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On the floor, since concrete on a grade is SOP. I would suggest putting insulation and wood on top of the concrete. It will cost more/take more time, but everthing, tools, materials, your body, will thank you for it in the long run.
If you looking at sky lights and roof storage any way, skip the truss roof, and go with a more open style roof. Then you have all the room to move things on your bench, around power tools,, install a hoist rail, and make a dedicate wood loft away from the sky lights.
Power tools, put those beasts on a roller system. That way you can just move them to the open area or were ever you need them to feed the pieces in and out. This was something I learned running a theater scene shop, the tools are never in the best place to work on the projec tyou are actually doing when you have them in a fixed location.