By Pablo Figueroa, commercial flooring consultant In a distribution warehouse, the floor is part of the equipment. Forklifts run it all day, and when the joints start to go, everyone feels it. This is a look at how we approached a tired warehouse floor in Northern California, where the right answer was not to cover … Read more

By Pablo Figueroa, commercial flooring consultant Wet production rooms are hard on floors. When the floor starts to fail, the problem shows up every day in cleaning, in ponding water, and in patches that do not hold. This is a look at how we approached a failing wet production floor in a Central Valley food … Read more

By Pablo Figueroa, commercial flooring consultant I talk with facilities leaders who face the same problem in different words. One location looks sharp, the next looks tired, and a third was repaired with a product nobody can identify. The stores carry the same name over the door, but the floors tell three different stories. That … Read more

By Pablo Figueroa, commercial flooring consultant I can usually tell how a kitchen floor is doing before anyone shows me a report. I watch where the water goes after a washdown, I look at the edges around drains, and I look at the corners where the floor meets the wall. Kitchens are honest environments. Heat, … Read more

By Pablo Figueroa, commercial flooring consultant I review flooring bids the same way I would want someone to review mine, line by line, looking for what is missing. In my experience, the lowest price rarely comes from a smarter way to do the same work. It usually comes from scope that was moved into the … Read more