. Hammer mills, pellet mills, and a roller mill are located on the third floor. Storage bins occupy the top floors of the five-story building. A stairway is situated along one side of the building.</p>