TM 5-840-2
hazard and can cause slips and falls to personnel.
warehouse. This method probably works best when
Float finishing of the concrete or nonslip surface
the size of the warehouse is large because the
treatments should be used in these areas. Wooden
skylights can be placed at any point on the roof of
floors are not recommended because of their low
the structure. Artificial lighting in warehouses
wear resistance to industrial traffic and their fire
should be designed in accordance with TM 5-811-
hazard. Office space can be covered with resilient
2/AFM 88-9.
tile or carpet to upgrade the floor slab to office
conditions at relatively little expense.
2-4. Doors.
a. Obstructions. The area inside exterior doors
leading to dock space is needed for maneuverability
of forklift trucks. Building design should take this
into account and columns should be planned such
that they do not interfere with forklift mobility.
Each exterior door should be protected by bumper
guards to prevent damage from forklifts. Roll-up
doors, or overhead type of doors, consume the
least amount of usable warehouse space.
walls (one hour, two hour, or four hour), the
properly rated fire doors shall be selected in
accordance with the type of fire resistance wall
openings.
2-5. Lighting.
Several types of classic designs make good use of
natural lighting (fig 2-1). The monitor type of
warehouse has windows on both sides and the ends
of the raised central portions of the warehouse roof
(fig 2-2). This provides good amounts of natural
light to central portions of the warehouse. The
bilateral building design is achieved by designing
windows into the wall of the warehouse at heights
just below the roof line (fig 2-3). This design
allows light to enter the building above the storage
height. Skylights are an additional method of
getting natural light to interior areas of the
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