Floors take more punishment than any other surface in an industrial facility and get the least attention until something goes wrong. A floor care program is how you get ahead of that, and it covers considerably more than cleaning.
Four things a floor has to do
- Be safe. Clean, sound, well-marked floors reduce slips, trips and vehicle incidents.
- Organize the workflow. Marked walkways, work areas and storage zones tell people and vehicles where to be without anyone having to explain it.
- Protect the slab. Sealing and coatings keep moisture, chemicals and abrasion off the concrete underneath.
- Look the part. A clean, coated floor is the first thing a visitor or an auditor notices.
The services involved
Depending on the facility, a program draws on deep cleaning of the floor itself, sealing, epoxy and resin coatings, and safety striping. Each of these can be done alone, but they work best planned together, because the sequence matters. There is no point striping a floor that is about to be coated, or coating a slab that has not been properly cleaned and prepared.
Matching the coating to the traffic
Floors that carry forklifts and vehicles need a different system from floors that only see foot traffic, and areas exposed to chemicals need different treatment again. Part of the work is walking the building and mapping which zones need what, rather than applying one specification everywhere.
See our industrial floor care services, or read about epoxy floor coatings.
