PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Soloco features lightweight, portable mats

Looking for portable mats to floor your temporary work site, roadway or outdoor event? You might want to check out Soloco LLC’s new line of lightweight mats that the company has designed for rapid installation on soft ground.

This new Bravo Mat System™ supplements the Lafayette, La.-based company’s heavier system of DUR-BASE® mats.

The Bravo mats’ four-foot square size and weight of just 50 pounds enable them to be hand carried into position. And the small dimensions of the mats allow them to form a mosaic that will fit almost any shape of surface and that can circumvent obstacles such as trees. After slotting the mats into place, a few turns with a hex-head wrench lock adjacent mats together, using internal twist-lock fasteners.

Soloco claims that a two-person crew can lay and install a 20-foot by 50-foot floor in less than an hour.

Construction from strong, lightweight thermoplastic makes the mats durable and strong — Soloco says that the mats can support “normal vehicle traffic.” Rubberized surfaces on the mats provide traction and make the mats resistant to weather, oil and chemicals.

Soloco has already supplied Bravo mats to the U.S. military for tent floors and other military applications. However, the company sees a host of other potential uses, including temporary roads for special events, walkways, general construction sites, emergency response sites, golf course maintenance, landscape maintenance and outdoor catering.

You can find more information about the mats on the web at www.bravomat.com or by calling Soloco at 1-877-MY-BRAVO.