I have observed that many people are surprised to learn about the existence of an Allen Face-designed alternative to the Dipstick. All these devices are fully ASTM E1155 compliant a “modernized Dipstick” – and the equally self-contained and easy-to-use F-Meter. Allen Face & Company manufacturers the fully integrated D-Meter – i.e. separate computer, proprietary software, replaceable batteries) have remained essentially unchanged since 1986. FCT still only manufactures the Dipstick, the basics of which (i.e. Sam Face died in 2001, leaving Face Construction Technologies to Brad. Having been effectively forced out, and unbound by any non-compete agreement, in the next 2 years Allen started two new companies in competition with FCT: Allen Face & Associates (to provide floor design, construction, quality control, and expert witness consulting services) and Allen Face & Company (to manufacture the F-Meter – his next-generation, high-speed, rolling profiler). In 1991, owing to fundamental differences in management philosophy, Allen was compelled to sell his 50% interest in Face Construction Technologies (including all the patents) to his father, Sam, and his brother, Brad. His name alone is on all the pertinent patents. of Norfolk, VA and Allen Face and Company, LLC of Wilmington, NC.įor the record, in addition to creating both the Fmin and FF/FL floor profile numbering systems, Allen Face is the inventor of the Face Floor Profileograph (1975), the Dipstick Floor Profiler (1982), the Self-Recording Dipstick (1986), the F-Meter Rolling Floor Profiler (1993), the Downloading F-Meter (2003), and the D-Meter Walking Profiler (2003).
I am distributing this memorandum to clear up some confusion that persists regarding the background and status of the floor profilers manufactured by Face Construction Technologies Inc.
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