Installation & Supervision

Industrial and Commercial Flooring Installation and Supervision

This page is for plant engineers, facility managers and flooring contractors who need industrial flooring installation carried out, or supervised, rather than material supplied on its own. KAIDA PAINT® works in three delivery models: supply and install, supervision and QA only, or supply with training for your own applicator.

Finished epoxy floor in a manufacturing plant in Sweden, applied by a KAIDA PAINT crew.

113 countries

supplied since 2006

Delivery models

Chemistries

Venue types

Handover tests

Crew source

Own plant, Tianjin

Countries supplied

113

Models Programme Projets Reference Industriel Commercial Processus Préparation Phasing Supervision Acceptance Team FAQ

01

What can be installed, and who carries the risk

The first question on a flooring project is not which resin. It is who is responsible when the floor fails. The three models below answer that, and they cost differently.

Three delivery models, one of which fits your project.

MODEL 01

Supply and install

One contract

A crew mobilised from our plant prepares the substrate, applies the system and hands over tested work. Material, labour and workmanship sit in one contract, so there is no argument between the coating supplier and the applicator about whose fault a failure is.

Used where local applicators are not qualified for the system, or where the client wants a single point of responsibility for a high-value floor.

Choose this when: the floor is critical, the system is unfamiliar locally, or nobody on site can be held to a method statement.

MODEL 02

Supervision and QA only

Material + oversight

Flooring installation supervision means a supervisor from our plant writes the method statement, checks substrate and moisture before work starts, signs off each stage, runs the handover tests and issues the report. Your contractor supplies the labour.

Workmanship stays with the applicator and the material stays with KAIDA PAINT. The signed stage records are what separate the two if something goes wrong later.

Choose this when: you have a competent local contractor but no one who can hold them to a resin flooring standard.

MODEL 03

Supply with applicator training

Capability transfer

Method statement, tooling list, mixing and build-up demonstration, then remote sign-off on the first project. Written for distributors and contractors who intend to install themselves, repeatedly.

This is the model that makes a distributor independent. It is also the model used for small or remote sites where mobilising a crew costs more than the floor.

Choose this when: you want installation capability in your own company, not a one-off project.

Why the model matters more than the price

A quotation that mixes material from one company and labour from another has a gap in the middle of it. When a floor blisters, the material supplier tests the concrete and the applicator blames the primer. Choosing the model first means choosing who owns that gap.

02

What actually sets the programme

Five variables decide the duration and the sequence. Area is the least predictive of them.

How long does it take to install a resin floor? It depends on five things, and only one of them is the size of the floor.

The five variables that drive every programme

Variable	What it changes	Why it matters
État du substrat	How much preparation, and whether repair is needed before coating	A sound slab takes one preparation pass. A contaminated or weak slab takes milling, repair and a second profile pass, and can double the preparation time.
Humidité	Whether a moisture barrier or a moisture-tolerant system is required	Above the specified limit, a standard primer will blister regardless of how well it was applied. The fix is a different system, not more primer.
Chemistry and cure window	How long the floor is out of service	Epoxy, polyurethane, cementitious urethane, polyaspartic, polyurea and MMA have different windows before foot traffic, load and washdown. That window, not the application time, sets the downtime.
Area and access	Crew size, plant, and whether extraction can reach the work face	Access decides output more than area does. A 2,000 m² floor with one door and no extraction is slower than a 5,000 m² floor with a loading bay.
Uptime constraint	Whether the work runs in one block or in zones	Zoning converts a short intensive shutdown into a longer low-loss programme. The floor is the same; the calendar is not.

This is why we issue a programme with the quotation. A duration quoted before the substrate has been surveyed is a guess, and on a food plant or a freezer it is usually the guess that costs the client money.

03

Overseas projects: floors we installed, not floors we supplied

Four recent projects with the area, the system, and how long the plant was down. These are the numbers the three delivery models are judged on.

What does a KAIDA PAINT installation look like on site? Four projects, four countries, 29,000 m² of flooring.

