An Innovative Technical Flooring Consulting Firm Focused on Preventing & Solving Problems with Floor Coverings, Coatings, & Concrete Slabs Utilizing Scientific Testing, Evaluations, & Expertise
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With extensive experience in quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), and forensic failure analysis, FloorSciences™ partners with our clients nationwide to prevent and solve complex issues related to commercial and industrial floor coverings, coatings, and concrete slabs utilizing science, technology, and professional expertise. We take pride in maintaining a national reputation for a high level of professional excellence and objectivity to provide reliable data and solutions.
FloorSciences™ consults on new construction, renovation, and forensic failure projects nationwide during the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation phases of projects. We are nationally recognized as a leading concrete floor testing and forensic inspections agency. Our reports are thorough and include accurate data. We correlate this reliable data to support unbiased, informed, scientific conclusions and opinions.
FloorSciences™ takes commercial and industrial floor consulting to the next level with advanced technical capabilities that includes a wide range of analytical testing and evaluation services available from very few flooring inspection companies. Some of our advanced technology includes:
FloorSciences™ consults on new construction, renovation, and forensic failure projects nationwide during the pre-installation, installation, and post-installation phases of projects. We are nationally recognized as a leading concrete floor testing and forensic inspections agency. Our reports are thorough and include accurate data. We correlate this reliable data to support unbiased, informed, scientific conclusions and opinions.
FloorSciences™ takes commercial and industrial floor consulting to the next level with advanced technical capabilities that includes a wide range of analytical testing and evaluation services available from very few flooring inspection companies. Some of our advanced technology includes:
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🔸High-tech electronic ultrasonic coating thickness gage utilized to non-destructively and accurately measure the dry film thickness (DFT) of coatings on concrete, including moisture mitigation coatings.
🔸High-tech electronic and optical precision metrology instruments utilized in the measurements of flooring products and gaps. 🔸High-tech electronic Durometer utilized in the measurement of the hardness (Shore A or Shore D) of a floor covering or floor coating. 🔸High-tech electronically controlled hydraulic pull testing device utilized to determine the tensile bond strength of underlayments and coatings to concrete slabs and other cementitious substrates; and the tensile strength of the concrete slab surface. 🔸High-tech ground penetrating radar (GPR) concrete subsurface scanning utilized to nondestructively locate post-tensioning cables, rebar, conduit, pipes, and other embeddings in concrete slabs prior to drilling or coring a concrete slab. 🔸High-tech GPR concrete subsurface scanning utilized to nondestructively measure concrete slab thickness. Accurate ASTM F2170 internal relative humidity (RH) concrete moisture testing requires accurate concrete slab thickness measurements at each test location to test at a specific (20 or 40%) slab depth. The ASTM F2170 standard requires the bottom of the test holes and sleeves to be within a tight tolerance of the specific percentage of the concrete slab thickness. Without accurate concrete thickness measurements, in situ relative humidity (RH) concrete testing does not conform to the ASTM F2170 standard and could provide inaccurate data which can result in flooring failures and compromise flooring product warranties. It is believed in the industry that most testing is performed using an assumed slab thickness and usually all tests on a project are based on that potentially false assumption when there can be significant variations of thickness within a concrete slab. FloorSciences™ believes accuracy matters so using advance technology, we measure the concrete slab thickness at each test location. |
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) concrete subsurface scan indicating placement of the embedded rebar and the thickness of the concrete slab.
Concrete internal relative humidity testing requires drilling into the slab.
FloorSciences utilizes high-tech ground penetrating radar (GPR) to locate post-tension cables, rebar, conduit, and other embeddings prior to drilling or coring into a slab.
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Professional Services
Some of our professional services are listed below, please inquire about flooring and concrete related testing and evaluation services not listed. A sampling of ASTM and CSDA standards utilized are listed for selected testing and evaluation services. We also use standards from ACI, AMPP, ICRI, and others.
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Failed floor in a hospital operating room on an upper level concrete slab .
Failed commercial carpet tile installation due to excessive concrete moisture and alkalinity levels, on an elevated concrete slab.
Failed gym / fitness center floor due to excessive moisture levels on a slab-on-grade.
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Issues that can be Caused by Excessive Concrete Moisture and pH Levels
Excessive concrete moisture and pH levels cause more failures of floor coverings, concrete coatings, underlayments, and toppings than any other factor aside from installation defects. When these levels exceed manufacturers' product limitations, it can manifest to include potential symptoms and issues such as:
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Commercial carpet tile failure due to excessive moisture and alkalinity levels on a elevated concrete slab.
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Industry Involvement
As a leader in the industry, FloorSciences™ Principal Technical Consultant, Walter Bell, is an active member of these great industry organizations:
American Concrete Institute
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Association of Medical Facility Professionals
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American Society for Health Care Engineering
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Association for Materials Protection & Performance
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ASTM International
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Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
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Society of American Military Engineers
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Structural Engineers Association of Georgia
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World Floor Covering Association
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Walter Bell is a voting member of multiple technical committees with the Association for Materials Protection & Performance (AMPP) and ASTM International that write many of the flooring, coating, and concrete test methods, practices, standards, guidelines, and other industry documents.
Commercial & Industrial Flooring Categories
Commercial & Industrial Flooring Categories we have experience in evaluating includes:
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Market Sectors
Our largest market sectors have been in healthcare and education but we also have worked in a wide range of other industries, including:
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Commercial Contractors & Construction Management Firms
FloorSciences has worked on projects with some of the nation's largest and most well respected general contractors, construction management firms, and developers, including:
Ajax Building Company
Batson-Cook Construction
BE&K Building Group
Brasfield & Gorrie GCs
Choate Construction
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Conlan Company
Cousins Properties
DPR Construction
Gilbane Building Company
HITT Contracting
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Hoar Construction
Holder Construction
MEJA Construction
New South Construction
NV5 Global
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Skanska USA Building
Turner Construction
Warren Hanks Construction
White-Spunner Construction
Winter Construction
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Selected Projects
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Broadcast/Media
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Healthcare
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With access to the world's busiest airport, we can efficiently travel nationwide.
FloorSciences' Principal Consultant is a member of these great industry organizations:
American Concrete Institute (ACI) Georgia Chapter
American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Assn. (AHA)
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
Association of Medical Facility Professionals (AMFP)
ASTM International - member multiple technical committees
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) - mbr Construction Claims Committee
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) - Natl & Atlanta Post
Structural Engineers Association (SEA) of Georgia
World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)
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We work nationwide but much of our work comes from the eastern US, including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia