4. Polished Concrete
How Do We Make Money delivering
Polished Concrete?
Sub Contractors
Self Performed
Both need Grinders, Vacuums,
Generators, and Trucks.
5. Polished Concrete
Here is How It Can Be
Done
Equipment Required
(two of these “set up’s” per project)
Floor Grinder $28,000
Vacuum $10,000
Propane Burnisher $3,000
Cords, and small tools $ 4,000
$45,000
Each “Set Up” can complete
800-1000 sq. ft. per day
6. Polished Concrete
Diamonds Tooling
Polishing projects can range from 3 to 8
grinding/polishing steps.
Diamond cost per sq. ft. ranges .03 to .05 per
sq. ft.
For a 8 step grind and polish diamond cost
should range around .32 per sq. ft.
Chemicals and Tooling
Densifier / Guard
Densifier cost is .055 per sq. ft.
Guard cost is .06 per sq. ft.
Chemical and Tooling Cost = .44 per sq. ft.
7. Polished Concrete
One Grinder Set up can complete
800 to 1000 sq. ft. per day (Seven
Step Grind and Polish) (Two set
up’s per project)
Two grinder set up’s runs best with
5 techs.
5 techs @ $300 each (10 hrs.) =
$1,500
$1,500/2000 sq. ft. = .75 per sq. ft.
labor
Labor Pricing
8. Polished Concrete
Material = .44
Labor = .75
Total = 1.19
Job Cost
8 Step Polished Floor Price = 2.00+
Material and Labor Cost = 1.19
Gross profit = .81
40% Margin
11. Polished Concrete
Building a sub contractor network
in major markets and cities.
Negotiating with suppliers for
pricing
Putting together a operating
manual on the do’ and don’t of
polished concrete.
Creating marketing material for
our Brand.
What are we doing
now?
12. Polished Concrete
We are producing personalized flyers that
contain:
Services we offer
The branch’s address and phone
The rep’s name, cell number and
e-mail address
These marketing flyers are to attach to
e-mail communications and for print.
Marketing Flyers
13. Polished Concrete
We will be creating a Google map
that will be show the locations of the
installers in relationship to the project.
Google Map
14. Polished Concrete
We are developing an Excel
spreadsheet calculator to increase
the accuracy of our bidding and
chances of securing the project.
Excel Calculator
15. Polished Concrete
Build Sub network in major markets to
reduce travel and increase profit.
As back log grows in markets we will
develop our own crews increasing margin.
Pursue end user markets with national
account reps. Using our crews to install
Educate our people about the process
What’s the Plan
16. Polished Concrete
Floor System Life Cycles
Product Installed Cost
Annual
Maintenance
Life
10 Year
Expense
Polished
Concrete (grey)
$1.75 - $4.00 $0.25 10+ years $ 4.25 - $ 6.50
Polished
Concrete
(dyed)
$2.50 - $8.00 $0.25 10+ years $ 5.00 - $10.50
Acid Stained
Concrete
$2.00 - $6.00 $1.75 5+ years $21.50 - $29.50
Vinyl Tile (VCT) $1.50 - $4.00 $1.50 10+ years $16.50 - $19.00
Carpet $1.00 - $2.50 $1.50 5+ years $17.00 - $20.00
Cement
Terrazzo
$12.00 - $17.00 $0.70 10+ years $19.00 - $24.00
Epoxy Terrazzo $13.00 - $18.00 $0.50 10+ years $18.00 - $23.00
Ceramic Tile $5.00 - $7.50 $1.50 10+ years $20.00 - $22.50
Quarry Tile $5.00 - $7.00 $1.50 10+ years $10.00 - $22.00
Epoxy / MMA
Coating
$1.50 - $9.00 $1.50 10+ years $16.50 - $24.00
18. Polished Concrete
We can Provide Design and
Consulting Services during the
planning stages… adding value to
our Brand.
Design &
Consultation Services
