Glant Nevada warehouse built on piles I

A NB of the world's largest wareVhouses. more than 1.5 million sq. ft., will emerge on completion of a second major addition to the S.S. Kresge distribution center in Sparks, Nv.

The gargantuan structure will serve as a prime supportive facility for rapidly expanding West Coast activities of the retail concern, operating more than I,400 K mart, Kresge and Jupiter stores in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico.

The new addition will almost double the company's present space, adding a total of 751,400 sq. ft.

Of tilt-up concrete design, it is being joined to the existing facility so that the entire warehouse ultimately will be under a single roof. The distri bution center is sewed by its own railroad spur, with tracks leading directly into the structure for freight car loading and unloading under protective cover.

The site on the outskirts of Reno is approximately a half-mile north of the Truckee River on flat lands consisting of fine grained sandy silt deposits from the stream's flood plains. Water table in the area, at the foot of snow-capped Mt. Rose, frequently rises to within three feet below ground surface.

To combat foundation problems created by such a condition, the soil engineers recommended use of pressure creosoted pilings. More than 800 piles,

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One of the world's largest warehouses, 1.5 million sq. ft., is belng constructed in Sparks, Nv. on pressure-creosoted piles . . . facility will support S.S. Kresge's expanding retail activities in the West.

ranging from 20'-25'in length, with a minimum width of 13" at the butt and 10" at the tip, were supplied by Niedermeyer-Martin Co., Portland. Creosote for the pressure treatment was provided by Koppers Co.,Inc. The piles were designed for a load capacity of 70.000 lbs.

The timbers were placed at 4O' centers except at structure perimeters where they were set 20' apart. Each pressure-creosoted pile was capped with a reinforced concrete pad.

Similar pressure-creosoted foundation timbers were utilized for each of the two earlier warehouse units, with the present installation providing auniformly equalized control of potential soil settlement stemming from changing water table levels. A time-tested foundation material, in use since before the turn of the century, creosoted timbers are unaffected by decay and insects, acid or alkaline soils, and they do not corrode or spall.

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