Custom Floor and Pedestrian Walkway Combine Safety, Stability, & Style

G.C. Bennett Building Corporation, the company hired to renovate the space, reached out to Black Bear Coatings & Concrete with the original intent of recoating an existing floor in SMC Molding’s manufacturing facility in Sterling, MA. When Black Bear assessed the current space, it was determined that the existing floor needed to be removed before a more comprehensive solution could be installed. Further discussions with the client revealed a desire to customize the new coating for safety and increased productivity. Black Bear value engineered a new solution that offered SMC Molding a cementitious urethane system with a tailored topcoat to design a walkway for pedestrians on the production floor.

• STEP 1

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  Remove failing VTC floor
• STEP 2

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  Shot blast remaining mastic
• STEP 3

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  Install Dur-A-Flex Polycrete SLB Shop Floor
• STEP 4

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  Apply Armor top coat with grey inset for colored path

• Project Name - SMC Ltd. Floor & Walkways
• Type of Business - Manufacturing
• Location - Sterling, MA
• Size - 5,800 square feet
• Timeframe - 6 Days
• Products - Polycrete SMB Shop Floor, Armor top coat with grey tint

The renovation of the 5,800 sqft manufacturing space was completed in phases over 6 days. An accelerated construction schedule meant that each phase needed to be planned out accordingly to limit downtime and not disrupt production of the active facility.