Fastfoot™ Commercial Grade Beam Project

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Ram Construction of Surrey, BC recently completed the foundations, slabs and tilt walls for Fedex's Western Canada Distribution Center.
Ram Construction Inc., started in 1986 by current President Steve Knoblauch, has a long and successful history of building retail, commercial and institutional buidings in Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Squamish, the Interior of BC and Vancouver Island.
Workers used 1x4 stakes, 48" on center, with a 2x4 screed board for the top of the footing. Grade beam depth was 16 to 20" in height.
A laser was used to measure the grade beam height on each stake. Three 2" duplex nails attached each stake to the screed board.
Fastfoot® was quickly unrolled between the screed boards. This single roll of Fastfoot®, weighing just 14 pounds, replaced 900 pounds of 2x12.
Fastfoot® was attached to the screed board using a hammer tacker with 3/8" staples. Spacing was about 4 to 6" on center.
Cleats were attached in line with each pair of stakes to ensure the fabric tension would not torque the screed board off the stake.
As the grade beam is bridging between load bearing caissons, there were two levels of footing steel with stirrups 12" on center. Steel projecting above the grade beam will be embedded in a 5' retaining wall above used to support the dock levelers.
8" and 10" diameter steel caissons were located 15 to 18' on center to support building loads.
Fastfoot® was easily slit with a utility knife over each caisson.

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