Black Bear Coatings & Concrete

Owner:

Vitasoy

Scope Of Work

Project Overview
As the exclusive flooring contractor for Vitasoy USA, Black Bear Coatings & Concrete was hired to maintain the plant’s flooring system to adhere to strict USDA regulations. This required repair of failing floors in the Extractor area which housed affixed machinery and immobile equipment. To minimize downtime, the team needed to work quickly in close quarters working around the equipment to provide a seamless system.

The Process
STEP 1: Demo and remove all failing floors
STEP 2 Diamond grind and shot blast to prepare sections STEP 3: Apply Poly-Crete with ColorFast
STEP 4: Include an accelerator to meet tight deadlines

Project Details
Project Name – Vitasoy: Extractor #2
Type of Business – Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Location – Ayer, Massachusetts
Size/Square Footage – 850 sqft space
Products – Poly-Crete MDB with ColorFast + an accelerator

Challenges
The Extractor area of the Vitasoy plant has oversized stationary equipment that the crew needed to accommodate [work around?] during renovation. As a wet space, the Black Bear team also needed to ensure that the industrial flooring was seamless and waterproof to meet the rigid health and safety standards of a food processing plant. The team worked in tight spaces, and underneath processing room equipment, to install the Poly-Crete evenly throughout the area. Black Bear’s Solution Black Bear was accustomed to working at the Vitasoy plant and knew the requirements of the specific environment. As a food manufacturing plant, Vitasoy flooring needs restoration every few years to maintain health and safety standards. Black Bear sought to upgrade their floors to a highly durable, slip-resistant, no VOC solution that would provide longer lasting results.