Flooring - the bedrock of your business
Demands associated
with manufacturing, processing and retailing of
baked goods literally share one common ground - flooring. Drab and
dirty floors– no matter how functional – will not suffice as the industry
must adhere to the highest standards of safety and hygiene.
By Suzette Scheepers (Edited by Fiona Barry – Red Dice Marketing)
baked goods literally share one common ground - flooring. Drab and
dirty floors– no matter how functional – will not suffice as the industry
must adhere to the highest standards of safety and hygiene.
By Suzette Scheepers (Edited by Fiona Barry – Red Dice Marketing)
Flooring is probably the most important
aspects of any business. You have to look at it, walk on it, store and move
product across it, attach plant to it, spill on it and clean it. In fact,
floors are subject to attack from impact, abrasion and chemicals as from day
one.
Bakery industry floors withstand significant amounts of traffic, hot and oily baking trolleys, pallet trucks and yield daily to the corrosive nature of fats, hot oils, dough, steam, sugar solutions and natural food acids. Still, the importance of a floor is often only recognised once production is threatened in terms of cracking, breaking or leaking.
Bakery industry floors withstand significant amounts of traffic, hot and oily baking trolleys, pallet trucks and yield daily to the corrosive nature of fats, hot oils, dough, steam, sugar solutions and natural food acids. Still, the importance of a floor is often only recognised once production is threatened in terms of cracking, breaking or leaking.
Reasons to ensure safer, more hygienic
floors are various, but are underlined by the ever increasing role of
convenience to customers, short life food products and the advent of new
standards.
Its ‘out’ with the old tiled flooring
favourites in terms of SABS 049 Food hygiene management standard, and ‘in’ with
seamless and impermeable alternatives such as epoxy and polyurethane resin
screeds that are easy to clean and more resistant in terms of the South African
National Standard (SANS) 10049 Food Safety Management standard - published in
February 2011.
The standard is rather more prescriptive and fills the gap between Regulation 918 and HACCP certification in terms of SANS 10330 or SANS / ISO 22000 states the Foodstuff South Africa website (www.foodstuffsa.co.za). SANS 10049 is stand-alone, certifiable and very thorough.
The standard is rather more prescriptive and fills the gap between Regulation 918 and HACCP certification in terms of SANS 10330 or SANS / ISO 22000 states the Foodstuff South Africa website (www.foodstuffsa.co.za). SANS 10049 is stand-alone, certifiable and very thorough.
“It follows a more logical structure
and highlights many requirements that are extremely relevant for proving due
diligence in terms of the Consumer Protection Act (that came into force in
April 2011),” states Andrew Murray of Andrew Murray Consultants and member of
the SABS committee that drafted SANS 10049.
So now, more than ever, surfaces in food preparation areas are under scrutiny.
Up for the challenge is a large range of flooring and hygienic wall coatings designed specifically for the food and related industries.
So now, more than ever, surfaces in food preparation areas are under scrutiny.
Up for the challenge is a large range of flooring and hygienic wall coatings designed specifically for the food and related industries.
Today
it is simply not worth ‘slipping-up’ on health and safety matters when it comes
to flooring. Gauteng-based high performance flooring applicator Resin Floor
Design, formerly Industrial Flooring Systems (IFS), will provide a fast,
effective and permanent flooring solution. It is an approved applicator for
Stoncor Africa, Flowcrete, Prostruct, Stonhard, Mapei, ABE, Sika, Plascon, BASF
and Technical Finishes.
“Over the years a number of flooring installations have been carried out for Albany Bakeries at its Germiston, Randfontein and Silverton facilities,” states managing director Gavin Hill. Applications have ranged from 4 500m2 on a significant shutdown at Albany’s Germiston facility, to another 1 000m2 just recently completed at its Randfontein facility.
“Over the years a number of flooring installations have been carried out for Albany Bakeries at its Germiston, Randfontein and Silverton facilities,” states managing director Gavin Hill. Applications have ranged from 4 500m2 on a significant shutdown at Albany’s Germiston facility, to another 1 000m2 just recently completed at its Randfontein facility.
BASF
Ucrete UD200 polyurethane screed in 6mm was predominantly selected on these
application to give maximum impact resistance and non-slip properties. The
single layer, seamless, solvent-free flooring system cures to harder than
concrete to withstand dropping pans and even takes high pressure water cleaning
in its stride.