Sweden · Manufacturing plant

7,000 m² back in service in 12 days

Zone7,000 m²
SystèmeEpoxy + water-based PU topcoat
Downtime12 days

A multi-layer epoxy system finished with a water-based polyurethane topcoat, applied together with roof and wall coatings so the plant took one mobilisation instead of three. Over 6 tonnes of material went into the floor alone, shipped as a 12-tonne package sized for fast application.

Hungary · Battery plant

11,000 m² of ESD flooring in a live battery plant

Zone11,000 m²
SystèmeHeavy-duty epoxy + PU wear topcoat
Duration20 days

Gödöllő, completed April 2026. The existing slab was dusting, cracked and worn, and the battery areas needed controlled static dissipation as well as load and chemical resistance. Specification covered dissipation across the production floor, then a wear topcoat for forklift traffic and electrolyte spillage.

Venezuela · Shrimp processing

10,000 m² of polyurethane mortar, freezer to steam clean

Zone10,000 m²
SystèmePolyurethane mortar
Range−40 °C to +80 °C

Maracaibo. Cold storage and processing share one building, so the floor runs from freezer temperature to steam cleaning. The coving at the wall base was formed by the local crew after on-site training — that detail is what removes the joint where bacteria collect.

Rwanda · Fish food

1,000 m²: small project, same method statement

Zone1,000 m²
SystèmePU mortar over primer
SiteWet processing

Specified against moisture, frequent cleaning and thermal shock. Substrate repair, primer, mortar build, then coving — the same four stages used on the 10,000 m² plants, at a size where mobilisation cost has to be justified rather than assumed.

Further references

Projects from the KAIDA PAINT reference list, by sector and system

Country	Sector	Système	Zone
Belgium	Chemical manufacturing	Cementitious urethane	8,100 m²
Espagne	Automotive parts manufacturing	Cementitious urethane	7,200 m²
Pologne	Warehouse and logistics hub	Mortier époxy	6,800 m²
Suède	Hospital wards and corridors	Elastomeric acoustic	4,600 m²
Allemagne	Food processing facility	Water-based epoxy topcoat	4,500 m²
Pays-Bas	Hypermarket, retail	Seamless quartz	3,800 m²
France	Residential parking garage	Water-based resin	1,850 m²

Why three commercial references are in an industrial list

The hospital, the hypermarket and the parking garage were delivered with the same three models, but the decisions are different ones: night work and daily handover instead of chemical resistance, and a finish judged against a drawing rather than against a hygiene standard. Together with the four projects above, the references on this page total 65,850 m² of installed flooring.

Signed reference. The framed original, on the client’s letterhead and signed by hand. The full text is transcribed alongside so it can be read and indexed without opening the image.

What a client writes when a difficult floor is finished

Nordiska Inglasningar och Profilsystem AB in Sweden issued a signed reference on 28 December 2025 for a 7,000 m² renovation: ceiling painting, concrete repair and grinding, a self-levelling epoxy build, then a polyurethane topcoat — over a slab that was damaged, oil-contaminated and significantly uneven.

It is addressed to Zhang Heng, the person who ran the works, not to the company in general. The letter calls the contractor “Kaida Floor”; the crew and the material came from the same company, which is exactly what Model 01 means in practice.

Client

Nordiska Inglasningar och Profilsystem AB

Country

Suède

Scope in the letter

7,000 m² · ceilings, repair, grinding, epoxy, PU topcoat

Issued and signed

28 Dec 2025 · Daniel Nystedt, CEO and owner

“The work was executed with a very high work ethic and perfection, excellently representing Chinese work pride.”
“We can certify that the work was carried out above expectations, equivalent to the professional standards of our local market.”
“The products and machines delivered by Kaida provided the same excellent end result as high-grade European floor systems.”
“We are very satisfied and give our warmest recommendation!”

Quoted from the letter reproduced here. This is the same project as the 7,000 m² Sweden card above, and the client’s own account of it. The three conditions it describes — steel in the slab, oil contamination, unevenness — are the repair cases covered under surface preparation.

A reference letter is not a certificate. It is written by the client about a finished floor, and it is the only document on this page that was not produced by us.

Left: a project meeting with an overseas client during a site visit. Right: handover — the acceptance document is signed on site, which is the point at which responsibility for the floor changes hands.

