About the author  ⁄ Ralph H. Laird

Ralph H. Laird, served as president of Wildeck, Inc. from 2002 until his retirement in 2008. He was a registered P.E. until that retirement. Because of the apparent lack of design information for floor slab-on-grade, he worked with the MHI (Material Handling Insitute) to assist in the development of a more comprehensive and realistic approach to the SOG design.

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