Commercial Factory

The truck backs up, the paving machine takes over

A ready-mix truck discharges straight into a paving machine, which lays a wide, even run of Permcon across the yard. One pass, start to finish. A crew follows close behind, raking and finishing the edges by hand around pits, columns and kerb lines, then moving on to the next run. That's how a job this size goes down: machine-laid, not hand-poured bay by bay.

The brief was an industrial permeable concrete hardstand that keeps running while it's built. Forklifts, delivery trucks and staff on foot cross a working factory yard on every shift, and none of that stops for a pour. Loaders kept working around the crew the whole time; only the section actually being placed came off line.

The client's real worry sat after the pour, not during it: a fenced-off repair patch on the yard means lost production. Permcon passes rain at 8,000 to 10,000 mm/hr, so water goes down into the base instead of sheeting across the yard toward doorways and walls. Less standing water. Fewer drainage repairs, fewer taped-off days while a patch dries out.

Set out around how this site actually works

No two factories load their ground the same way. This one's surfaces were set out around its own traffic patterns and the weights crossing it, with an eye on where machinery actually turns and parks. The saving in avoided repairs and lost floor time goes back into production. Read more about whole-site commercial work if the job runs beyond one yard. Loads, ground conditions and layout change from site to site, and we design each one on its own terms.