Are You Looking for Mat Washing Services That Meet Site Standards?

Industrial access mats assume considerable contamination throughout their service life. Mat surfaces are covered with soil, hydrocarbons, plant material, and biological matter at each project stage. Transporting those mats across the parcels, provinces or ecosystem zones without decontamination is a real regulatory and environmental risk. That is a risk that cannot be tolerated by project managers and site supervisors who work in sensitive terrain.

Environmental Compliance Starts at the Mat Level

Cleaning of access mats is not a discretionary maintenance. It is an obligation of site management. The oil and gas, construction, and drilling industries in Canada have regulatory requirements that outline minimum cleaning standards during the relocation of access mats. Transfer of soil through equipment and matting is highly monitored by provincial regulators and the effects of non-compliance are delays in the project, remediation expenses and reputational losses.

Professional Mat Washing: What It Involves

When you use mat washing provided by a professional company, it is not just surface rinsing. In the case of mats that depart sites with high levels of biological or hydrocarbon contamination, cleaning in a facility will provide a high level of decontamination prior to redeployment. GFI Solutions has portable, on-site mat washing units and a dedicated washing facility which provides project teams with flexibility in terms of site location or access limitations.

Efficiency of the Project and Longevity of Assets

Clean mats are more effective. The build-up of debris increases the rate of surface deterioration on timber and rubber mats, decreasing the load-bearing capacity and decreasing the useful life of the asset. Regular mat cleaning will increase the service life of your mat stock, decrease the replacement rate, and help maintain uniform site safety levels across various project deployments. This is important especially to operators of high turnover mat fleets in remote or northern locations.

Collaborate with a Provider that Knows Site Requirements

When sourcing mat washing as a component of a larger access solutions programme, GFI Solutions can provide a complete package that includes delivery, installation, inventory management and decontamination. 

Browse the entire selection of mat washing and site access solutions offered by GFI or call the team to talk about your project needs.