04

Industrial flooring: what fails in each plant, and what is installed instead

Industrial floors fail for reasons that repeat by sector. Naming the failure is what makes a specification correct on the first attempt.

Which floor system suits a factory depends less on the factory than on what lands on the floor.

Transformation des aliments et des boissons

Hot washdown, lactic acid, caustic and sugar break down a standard epoxy well inside its nominal service life. Cementitious urethane is the usual base because it tolerates a damp substrate and thermal shock.

Cold storage and blast freezers

Freeze-thaw and slab moisture drive delamination. Low-temperature systems are installed in a defined window with the store empty and the slab brought back to application temperature.

Chemical, battery and electroplating

Acid, electrolyte and spillage attack the binder. Systems are selected by medium, concentration and contact time, not by the generic label “chemical resistant”.

Warehouses and distribution centres

Point loads at racking legs and abrasion from forklifts and AGVs. Epoxy mortar carries the load; a thin coating does not, whatever the datasheet says about compressive strength.

Automotive and assembly

Oil, hydraulic fluid, hot tyre pickup and impact. Surface profile and a build that survives point impact matter more than chemical resistance here.

Pharmaceutical and cleanroom

Cleanability of coves, joints and penetrations, plus solvent resistance. The floor is judged by what can be cleaned out of it, not by its gloss.

Heavy manufacturing and paper mills

Wet process, pulp liquor, heat and traffic. Urethane mortar and cementitious urethane are the usual answer; the detailing at drains decides whether they survive.

Wastewater and utilities

Continuous moisture, sulphates and biological load. Falls to drain and a chemically resistant build are designed together, because ponding defeats both.

05

Commercial flooring: programme, access and finish come first

On a commercial site the floor is rarely the only trade working. Sequence and finish decide whether the project is acceptable, not chemical resistance.

Retail and shopping centres

Night work, partial trading, and a finish that has to match a design intent. Decorative build-ups are installed in zones with an agreed handover each morning.

Hospitals and healthcare

Infection control during works, seamless coves, and phased handover per department. Dust and extraction control are part of the method statement, not an afterthought.

Schools and education

Holiday windows, slip resistance in wet areas, and abrasion from furniture. The programme is built backwards from the first day of term.

Car parks and parking structures

Ramps, turning abrasion and tyre staining. Anti-slip broadcast on ramps, and a build that tolerates occasional ponding at the low point.

Commercial kitchens and central kitchens

Grease, hot water, quarry tile interfaces and daily washdown. Resin replaces tile where the grout line is the hygiene problem.

Offices, showrooms and public concourses

Appearance retention and flatness under foot traffic. The technical decision is the topcoat; the commercial decision is how it is protected during the rest of the build.

Stadiums and sports facilities

Concourse traffic, cleaning regimes and impact. Slip classification is specified per area rather than once for the whole building.

Airports and transport hubs

Restricted possession windows, security clearance for crews, and a finish that must open on schedule. Mobilisation planning is the critical path.

06

How a resin floor is installed: seven stages

Each stage lists what we do and what the site has to provide. The site side is what most programmes assume, and then lose days over.

What does the installation process actually consist of? Seven stages, and the first two decide whether the other five are possible.

Our own crews at work: surface preparation, mixing, pouring, hand-tool detailing and finishing. Where a local applicator works to our method statement under Models 02 and 03, the stages and the sign-offs are the same — the difference is who holds the trowel.

01 Survey and substrate assessment

We measure the slab, check for laitance, contamination, cracks and previous coatings, and take moisture and strength readings. Existing coatings are tested for adhesion and compatibility.

You provide: access to the area, any existing floor drawings, and the history of what has been on the slab — oils, acids, previous failed coatings.

Before quotingPhotographs, plan and readings

02 Method statement and programme

A written method statement per system: preparation method and target profile, moisture limit, priming, build-up and thickness, detailing, cure windows, and the acceptance tests with pass criteria.

You provide: the production or trading window you can release, and the standard your auditor or client will apply at handover.

Before mobilisingSigned by both parties

03 Surface preparation

Shot blasting or diamond grinding to the specified concrete surface profile, edges and corners by hand tool, then crack and joint repair. Dust is captured at the tool, not swept up afterwards.

