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Customer Success Story

Lewis Construction Chooses Stego Wrap as Critical Component in Hi-Tech Fulfillment Center Project

CUSTOMER SINCE: 2006 HEADQUARTERS: WISCONSIN

family-owned company’s history: a commitment to current technology in their equipment and continued education of their crews. When a two-million-square-foot fulfillment center broke ground in the Milwaukee Metro Area in late 2019, Lewis Construction was an obvious choice. And one of the techno logical advancements they have adopted over the decades was sure to come with them: Stego Wrap Vapor Barrier . Stego Wrap: Lewis Construction’s Choice Since 2006 The Project: A High-Performance Floor in a Fulfillment Center Achieving a high-performance floor suitable for robotics re quires first-class slab design and carefully selected materi als even before concrete mixture. Lewis’ site preparation and grading included a very dense base -- even granular fill al lows too much moisture to diffuse upward from the subgrade. Then, in order to take the ground completely out of play, a low-permeance vapor barrier or retarder must completely seal the slab. The ideal material would meet ASTM E1745 Class A performance criteria.

PROJECT TYPES: COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE PRODUCTS USED: STEGO WRAP, STEGO TAPE

Concrete Construction Meets the High Demands of Warehouse Design and Technology After 35 years in the concrete construction industry, Steve Lewis has seen dramatic changes in best practices and even bigger leaps in technology. But nothing may compare to the recent changes the industry has seen to meet the high demands of 21st Century ware house design: flatter floors, extended joints – anything to make fulfillment, logistics and robotics move more smoothly. “Starting out many years ago, if you had a Floor Flatness [FF] that was 30, you were doing pretty well. Now you have a customer demanding FF-50,” Lewis said. “If you’re going to get into this market now, it would take millions of dollars of capital investment.” Lewis Construction, Inc. was able to take advantage of this market opportunity because those investments had been made carefully over the decades of his Schofield, Wisc.,

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