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What’s Old Becomes New

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DURAFLOOR TGA is an elegant and durable solution in this remodel project profile

  • Location: Hudson, Wisconsin
  • Completion: Oct 31, 2014

Products & Services Used:

  • L&M VIVID DYE
  • LiON Hard
  • L&M PERMAGUARD
  • SPIN-1 Pads
  • DURAFLOOR HP

The Hudson Hospital expansion project called for new administration and clinical wing construction, including hallways, lobby, waiting room, and stairs.

McGough Construction was the general contractor on the job. Concrete Arts, a decorative and polished concrete firm local to the Hudson, Wisconsin area, has had an existing relationship with McGough for years, and they hired on Tom Graf and his crew, owner of Concrete Arts for their expertise in polished concrete craftsmanship and concrete design. The project scope included dyeing and polishing both new and existing concrete floors in the lobby, hallways and waiting areas, as well as creating and polishing structural stairs.

There was just one problem: the link between the old and the new concrete needed new mechanical trenches dug through the concrete. These trenches were needed to accommodate new electrical and plumbing runs. Based on that, Graf decided the floor was not a good candidate to polish. Additionally, the project schedule was tight, and the owners were looking to occupy the new spaces by mid-fall.

Graf analyzed the job and recommended Durafloor TGA, a decorative, polishable overlay wear topping designed specifically for such situations. This versatile product could be placed in both new and damaged spaces in the lobby and the hallways—all high foot traffic areas—with fast turnaround time.

Surface Prep – Milling the concrete

Concrete Arts’ crew had to mill down the concrete surface 3/8 in. in order for the substrate to accept the TGA overlay, which was very time consuming. They then filled and repaired all cracks with L&M RESTORE. Next, the team re-saw cut and honored all existing joints and filled them with L&M JOINT TITE 750.

From there, they applied L&M EPOPRIME epoxy primer onto the properly prepared surface and seeded it with silica sand to rejection. After allowing the sanded epoxy to dry, the excess aggregate was vacuumed and broomed from the surface.

After surface prep was complete and the sanded epoxy cured, Concrete Arts’ crew then mixed and placed the Durafloor TGA polishable overlay. After allowing the freshly placed topping to cure for about 16 hours, the surface was ground through the diamond chain to a 1,500 grit full polish, with two coats of L&M VIVID DYE applied to match the existing concrete’s color. The crew locked-in the dye and densified the overlay with L&M LiON Hard hardener densifier. Finally, the crew applied L&M PERMAGUARD as a stain protector for the newly polished surface.

Since the stair treads offered by competitors did not match up with the newly polished floor, Durafloor TGA’s versatility enabled the Concrete Arts’ crew to pre-fabricate the stairs to an exact match of the polished concrete floor. Cranberry glass aggregate seeded into the wear topping created the stair treads. The structural stairs were polished on three sides spanning 6.5 ft. each. The front portion of the stair treads were sandblasted for slip resistance.

The solution provided the hospital owners with a near-perfect link between the existing concrete floors and the new Durafloor TGA floors. It exhibited a homogenous look and feel of approximately 3,500 sq. ft. of flooring space.

Hudson Hospital administration and the McGough project managers were very happy with Concrete Arts’ work. Their double shifts paid off by showing the results of a beautiful, durable, near-match of the existing decorative concrete.

By recommending, placing and polishing the decorative Durafloor TGA overlay wear topping, Concrete Arts’ crew turned-over the Hudson Hospital project on time. Speaking to the distinctiveness of the polishable wear topping, Graf states that there is no other cementitious flooring product on the market that resembles such unique, durable, decorative concrete.

Hudson Hospital’s new addition opened in October 2014.

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North Side Flood Risk

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Key Construction is working on the FM-16-A1 North Side Flood Risk Levee. This is part of the diversion project that the city is currently working on. The station would be part of the process meant to pump river water away to help alleviate flooding concerns. The in-town levies are meant to help pump water out to the diversion route safely through the city. Read More

  • Location: North Dakota, Minnesota

57 North & BSA Surgical Center

57 North & BSA Surgical Center photo

The 57 North and BSA Surgical Center is a state of the art $12 million facility that is currently being constructed in north Bismarck by Kraus Anderson Construction Company. This project is a great example of how Prairie Supply works to get involved in every aspect of the project that we are capable of. We have been working on this project since the start of the budget proposals and are currently working with Glass Concrete on the foundations where we provide the rebar, materials, and forming. We will be supplying Herzog Coatings with all the waterproofing and foundation insulation along with working directly for Kraus Anderson on the masonry rebar, shoring, and potentially winter heat. There has been a lot of people from Prairie Supply involved and they have all shown a great team effort in making it all happen for our customers. Read More

  • Location: Bismarck , North Dakota

US 85 Long X Bridge Project

US 85 Long X Bridge Project photo

Contractor: Ames Construction Inc.
This project is one of the largest bridges we have done as a complete package that will include rebar, forming/shoring, supplies, and winter heat.
The bridge is being constructed in Watford City with NDDOT as the architect. We received the notice to proceed with this project on June 11, 2019. There’s a projected end date of July 15, 2021. Read More

  • Location: Watford City, North Dakota
  • Completion: Jul 15, 2021

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