Electrostatic discharge destroys electronics. In manufacturing zones where ESD damage is a real risk, the floor itself has to dissipate static charge from people, equipment, and carts before it can reach sensitive components. Boston Concrete installs ESD-dissipative flooring systems with verified resistance ranges that meet industry standards for electronics manufacturing, clean rooms, and sensitive assembly areas. Every project starts with a free written estimate.
An ESD floor is not just conductive or insulating; it has to be in a specific resistance range, dissipative, that lets static charge flow to ground at the right rate. Too conductive and electrical safety becomes a concern; too insulating and static charge builds up faster than it dissipates. The middle range is what dissipates safely.
We install ESD systems with the resistance range your facility's ANSI/ESD standard requires, properly grounded to the electrical system, and verified with a megohmmeter after install to confirm the spec is met. The system holds its resistance for years with proper maintenance using ESD-compatible cleaning chemicals.
We confirm which ANSI/ESD standard applies (electronics manufacturing has its own; clean rooms may have stricter), the target resistance range, and the grounding scheme that ties the floor system to the building electrical.
Prep slab and install grounds
The slab is diamond-ground to the system's prep profile, copper ground strips are installed in the floor at the spec spacing, and the ground points are connected to the building electrical ground at the engineered spec.
Install ESD system
The matched ESD-dissipative epoxy system is installed, primer through topcoat, with the conductive elements (carbon black, conductive aggregate) at the right loading to land in the target resistance range.
Verify and document
After cure, the finished floor is verified across multiple points with a megohmmeter, the resistance range is documented for each zone, and the report is handed off to facility for ongoing audit and recertification.
Why ESD floors get this
Verification Is the Deliverable
An ESD floor that looks installed correctly but does not meet the resistance spec is functionally useless and may even create electrical safety issues. Megohmmeter verification across the finished floor at multiple points is what confirms the system is doing its job. We never hand off an ESD floor without verified resistance documentation.
Coordinate the install with the electrical contractor on the building ground scheme, and with adjacent manufacturing floor systems in zones that do not require ESD. The transition from ESD to standard floor is detailed cleanly so each system works in its zone, integrated into our broader industrial concrete work.
Resistance ranges, grounding, verification and which manufacturing zones need ESD.
With a megohmmeter (high-resistance ohmmeter) at multiple test points across the floor, comparing to the ANSI/ESD standard's specified range. The reading needs to fall inside the dissipative window, not too low (conductive) or too high (insulating).
Only zones where ESD-sensitive components are handled. Electronics assembly, clean rooms, repair benches, certain pharmaceutical processes. The rest of the facility uses standard manufacturing flooring. We define the zones with you and your safety/engineering team.
Copper ground strips embedded in the floor at the engineered spacing connect to the building electrical ground at designated points. The electrical contractor coordinates with us on the connections and verifies the grounding scheme.
Many years with proper maintenance. ESD-compatible cleaning chemicals preserve the system; standard wax or solvent-based cleaners can compromise the resistance range. The maintenance protocol is part of project handoff and includes recertification cadence.
Similar to other epoxy systems plus the grounding install and verification steps. A typical zone takes a week to install and verify; multi-zone facilities stretch to several weeks with phased install. The schedule is in the quote.
ESD floor installed and verified across our assembly zone. Resistance documentation supported our customer compliance audit. The system has held for two years of daily operation.
Z. X4
Electronics Plant Manager, Boston
★★★★★
They knew the ANSI/ESD spec cold, coordinated with our electrical contractor on grounding, verified with the megohmmeter at handoff. No improvisation, no audit findings.
Y. X4
Production Engineer, Cambridge
★★★★★
Stricter clean room ESD spec, they hit it. Documentation, grounding, verification all in order. The auditor specifically called out the install quality.
Q. X4
Clean Room Operations, Somerville
★★★★★
Phased ESD install during off-shifts so production never stopped. Each zone verified before reopening, no resistance drift between zones. Real coordination.
X. X4
Manufacturing Director, Quincy
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Tell us the ESD standard you operate under, the zones requiring coverage, and your operating schedule, and we will spec and quote the install with verification documentation.
