February 3, 2025
Disasters can strike at any time, leaving devastation and chaos in their wake. The aftermath of a natural disaster can be overwhelming, with communities facing the task of rebuilding and restoring normalcy.
January 27, 2025
When polishing or preparing a concrete floor for a coating, the bulk of the work is performed with a walk-behind grinder or shot blaster. Both produce a clean, well-prepared surface. Unfortunately, they are large pieces of equipment and cannot prepare the entire floor. Underneath toe kicks, water fountains, and conveyor belts will be an issue, but the area at the interface of the wall and floor will be on every project.
December 31, 2024
Since the late 1990s, polished concrete has been one of the most popular flooring systems for industrial floors. It started as a method to clean an industrial floor, remove built-up rubber in tire manufacturing, oil oil-saturated substrates in machine shops, and produce a smoother floor reducing forklift damage and trip hazards.
December 2, 2024
The production of concrete slurry happens during all concrete wet cutting, wet drilling, and wet grinding processes. The slurry is a combination of water, concrete particles, and other contaminants that might be within the concrete matrix before wet polishing begins. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), State, and Federal laws regulate the disposal of concrete slurry. Some factors should be addressed when disposing of concrete slurry, no matter how it’s produced.
November 7, 2024
Adding color to concrete is a wonderful way to incorporate the floor into the design of the surrounding area. Color can put a visual emphasis on the floor or minimize the floor. The environment the floor is in will help guide you in the right direction.
October 21, 2024
Concrete is the most widely used construction material throughout the world. It is used in all parts of a building. Walls, ceilings, and floors in an industrial or commercial facility can be built from concrete. Out of these, the floors take the most abuse. Every time there is abuse, maintenance comes into play.
September 24, 2024
Cured concrete is like a sponge. It has an internal void structure that holds water and allows it to freely move in all directions. Floor covering systems are only capable of handling so much moisture at the surface, within the slab, and moving out of it
September 10, 2024
On all construction sites, dust is everywhere. Primarily, dust is mainly found in the form of wood and concrete particles. The primary defense against dust is to capture it as it’s being generated. Whether grinding, cutting, or drilling, there will be dust, and the job of a dust extractor is to capture as much as possible as it is produced.
August 27, 2024
Concrete resurfacing is the process of using a material to replace the current surface of a concrete slab. The reason to replace a surface could be aesthetic or to increase durability. Another reason could be to minimize the impact on the surrounding area. Instead of bringing in a skid steer to remove a slab, thus destroying the softscape in the area, resurfacing is much less intrusive. Resurfacing is an excellent option when working on a pool deck connected to the pool coping.
July 1, 2024
Back in the late 1990s when polished concrete was in its infancy, the term “maintenance-free” was coined when describing how to take care of it. In the many training classes being conducted, installers were taught that the polished surface they were about to provide was a no-maintenance surface.