That happens often, an afterthought/poor design if there is no drain or slope on the concrete, water/frozen slush from vehicles, + the outside eaves if no gutters, knee wall is nice to prevent that or not have to worry about it, basically any raised curb you can build off will keep that sill plate dry, unless you have deep snow that will thaw, then maybe a higher knee wall would be better.
A good friend built a nice 2 car garage on a slab on grade for his folks at their farm, maybe 15+ years ago. Water from slush would pond and like Murphy's law, the low area in the slab was next to a wall and sill plate. He's been using a squeegee to push it away probably since then. I brought my Hilti TE-52 over and drilled some holes under the workbench, next to the wall, into the gravel, it now drains out. Same issue with the exterior, finally put gutters on, T-111 sideing will last a lot longer now.
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