Projects / MIN-2026-0415 — Distribution
Forklift charging station — epoxy floor and line striping
Battery charging station in an operating distribution center — epoxy coating laid to a defined footprint along the guardrail line, then striped in safety yellow to delineate each charger and battery position.
- 0
- Operational hours lost
- 100%
- First-walk pass
- 2
- Coating systems
- 1
- Live-building phase
Narrative
The slab was mechanically prepped and moisture-checked before any coating went down. The charging footprint was laid out first so the coated field lands square to the guardrail run and the racking line beyond it.
Epoxy was chosen for battery acid resistance, wheel traffic, and washdown — the charging area takes more abuse than the surrounding slab and needed a surface that cleans up rather than stains.
Striping was snapped and masked to bay spacing so each charger, battery, and staging position reads at a glance from the aisle. Yellow epoxy stripes rather than tape, so the layout survives traffic.
The building stayed live. Prep and coating ran in windows that kept the aisle open, with cure time planned so the bays returned to service on schedule.
Sequence
- 01Layout of coated footprint and bay spacing
- 02Mechanical surface prep and moisture testing
- 03Patch, joint treatment, and clean
- 04Epoxy basecoat and topcoat to defined footprint
- 05Snap, mask, and apply safety-yellow epoxy striping
- 06Cure window and return to service
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