Notes from the Field
Observations distilled from more than thirty years of field experience: on asking the right questions, choosing the right system and making structures last.
The right material, the wrong installation: the most expensive saving
Even the finest material stops being a guarantee when it is installed without following its specification. Buying the material is the easy part; the outcome is decided by the installation.
Continue reading→What Is Ucrete? The Polyurethane-Cement Heavy-Duty Flooring System
Meet the polyurethane-cement system with thermal shock, heavy-load and chemical resistance, installable on fresh concrete within days.
Continue reading→The most expensive mistake in water damage: treating the symptom
Covering the visible stain is easy; stopping the water at its source takes discipline. Why should the approach to a water problem start with diagnosis?
Continue reading→A coating’s fate is written before installation: surface, ambient conditions and hidden moisture
When a floor coating fails, the material is the first to be blamed. Yet the source of the problem is usually hidden in the surface, the ambient conditions and the unseen moisture within the concrete.
Continue reading→The questions to ask before deciding on strengthening
The decision between demolishing and rebuilding or strengthening should be the outcome of a technical evaluation, not an emotional one.
Continue reading→Flooring selection should consider the facility’s tomorrow as much as its today
A floor selected for today’s loads may prove too tight for tomorrow’s production plan. The right question is where the facility is headed.
Continue reading→What thirty years of field experience have taught us
Our principle, unchanged since 1996: diagnosis first, then the system. A short summary of what we have learned in the field.
Continue reading→The joint is not the floor’s smallest detail but its hardest-working line
The first part of an industrial floor to tire is not the surface but the joints. The care given to the joint system determines the life of the floor.
Continue reading→Let’s answer the question on your mind, together.
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