Schools & Universities

As a facilities manager, you have many needs to meet when selecting the best flooring solution for the variety of spaces in your school or university. There are unique areas that go beyond the classroom and hallways that require long-lasting flooring since it is critical to ensure safety, cleanliness, and durability year after year. As you consider which areas need repair or new installation, it’s important to understand the unique needs of key areas you maintain:

• Facilities support (loading docks, trash rooms, service hallways, and mechanical rooms) – these spaces are the most overlooked areas however, they are the most important to maintain for the safety and continuity of critical operations that support the daily activities of education.
• Foodservice areas (kitchens, dish rooms, walk-in cooler boxes, culinary labs) – this area needs to support the operations of serving multiple meals a day at universities. In addition to withstanding high traffic and use, the floor should be easy to clean and require little maintenance so you can ensure you pass important health department inspections.
• Special water use areas (indoor pool decks, locker rooms, gym or dorm showers, bathrooms, science labs) – offering slip-resistant, waterproof, comfortable, and clean flooring around the indoor pools or throughout the locker rooms best supports students and residents. Additionally, having waterproof flooring helps to avoid damage to your housing especially when you have multilevel buildings where showers and bathrooms are on every floor.