57 Construction & Engineering Awards 2020 BUILD Best Concrete Surface Preparation Firm – Canada oronto, Ontario, a global leader of new development, is home to Ground Floor Industries, an unparalleled organisation that has been positively disrupting the Canadian surface preparation sector since 2004. Keegan and John Burke have led the firm to become Toronto’s most trusted source for underlayment, preparation, overlay removal, epoxy coatings, traffic toppings and concrete polishing. Consequently, GFI has worked with Canada’s top developers, general contractors, national flooring firms, forming firms, and national restoration contractors, carrying out their comprehensive services in residential high-rise and commercial buildings across Ontario and beyond. Since day one, GFI has remained committed to its core values of quality workmanship, dedication to clients, consistency on delivery of application, and safety and wellbeing of the workforce. In the sixteen years of operation, these values have seen GFI through a vast number of projects that equate to well over 100,000,000 square feet of surface preparation completed to date. This, in turn, has resulted in the acquisition of unparalleled experience that is used to deliver projects of any shape, size or situation with quality and efficiency. In order to maintain these insights and effectivity, GFI annually invests in research and development to ensure they are always the leading source for surface preparation and, working with such a broad and diversified spectrum of clients, GFI is fully aware of their need to always stay ahead of industry-leading product and equipment manufactures, so that they can always perform to their full potential. To work in such a competitive industry at as high a level as GFI does, it requires a team of experienced, motivated professionals and fortunately, that’s exactly what it has. Every project begins with a comprehensive review of the specifications and expectations of a client. With these in mind, the GFI team can then conduct a site assessment to ensure that every element has been seen and confirmed prior to commencement of the application, assuring that every party involved is aware of current conditions and the capabilities of all repair and preparation. When the project has been awarded, the GFI project management team then works in collaboration with the client to ensure success and the skilled workforce performs its duties in accordance with the client’s requirements. There are many methods of application, one in particular being full flood underlayment, which uses a Darby finish floor plate and then floods the floor with self-levelling material to create a uniform flatness across the entire floorspace in one day. This is a technique that GFI has evolved and perfected as part of their efforts to increase efficiency in their service. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the high-rise construction industry in Toronto did not stop, and as such, GFI continued working on its projects. Faced with many challenges, GFI had to adapt quickly and implement further stringent safety guidelines and protocols. Schedule demands did not change even faced with a global pandemic. This is where GFI shined, the quality and efficiency didn’t waver even with the changes and logistics while onsite. All 40 high-rise projects in GFI’s repertoire continued to be built and with this, GFI showed up to complete the job. Their customers have upmost trust in GFI and they take this very seriously. This resilience and commitment to business even in the face of adversity such as a global pandemic bodes well for GFI, as they look to take their national brand international. With high targets set and the road to achieving them already underway, GFI has attained double digit growth in less than two years and is showing no signs of slowing. Investing in training, technology and collaboration with manufacturers and clients, the future looks bright for GFI as they continue to maintain their proud position as the leaders of the Canadian surface preparation sector. Contact: Keegan Burke Company: Ground Floor Industries Inc (GFI INC) Web Address: www.gfiinc.ca T Since 2004, Ground Floor Industries (GFI) Inc. has been a pioneer of the surface preparation sector in Toronto, Ontario. Led by Keegan and John Burke, the company has grown to become the largest and most trusted source for services in underlayment, surface preparation, concrete polishing and much more besides, earning them a role in some of Toronto’s largest, high-profile projects, forty of which were in 2020 alone. With a set of skills, expertise and reputation that is unrivalled in the industry, GFI is, as a result of conscientious investments into the future, growing to new and exciting heights, proving itself one to watch. Aug20405
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