You provide: power, water where needed, an extraction route, and the area cleared.

Stage gateProfile inspected and recorded

04 Moisture and strength verification

Moisture is measured on the prepared substrate, and the reading is compared with the limit stated in the method statement. Adhesion is checked on a trial area before the full build-up starts.

You provide: confirmation that the slab has no active leak or rising damp — a reading cannot distinguish between construction moisture and a water problem.

Stage gateReadings inside the limit

05 Priming and build-up

Primer, then the specified build — coating, self-levelling, mortar or broadcast — applied in one continuous operation per zone, with batch numbers recorded against the area.

You provide: a stable ambient temperature and no other trade working in the zone.

CriticalContinuous pour per zone

06 Detailing: coves, drains, joints and penetrations

Coves formed to the specified radius, drain and gully surrounds sealed, movement joints carried through the system rather than covered, pipe penetrations and plinths detailed.

You provide: drain gratings removed and the drainage isolated; access to wall bases that will be covered.

Where floors fail firstDetail before flatwork

07 Cure, test and handover

The floor cures to the window for foot traffic, then load, then washdown. Tests are run, results are recorded against the specified criteria, and a handover report is issued with batch records.

You provide: nobody walking on it before the stated window, and the person who will sign acceptance.

HandoverReport and warranty start

The two stages that get compressed on fast projects are 03 and 04. Preparation and moisture verification are the only stages that cannot be recovered later. A programme that buys a day by grinding less thoroughly pays for it twice: once in the failure, and again in the removal.

07

Surface preparation decides the outcome

Resin does not fail because it is the wrong colour of epoxy. It fails because it was bonded to the wrong surface.

What surface preparation does a resin floor need? Mechanical preparation to a defined profile, crack and joint repair, and a moisture reading — in that order, before any resin is opened.

Profile, not roughness. The substrate is prepared to a specified concrete surface profile, assessed against a comparator. A surface that feels rough is not the same as one that is open enough to bond.
Contamination is removed, not primed over. Oil, curing compounds and laitance sit between the resin and the concrete. A primer over contamination bonds to the contamination.
Cracks and joints are dealt with as movement, not as cosmetic lines. A rigid fill in a joint that moves will crack the floor above it within a season.
Edges, corners and wall bases are done by hand tool. Machine preparation does not reach them, and that is where lifting starts.
Dust is captured at the tool. On a food plant or a hospital the extraction method is part of the method statement, not a housekeeping detail.

A rule of thumb worth applying to every quotation

If two quotations for the same floor differ by a factor of two, compare the preparation lines first. The resin is usually within 15% of each other between credible suppliers. The preparation is where the difference is, and it is also what determines whether the floor is still there in five years.

08

Phasing: installing while the plant keeps running

Downtime is the cost the client actually feels. Phasing is how it is reduced without pretending the work takes less time.

Can a floor be installed without stopping production? Yes, if the site can be divided into zones with separate access — and if four conditions can be agreed before mobilisation.

What a phasing plan needs from the site

Condition	What it means on site	If it cannot be met
Separable zones	The work area can be isolated with a barrier and a separate route in and out	The work becomes a single-block shutdown
Extraction route	Dust and waste can leave without crossing the production area	Preparation slows sharply, and contamination risk rises
Independent services	Lighting, water and power in the zone can be isolated without stopping the rest	The zone cannot be released back on schedule
Handover by zone	Each zone is signed off and returned before the next one opens	Zones overlap, and the programme collapses into a full stop

The calendar gets longer when a floor is phased; the lost production gets shorter. That trade is the whole point, and it has to be decided before the method statement is written, not during the works.

09

What a flooring supervisor actually does

Supervision is not an inspector walking around. It is a set of stage gates with something signed at each one.

What does flooring supervision include? A method statement, a stage gate before each irreversible step, daily records, and an acceptance report at handover.

A

Method statement and pre-start check

Written per system and per site: preparation method, profile target, moisture limit, build-up, detailing, cure windows, tests. The pre-start check confirms the substrate and the environment before any material is opened.

Record: signed method statement, substrate and moisture readings, ambient conditions.