The product is recommended for conditions requiring the maximum of chemical resistance, health and safety and where thermal situations arise, from cool rooms to hot environments.
The product is recommended for conditions requiring the maximum of chemical resistance, health and safety and where thermal situations arise, from cool rooms to hot environments.
Specialist applicators of resin flooring
systems
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Epoxy Systems
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Polyurethane Screeds
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Conductive Floors
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Anti Static Floor
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Concrete Repairs
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Acid Proofing
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Corrosion Protection
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Drainage Systems
www.resinfloordesign.co.zamarketing@resinfloordesign
RESIN FLOOR DESIGN –COMPANY
PROFILE
Establishment
Resin Floor Design was
established in 2009 primarily to assist architects, project managers and
flooring chemical manufacturers in the correct specification of protective
finishes for concrete floors. This service expanded to include corrosion
protection systems. The company however did not have any in-house application
teams and thus the approved specifications were installed by various different
contracting companies.
In 2011 Resin Floor Design was
acquired from the founding member, Ms Fiona Barry by Mr Gavin Hill who has
eleven years of experience in the industrial, resin based flooring industry,
and has managed two previous contracting concerns.
Resin Floor Design, based in
Honeydew Gauteng now has four full time contracting teams, each of which has a
dedicated team leader. All staff has an extensive collective knowledge of the
industry and operates as a cohesive unit, having joined Resin Floor Design as a
complete business unit from a previous contracting company managed by Gavin
Hill.
Company Philosophy
The philosophy behind the
addition of the contracting teams to the service that Resin Floor Design offers
is simply to be able to offer a full turnkey solution to existing and potential
customers in terms of resin based flooring systems.
Coupled with a vast choice of
products from various reputable manufacturers, we are able to find a viable
solution for most industrial sectors of industry. This ranges from primarily
the food and beverage industry and stretch to motor vehicle manufacture,
pharmaceutical, electronics and even explosives manufacture.
Ms Fiona
Barry, with her vast marketing experience and extensive exposure to industrial
decision makers and ties to many product manufacturers adds an invaluable
service in bridging the gap between direct contracting and the many aspects
involved prior to the actual installations.
Target Markets
The advent of numerous quality
control systems to the manufacturing and distribution industry, especially in
the food and beverage sector has determined an on-going requirement for floor
finishes that meet or exceed standards that are continuously being set.
This requirement has determined
the market for Resin Floor Design, and thus our speciality field is the installation
of polyurethane screed systems in various thicknesses. These systems comply
with most standards in terms of HACCP compliance, and carry extensive
back-to-back guarantees with the manufacturers. Floor finishes of a different
nature are also installed on a regular basis and these include epoxies, acid
resistant floors, conductive floors and corrosion protection systems.
Resin Floor Design has various
large national concerns that utilise our services on a regular basis. Some of
these relationships have been built over many years and numerous customers have
been loyal to the contracting staff that has provided the on-site service in
the past.
Company Services
Resin Floor Design specialise
in the application of resin based high performance industrial flooring systems
and are approved applicators for numerous reputable material manufacturers.
Our fields of expertise include
the application of epoxy and polyurethane self levelling coatings and screeds,
corrosion protection systems, anti-static flooring, full conductive flooring
and elastomeric car park decking systems.
In order to meet the industrial
sector’s requirement of flooring systems that perform continuously, Resin Floor
Design can offer our existing and potential clients expert advice from the specification
stage of a project. This early approach allows for good communication between
all contractors, thus ensuring a high-quality flooring installation that
continues to perform under the conditions it is exposed to.
Our services
include a back-to-back guarantee to the client from both Resin Floor Design, as
well as the applicable materials manufacturer.
Product Suppliers
In order to
provide our customers with peace of mind in terms of flooring finishes they
require that there be a good relationship between the material manufacturer and
the applicator. Thus a noticeable and sound relationship between the two is
essential. The strength of a guarantee is dependent on the confidence the
supplier has in the applicator and due to this Resin Floor Design has “approved
applicator” status with most suppliers.
Vision
The vision of Resin Floor
Design is to supply lasting flooring solutions to the industrial sector whilst
realising the value factor to the client.
Contact Details
Phone: +27 (0) 11 794 6224
Fax: +27 (0) 11 794 4315
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