RichmondMazda Richmond Automall
A service shop floor taken from bare, stained and patchy concrete to one continuous light grey resinous surface, laid around the scissor hoists.
- Setting
- Service shop
- Finish
- Resinous
North Vancouver · Since 2001
Concrete that outlives the weather.
Parkade waterproofing, industrial floor coatings and structural concrete repair across Greater Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria.
How the work gets done
01 — How we work
The floor goes down fast.
Crews sized to finish whole phases in one shift — up to 30,000 square feet in a day — with coverage measured in mils and logged batch by batch.
Then lines, to your layout.
Bay and aisle marking to your traffic plan, cure times matched to the system and the season, and each section phased back into service as it completes.
Built for occupied buildings.
Most of our work happens while the building keeps operating. Phasing, containment and overnight windows are part of the plan, not an afterthought.
Handed back ready to work.
With documentation of what went down, where and how thick — the record your engineer and your next depreciation report will want.
The system
How a traffic coating system works
Preparation, waterproofing and wear protection work as one system: a primer bonds to the prepared concrete, a flexible membrane does the waterproofing, and the coats above it take the traffic. The exact build-up is selected for each project.
- PrimerBonds the system to the prepared concrete so nothing above it can let go.
- Base coatThe waterproofing membrane. It stays flexible and bridges the hairline cracks that open and close beneath it.
- Wear coat, loaded with aggregateCarries the traffic. Aggregate broadcast into this coat gives abrasion resistance and grip.
- Top coatSeals the aggregate in and takes the sunlight; it is the coat renewed in a recoat.
Selected work
10 million+ ft² installed across British Columbia.
Richmond
Head officeAritzia head office
One floor running from the glazed office corridor through open-plan desking and into the staff cafeteria, so a large floor plate reads as one space rather than a patchwork of finishes.
- Setting
- Head office
- Finish
- Seamless resinous
Parts and serviceMTU Canada
A parts and service floor in grey resin, with the yellow aisle line marking applied over the coating rather than taped onto it.
- Setting
- Parts and service floor
- Detail
- Aisle line marking
Maple RidgeRidge Meadows Hospital
A hospital service area floor in flake broadcast, with the base coved up the wall so there is no joint at the floor-to-wall junction for water or cleaning chemistry to work behind.
- Setting
- Hospital service area
- Detail
- Integral coved base
Downtown Vancouver
Sutton Place Hotel ramp
Failed ramp membrane replaced under live hotel operations, working nights to keep valet access open throughout.
- Area
- 8,400 ft²
- System
- TUE-FC
Burnaby
Commercial parkade, four levels
Phased membrane and structural repair across a 50,000 ft² parkade with no full closure at any point.
- Area
- 50,000 ft²
- Phases
- 4
Richmond
Distribution warehouse floor
High-build epoxy over a slab with elevated vapour transmission, engineered around a shallow water table.
- Area
- 30,000 ft²
- System
- EWS
North Vancouver
Strata roof deck
Salt-air exposure on the North Shore called for a fully aliphatic build to hold colour and resist chlorides.
- Area
- 12,000 ft²
- System
- TUE
Whistler
Resort parkade, freeze–thaw
De-icing salt and eighty-plus freeze–thaw cycles a season — detailed for movement first, aesthetics second.
- Area
- 16,500 ft²
- Cycles
- 80+/yr
2001Installing in BC since
10M+Square feet installed
PhasedReturn to traffic by section
39Municipalities served
What we install
Six disciplines, one crew that owns the whole slab.
We don't sub out the coating. The people who assess your slab are the people who prepare and install it.
Parkade waterproofing
Traffic-bearing membranes for suspended slabs, ramps and roof decks, phased to keep your parkade in use.
Learn more →Industrial floor coatings
High-build epoxy and urethane systems for warehouses, plants and hangars where forklifts and chemicals both live.
Learn more →Structural concrete repair
Spall and delamination repair, rebar treatment and overhead patching before the coating goes down.
Learn more →Polished concrete
Mechanically polished, densified slabs for retail and institutional floors that have to look good under scrutiny.
Learn more →Expansion joints
Joint replacement and detailing — the single most common place a waterproofing system is lost.
Learn more →Surface preparation
Shot blasting, diamond grinding and moisture testing to a measured profile, documented before installation.
Learn more →Where we work
Greater Vancouver, the Sea-to-Sky, and Vancouver Island.
Each region fails differently. Richmond's water table drives vapour up through slabs. The North Shore carries salt air. Whistler runs eighty freeze–thaw cycles a season. Victoria stays damp long enough for carbonation to matter.
Metro Vancouver
VancouverBurnaby
Surrey
Richmond
Coquitlam
Delta
City of Langley
Township of Langley
Maple Ridge
New Westminster
City of North Vancouver
District of North Vancouver
Pitt Meadows
Port Coquitlam
Port Moody
West Vancouver
White Rock
Anmore
Belcarra
Bowen Island
Lions Bay
Sea-to-Sky
SquamishWhistler
Pemberton
Greater Victoria
VictoriaSaanich
Oak Bay
Esquimalt
View Royal
Colwood
Langford
Metchosin
Highlands
Sooke
Central Saanich
North Saanich
Sidney
Fraser Valley
AbbotsfordMission
Site assessments
Send us the slab. We'll tell you what it actually needs.
Photographs and a rough area are enough to start. We'll come out, test moisture, and scope it properly.
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