Gate 1Substrate accepted

B

Preparation sign-off

Profile compared against the comparator, edges and corners checked by hand, cracks and joints repaired and inspected, dust removal verified before priming.

Record: photographs per area, profile assessment, repair list closed out.

Gate 2Profile accepted

C

Application control

Mixing ratios and batch numbers recorded against the area, wet-film and consumed-material checks against the specified build, pot life respected, and stop points agreed where a zone cannot be finished in one pour.

Record: batch log, thickness check, mixing records, daily site report.

Gate 3Build accepted

D

Detailing and final inspection

Cove radii, drain surrounds, joint continuity, penetration seals and plinths inspected individually — these are the locations where a floor starts to fail before the flatwork does.

Record: detail checklist with photographs, defects listed and closed.

Gate 4Detailing accepted

E

Testing and handover report

The six acceptance tests are run and recorded against the criteria agreed before work started, and the report is issued with batch records, MSDS and the warranty start date.

Record: test results, handover report, warranty document.

Gate 5Handover

10

Acceptance: what is measured before the floor is signed for

Six checks. Each one answers a question that a visual inspection cannot.

Acceptance tests and the reference method for each

Check	Reference method	What it proves
Substrate moisture	In-situ relative humidity probe, ASTM F2170	That the slab was inside the moisture limit when the system was applied
Tensile adhesion	Pull-off test, ASTM D4541	That the system is bonded to the substrate, and where it fails if it does
Dry film thickness	Gauge measurement, SSPC-PA 2 / ISO 19840	That the specified build was actually applied, not just quoted
Cure state	Shore D hardness, ASTM D2240	That the floor has cured to the state in which it may take load or washdown
Résistance au glissement	DIN 51130 ramp test, or ANSI A326.3 DCOF	That the area meets the class specified for its wet or dry use
Detailing and finish	Visual and tactile inspection against the detail checklist	That coves, drains, joints and penetrations can be cleaned — the actual hygiene requirement

Pass criteria are set before work starts

Numbers for each check belong in the project specification, agreed at quotation stage: a pull-off value, a thickness tolerance, a slip class, a moisture limit. A handover that invents its criteria on the last day is not an acceptance, it is a negotiation.

11

Where this service fits, and where another route is faster

Stating the boundary up front saves a wasted quotation on both sides.

This model fits when

The project is a single site with one continuous work area, new build or full refurbishment.
The substrate can be mechanically prepared — sound, accessible, and dry to the specified limit.
A shutdown window or a zone-by-zone plan can be agreed before mobilisation.
The acceptance standard is known in advance, whether from the client, the auditor or the specification.
Cold stores and occupied plants where a defrost or emptying plan exists.

A different route is faster when

The work is a small repair or a single room — supply with applicator training, Model 03, avoids mobilisation cost.
The slab has active water ingress — that is a waterproofing or structural repair first, and a floor after.
Concrete is newly poured and still releasing construction moisture — a moisture-tolerant system, or a later start.
Local licensing, insurance or permits apply to the works — your own contractor under supervision, Model 02.
The client needs installation capability in-house for repeat projects — training, not a crew.

12

How a crew reaches the site

Overseas installation is a logistics problem before it is a technical one.

Who carries out the work? Either a crew mobilised from our own plant, or your local applicator working to our method statement with a supervisor on site.

60,000 m²

Plant area, Tianjin

120,000 t

Annual coating output

Flooring chemistries

113

Countries supplied

Countries with recorded projects and on-site engineering visits, connected to the plant in Tianjin. The callouts show where work is recorded; areas and systems for the projects with a published record are itemised underneath.

Europe · projects with a published record

Suède

Processing plant · 7,200 m²

Hongrie

Battery plant · 11,000 m²

Belgium

Chemical plant · 8,100 m²

Espagne

Automotive parts · 7,200 m²

Pologne

Logistics hub · 6,800 m²

Allemagne

Food processing · 4,500 m²

Pays-Bas

Retail · 3,800 m²

France

Parking garage · 1,850 m²

Americas and Africa · projects with a published record

Venezuela

Seafood processing · 10,000 m²

Rwanda

Fish food plant · 1,000 m²

Further markets supplied

Royaume-Uni

Italie

Nigéria

Kenya

Malawi

DR Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Malaisie

Philippines

+ 94 more

Areas above are project records. The last block lists markets supplied; it makes no claim about a specific project on this page.

