Floor Flatness Specifications

Measurement standards have only been developed to any degree of sophistication in the US, UK and Germany.

There is considerable commonality between the US and UK standards which are to be found in use throughout the world. The German standard is unlikely to be encountered outside of Germany and some other parts of Europe.

The decision on which floor flatness specification to choose is usually dependent on the country of origin and there are four main floor flatness specifications used internationally.

In addition, there are two basic types of floors:

Free Movement Floors – refer to areas where materials handling equipment operates in random, non-defined directions and have an infinite number of travel paths.
Defined Movement Floors – in very narrow aisle racking systems have materials handling equipment that runs in defined and fixed paths between the racking, such as very narrow aisles.

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS	FREE MOVEMENT FLOORS	DEFINED TRAFFIC FLOORS
UK and areas of UK influence	Concrete Society’s Technical Report 34 (TR34) Free Movement Specification Table	Concrete Society’s Technical Report 34 (TR34) Defined Movement Specification Table
USA and areas of American Influence	ASTM F-number system	The ACI F min number system
European countries	DIN 18202	DIN 15185, EN 15620:2008*
Germany	DIN 18202	VDMA Guideline

Full Technical data can be viewed by clicking on the relevant specifications within the table above.

Floor Flatness Testing

Working with Face Consultants Ltd, a member of the CoGri Group of companies, we are able to offer floor flatness compliance testing on industrial concrete floors to TR34 standards, European (EN), German (DIN), American (Fmin), and other standards.

* Replaced 2021. New version has no flatness requirement.