Ground Protection for Industrial Maintenance & Workshops

Industrial sites, hire yards and workshop environments place constant pressure on floors, hardstands, loading areas and equipment support zones. Ground Nurse helps businesses protect concrete, asphalt and finished surfaces while also supplying support products such as load pads, cribbing blocks, ripper pad rests and dunnage for heavy equipment, attachments and maintenance work.

Protect Workshop Floors

Protect concrete, asphalt and warehouse floors from tyre marks, oil staining, steel tracks and repeated equipment movement.

Support Equipment

Support machinery, attachments, buckets, blades, rippers and heavy components during storage, servicing and maintenance.

Reduce Surface Damage

Help reduce scraping, scratching and impact damage in high-use loading, storage, maintenance and service areas.

When Floors and Equipment Need Protection

Workshop and industrial areas are often exposed to more than simple foot traffic. Rubber tyres, oil residue, steel tracks, buckets, blades, tilt tray ramps, machinery attachments and repeated loading activity can quickly mark or damage concrete, asphalt and finished surfaces.

The right protection and support setup helps protect key work zones, manage equipment movement and provide practical support under machinery, attachments and heavy components during storage, servicing and maintenance.

Ground Nurse products are also used in remote and mobile workshop environments, helping create practical support areas for servicing, lifting and maintaining heavy equipment in the field.

Typical Applications

  • Workshop Floor Protection: Protection for concrete, asphalt and finished floors in service, storage and maintenance areas.
  • Hire Yard & Rental Warehouses: Surface protection for rental equipment storage, inspection, loading and dispatch areas.
  • Tilt Tray & Loading Zones: Mats used where tilt tray ramps, loading equipment or machinery contact the floor.
  • Attachment & Implement Support: Ripper pad rests, cribbing blocks, dunnage and support pads for buckets, blades, rippers and heavy components.
  • Remote & Mobile Workshops: Ground protection and support for mobile hoists, field servicing areas and temporary workshop setups where equipment needs a cleaner, more stable working surface. 
  • Industrial Maintenance Areas: Temporary or longer-term protection and support for shutdowns, servicing, repair zones and equipment staging areas.

Top Products Used

Common product groups used to protect venue surfaces, manage temporary access and support event infrastructure during bump-in, operation and pack-down.

Ground Mats

Reusable mats for floor protection, equipment movement, loading zones and temporary work areas in industrial environments.

Load Support Blocks

Cribbing blocks, dunnage, support pads and custom products for machinery, attachments, containers and heavy equipment.

Workshop Pads

Heavy-duty support products used to rest rippers, blades, buckets and attachments while helping protect floors and work areas.

PROJECT EXAMPLE

Protecting A New Rental Warehouse Floor

Ground Nurse supplied ground protection mats to Allcott Hire to help protect the floor of a new rental warehouse from staining, marking and surface damage.

In a busy hire environment, rubber tyres, equipment movement, oil residue and repeated vehicle traffic can quickly affect the appearance and condition of a warehouse floor. The mats were used to help reduce tyre marks and oil staining in key areas where rental equipment and vehicles were regularly moving or being stored.

The mats were also used in loading areas where tilt trays operated, helping protect the floor from scraping, scratching and impact as ramps came down and equipment was loaded or unloaded. This provided a practical, reusable floor protection setup for a high-use industrial space.

The project also reflects a common challenge in hire and maintenance environments, where floors need protection not only from moving equipment, but also from ramps, attachments and repeated loading activity.

More from the Project

Equipment We Commonly Support

Ground Nurse products are commonly used to support floor protection, equipment movement, load support and temporary work areas across workshops, warehouses, hire yards and industrial sites.

Forklifts & Pallet Movers

Surface protection for material handling, stock movement, warehouse access and repeated traffic areas.

Tilt Trays & Trucks

Protection for loading areas where ramps, trucks and delivery vehicles regularly contact the floor.

Tracked Equipment

Floor protection under steel-tracked machines, compact plant and equipment stored or moved indoors.

Hire Equipment

Support for rental fleets, access equipment, attachments and machinery moving through busy hire facilities.

EWPs & Service Vehicles

Surface protection for mobile equipment, workshop servicing, loading bays and internal movement routes.

Attachments & Implements

Protection for buckets, blades, ramps, attachments and equipment that can scrape or mark the floor.

Explore the full Ground Nurse Industry Overview

This page covers one industry area. Our full Industry Overview includes practical applications, product groups and project examples across construction, civil, mining, events, government, landscaping, rural and industrial works.

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