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Laser screed machine placing a large concrete floor slab

Laser Screed

Laser screed concrete floors

Machine-placed, laser-guided floor slabs on Vancouver Island. Large single pours, fewer joints, and a flatness result a hand screed cannot hold at scale.

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How it works

A rotating laser is set up on the slab and defines the finished plane. The screed head reads that plane continuously and adjusts itself as the machine moves, so grade comes from the laser instead of from wet screed rails set by hand.

Because the machine carries its own reference, it can strike off a wide strip in a single pass. That means fewer construction joints in the finished floor, far less hand screeding, and a consistent surface across the whole placement rather than one that drifts between rail settings.

The practical result on a warehouse floor is a slab that meets its specified flatness, gets placed in one shift instead of several, and hands over to the racking installer without remedial grinding.

Long interior concrete floor slab finished to a flat, level tolerance

Why It Matters On A Bid

Fewer joints

Wide strip placement removes construction joints that would otherwise be designed in every 20 to 25 feet. Fewer joints means fewer maintenance points for the building owner.

Fewer shifts

A placement that takes a hand crew several days closes in one. That pulls the whole follow-on sequence — racking, mechanical, occupancy — forward on the schedule.

Repeatable flatness

The tolerance is held by the machine, not by how tired the crew is at the far end of the pour.

Available on the Island

The machine is here. There is no barge cost, no mainland mobilization, and no waiting on a mainland contractor's calendar.

Machine & Capability

Figures below to be confirmed and filled in before launch.

Make and modelconfirm
Screed head widthconfirm
Placement rateconfirm sq ft per shift, typical
Largest slab placed to dateconfirm
Flatness routinely achievedconfirm
Minimum practical areaconfirm — below this a hand crew is usually the better value
Access requiredconfirm
Tilt-up industrial building with a large laser screeded floor slab

Suited to

  • Warehouse and distribution floors
  • Manufacturing and processing plants
  • Tilt-up building floor slabs
  • Large retail and big-box floors
  • Arenas, hangars and shops
  • Any slab on grade over roughly confirm sq ft

Contact Us

Drawings, a square-foot count, or a date on the schedule — send what you have and you will get a real number back.