Engineering by BICP
Design analysis for large industrial floors under heavy loads, forklift traffic, AGV operations and demanding service conditions.
What we solve
Most industrial floor failures are joint and crack failures.
Closely spaced contraction joints multiply the places where a floor can spall, curl and ravel. Jointless design starts by asking how many joints the slab really needs.
Read the engineering →Hard-wheeled forklifts hammer unprotected joint edges until the arris breaks down. Load transfer and edge protection decide how long a joint survives.
Read the engineering →Shrinkage, restraint and thermal movement drive random cracking in large panels. Reinforcement strategy and post-tensioning options change the outcome.
Read the engineering →Automated vehicles register every joint and step as a disturbance. Joint spacing, joint detail and flatness have to be designed for the fleet, not for the concrete.
Read the engineering →Rack post loads, wheel loads and their spacing govern slab thickness and the demand on the subgrade. Load cases must come from the real racking and equipment layout.
Read the engineering →Freezer floors move with every temperature cycle and sit on insulation with a different stiffness. Thermal effects change joint design, curing and detailing at doors and thresholds.
Read the engineering →Engineering services
Engineering is the first service BICP provides on any international project. It is scoped and delivered independently of any product supply.
Feasibility, concept or early design, before the floor is fixed by the structural package.
Concept to detailed design, in coordination with the local design team and the engineer of record.
Whenever the slab system itself is still open: new build, extension or replacement floor.
Detailed design and pre-construction, once the joint layout is agreed.
Applications
How should a logistics warehouse floor be designed for continuous forklift traffic and racking loads?
Open application →How should a production plant floor be designed for continuous operation and future layout changes?
Open application →How should a cold-storage floor be designed for low temperatures, thermal cycling and forklift traffic?
Open application →How should a floor be designed for AGV and AMR fleets?
Open application →How should a high-bay or VNA warehouse floor be designed for rack loads and flatness?
Open application →Joint systems
Clients come to BICP with a floor problem. BICP analyses the floor and settles the design route. Where construction or functional joints must remain, BICP details them, and where an armoured joint is justified it is manufactured and supplied by SHENTE.
Projects
After project completion, the 12m×12m large-span layout effectively reduced the number of internal columns, enhancing flexibility in rack arrangement and meeting the diverse storage needs of port cold chain transit operations. The 64m structural height of this high-rise cold storage facility was among the highest for similar completed projects in China at the time, validating the engineering applicability of large-span post-tensioned flat slab systems in high-rise cold chain buildings.
View project →Underground ParkingUpon project completion, the post-tensioned wide shallow beam solution met backfill load safety requirements while providing the structural space needed for the AS/RS. Rack installation proceeded smoothly without conflicts between structure and rack layout. Compared to conventional frame beam-slab structures, floor-to-floor height was reduced by approximately 500 mm, lowering excavation and backfill costs. Compared to flat slabs, structural safety was enhanced, passing engineering review and alleviating the owner's safety concerns.
View project →Cold StorageThe large-span post-tensioned flat slab system effectively reduced the number of internal columns on each floor, improving rack layout flexibility for multiple temperature zones and enhancing warehouse management efficiency. The floor height advantage of the post-tensioned flat slab system, compounded across 12 stories, positively impacted overall building height and volumetric efficiency.
View project →Cold StorageThe cold stores completed structural construction and acceptance in phases. The long-span post-tensioned flat slab solution reduced column count and increased effective storage capacity in each store, achieving the planned overall storage density. Uniform standards across the 8 stores simplify maintenance.
View project →Industrial FacilitiesAfter commissioning, the workshop floor maintained good integrity over years of operation, with no significant cracking or joint deterioration. Dust accumulation was notably reduced compared to conventional jointed floors, meeting the high hygiene standards of cigarette manufacturing. Maintenance frequency was effectively lowered, reducing production downtime caused by floor repairs and positively impacting continuous production.
View project →Why BICP
Beijing New Technology / New Product (Service) certification. Taiping: ultra-long joint-free floor layer solution for cleanroom plants (certificate XFW2023EE0050, issued December 2023). Holder: Beijing BICP Technology Co., Ltd.
Technical Library
Large warehouse floors crack mainly because drying shrinkage and temperature movement are restrained by the subgrade, by reinforcement, or by the slab's own geometry. Crack control comes from managing that restraint through panel size, reinforcement or post-tensioning, and curing, not from the concrete mix alone.
Read the answer →25 September 2026A jointless industrial floor is built as large reinforced or post-tensioned panels with construction joints only, instead of the tight grid of saw-cut joints used in conventional slabs. It suits large, heavily trafficked floors where joint maintenance, not the concrete itself, is the main source of downtime.
Read the answer →25 September 2026Post-tensioned slabs-on-ground (SOG) for industrial floors: principles, advantages and applications.
Read the answer →13 May 2026For the same post-tensioned cold storage warehouse, using the equivalent frame method versus 3D finite element analysis can result in a 15% or more difference in steel and concrete quantities. This article details the three limitations of the equivalent frame method (ignoring bidirectional interaction, averaging stress concentrations, and lacking global PT optimization) and the precision advantages of 3D FEA combined with BICP's proprietary PT optimization algorithm. It also explains the engineering validation behind the two core data points: "15% cost savings and 3x efficiency improvement."
Read the answer →11 May 2026Next step
Send the project type, location, floor area, loads and the issue you most want to resolve. The preliminary review is free; you will receive a written first assessment and the parameters needed for a detailed analysis.
