Power Trowel Concrete Finishing — Gaming Zone in Riyadh

A new gaming zone under construction in Riyadh needed its concrete floor finished before any interior fit-out could begin. The space was an enclosed hall with block walls, exposed ceiling services, and tight corners around structural columns — the kind of layout where an uneven floor becomes a permanent problem once gaming setups, flooring overlays, and partition walls go in. The contractor's main demand was levelness. Gaming zones install raised platforms, simulator equipment, and continuous flooring finishes on top of the slab, and even small dips or high spots show up later as wobbling equipment and visible lines in the final floor. The owner needed power trowel finishing done with verified level accuracy, and the entire slab had to be completed in a single day to keep the rest of the construction schedule moving.

We set up green laser levels across the hall before the pour — fixed reference lines running along the walls and around every column so the team could check the surface against a constant benchmark at any point during the work, not just at the end. This matters in enclosed halls because lighting is poor and the eye alone cannot judge level across 174 square metres. The concrete was poured and screeded against the laser lines section by section. Once the surface reached initial set, the power trowel machine went in — first passes with float blades to compact and flatten, then progressively steeper blade angles to close the surface. Around the columns and along the block walls where the machine cannot reach, the team finished by hand, checking those edges against the same laser reference so hand-finished zones blended level with machine-finished areas. The complete slab — pour, levelling, and power trowel finishing — was done in one working day as the schedule required.

The gaming zone now has a dense, flat concrete slab finished and verified against laser reference across the full 174 square metres. The contractor checked the surface with a straightedge at handover and proceeded with the fit-out the following week without any grinding or patching — which is the real test of power trowel work, since correction after the slab hardens costs more than the original finishing. The hand-finished edges around columns and walls sit flush with the machine-finished field, with no visible transition between the two. The floor is now ready to carry raised gaming platforms and equipment without leveling shims.