SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] By Ken Coons — December 2, 2014 — Boston Sword and Tuna (BST) was created by Tim Malley and the Scola brothers in 2006 and has rapidly grown to become a major player in seafood processing and distribution, handling over 13 million pounds last year.
The company's widespread sourcing includes product from its two longliners.
Recently the company worked with Flowcrete to renovate the 10,000 s.f. concrete floor at its 8 Seafood Way facility in Boston to achieve a new durable and hygienic finish. The installation was completed this summer and took over a year because all the flooring installation work was carried out during weekends.
Employees accessing the site during this period added to the difficulties faced by the installation team. Cold operating temperatures also meant that some areas had to be heated during installation to ensure that the correct temperature was maintained for the topping application.
Michael Scola, BST’s President, said: “We were looking for a floor that was going to last, we wanted the materials to be very strong.
“Sometimes you have the concrete and you get a crack, and then water gets underneath it. With this product, that doesn’t happen.”
The old concrete floor had been inevitably exposed to heavy foot and wheeled traffic, frequent cleaning as well as significant quantities of spillages, fluids and fish by-products. Shotblasting was therefore not sufficient preparation for the new floor and Flowcrete’s applicator, Sil-Mar Construction Corporation, had to scarify and remove a significant amount of concrete to achieve a clean and solid base.
“So we are very happy with it. And then, of course, the color picked out was perfect for us being in the seafood business – it looks like the ocean!”
This story originally appeared on Seafood.com, a subscription site. It is reprinted with permission.