Jet aircraft demand concrete that standard industrial slabs cannot deliver. Landing gear concentrates thousands of pounds on a single point; taxiing engines run at full thrust over the apron; fuel and hydraulic spills happen daily. Gatineau Concrete engineers and installs fuel-resistant floor coatings, load-rated aprons, and aviation facility flatwork built to the aircraft and the operation.
A landing gear tire does not distribute load the way a forklift tire does. The concentrated weight under a single wheel can exceed 50,000 pounds, and the slab must not crack, spall, or settle under that point load. A standard warehouse concrete slab is not engineered for it.
Inside the hangar, fuel-resistant floor coating protects the slab from jet fuel, hydraulic fluid, and de-icing chemicals while delivering a high-gloss, dust-free finish that makes inspections and maintenance easier.
Outside, aprons and taxiways are poured to aviation load specs, and supporting facility concrete around fuelling stations, equipment pads, and maintenance areas ties the whole operation together.
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The build sequence
How Hangar Concrete Gets Built in Gatineau
Measure the aircraft and loads
We collect the aircraft type, wheel configuration, maximum landing weight, and operational requirements (fuel exposure, de-icing chemicals, traffic patterns) to size the slab and coating system.
Prepare the base or existing slab
For new pours, we build forms and base layers to spec. For coating work, we grind or blast the existing concrete to profile and repair any damage before the system goes down.
Install the fuel-resistant coating
The high-build epoxy or polyurethane system goes down in layers, primer through topcoat, with non-slip aggregate broadcast into the finish for traction and safety.
Coordinate handoff with operations
We cure the floor or apron to spec, coordinate the return date with maintenance and flight schedules, and provide the care routine that keeps the coating performing.
Complete hangar coverage
Interior Coatings, Exterior Aprons, and Facility Flatwork
Most hangar projects span both sides of the door. Inside, hangar floor coating creates a chemical barrier and a finish that resists fuel spills and makes cleaning straightforward. Outside, apron and taxiway concrete carries the same aircraft on a heavier-duty slab.
Aviation facility concrete fills the gaps: fuelling pads, equipment standings, maintenance work areas, all poured to aviation tolerances and coordinated so the operation never pauses for concrete to cure.
Aircraft loads, fuel resistance, finishes and aviation flatwork in Gatineau.
Yes. Hangar aprons and taxiways are engineered for the specific aircraft, the wheel loads, the brake forces and the apron use, and the slab thickness and reinforcement are sized to those numbers, not standard industrial values.
Yes. Hangar floor coatings are high-build chemical-resistant systems formulated to shrug off jet fuel, hydraulic fluid and de-icing chemistries. We install the full manufacturer system to the spec sheet.
Yes. We coordinate the inside and outside work so coating cure times and exterior pours line up, and the operation does not have to stop and wait on one part of the project to catch up to the other.
No. The coating gets a non-slip aggregate broadcast into the surface, so traction stays predictable even with fluid spills or wash water on it.
Yes. We phase the work bay by bay, coordinate with maintenance and flight schedules, and hand each area back with a clear date so the operation keeps moving.
Client reviews
What Gatineau Aviation Facilities Say About Their Hangar Concrete
Floor coating that finally took a jet-fuel spill without staining or softening. High-gloss finish makes inspections easy and the non-slip aggregate is exactly right underfoot.
G. M.
Hangar operations
★★★★★
New apron engineered to the aircraft on it, not just an industrial spec. Has held up to two years of taxi loads with no spalling at the joints.
D. P.
Aviation facility lead
★★★★★
They phased the floor coating around our maintenance schedule. Bay by bay, never grounded an aircraft for our project.
J. B.
Fleet maintenance manager
★★★★★
Aviation flatwork around our fuelling pads done to spec. Drainage works, the chemistry resistance holds, and the contractor coordination was the easiest part.
C. S.
Hangar facilities engineer
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Whether you need a floor coating, an apron pour, a taxiway slab, or supporting aviation flatwork, send us the aircraft specs and operational data and we will engineer the work into a written, itemised quote.