What we bring

Method statement, programme and detail drawings for the project.
Supervisor and, where Model 01 applies, the application crew.
Preparation and mixing plant, shipped with the crew or sourced locally against a specification.
Batch records and certificates of analysis for every batch delivered to site.
MSDS and technical data sheets in the language of the destination market.
Handover report with test results, and the warranty document in the client’s name.

What the site arranges

Visas, work permits and site inductions for the crew, and any security clearance the site requires.
Power, water, welfare and a secure store for material and plant.
Waste disposal for preparation arisings, in line with local regulation.
Access equipment, and a translator where the site working language is not English.

Project team and client representatives at handover, on the completed floor. The supervisor stays until acceptance is signed, not until the last coat is down.

13

Flooring installation: questions we are asked before a project

Ten questions that come up in every pre-project call.

Can you install a floor without stopping production?

Yes, if the plant can be split into zones that are isolated from each other. Phasing trades calendar time against lost production: it almost always takes more days and almost never takes more downtime. What decides whether it is possible is extraction and access, not the floor system. Where a plant has a single entrance or a continuous process, one short shutdown is the better answer.

Do you supervise installation without supplying the material?

Supervision is offered for KAIDA PAINT systems. If the material on site is a third-party system, we can carry out a condition survey and an independent QA inspection, but we do not issue a workmanship warranty on another manufacturer’s product.

How long does a flooring installation take?

Duration is set by substrate preparation, moisture, the cure window of the chosen chemistry and how the site can be phased. A single-zone floor is usually a continuous programme of preparation, build-up, detailing and cure; a multi-zone refurbishment is longer in calendar days but shorter in lost production. We issue a programme with the quotation, not after it.

What surface preparation is required?

Mechanical preparation to a defined concrete surface profile, usually by shot blasting or diamond grinding, followed by crack and joint repair and a moisture assessment. Adhesion depends on the profile and on the substrate being sound and dry to the specified limit; no primer compensates for a weak or contaminated surface.

What tests are carried out at handover?

Six checks are normally recorded: substrate moisture before work, tensile adhesion by pull-off, dry film thickness, Shore D hardness or cure state, slip resistance, and a visual inspection of detailing at coves, drains and joints. Pass criteria are fixed in the project specification before work starts.

Who is responsible if the floor fails after installation?

Responsibility follows the contract. In the supply-and-install model one party carries material and workmanship. In the supervision-only model the applicator carries workmanship and KAIDA PAINT carries the material; the supervisor’s signed stage records are what separates the two.

Can you install in a cold store or freezer?

Yes, with a low-temperature system and a defined shutdown window for the slab to reach the application temperature. Freezer work is scheduled around defrost and re-cooling, and the slab moisture must be verified after the store is emptied.

Do you work with local contractors in my country?

Yes. Local applicators — an epoxy flooring contractor, a resin trade or your own maintenance crew — are used for labour, plant and logistics where they meet the method statement, with a KAIDA PAINT supervisor on site for the critical stages. This is the usual structure for repeat programmes and for distributors building their own installation capacity.

What do you need from me to quote?

Area and a simple plan, substrate type and age, the chemicals and temperatures the floor will see, the current floor condition and photographs, the production window you can release, and the acceptance standard your client or auditor will apply.

Which industries do you install for?

Food and beverage processing, cold storage and blast freezers, chemical and battery plants, warehouses and distribution centres, automotive workshops and assembly, pharmaceutical and cleanroom facilities, and commercial spaces including retail, hospitals, schools, car parks and stadium concourses.

DEMANDER UN RAPPEL

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Nous offrons des conseils gratuits et sans obligation d'achat et pouvons fournir une fourchette de prix dès le premier contact.

Send the floor, not the specification

A plan, a few photographs and the production window you can release are enough to start. We return a method statement, a programme and a price — with preparation cost shown separately from material cost, so you can compare it line by line with other quotations.

Or write to kaida@jinyupaint.com with the area, substrate, chemicals and the downtime window you can release.

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