To help assess the benefits of a basement in your specific environment,
a number of our members are providing case studies. The list below shows
a brief summary of the application, click "details" for more
information.
click for: Contracting ~ Materials &
Products ~ Design services
If you are looking for examples of work carried out by a specific member,
you can find their case studies on their member detail page.
| Contracting |
| Triton supplies watertight concrete system for Goldsmiths, University of London |
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Triton’s TT Super Admix has been used to produce 900m³ of watertight concrete, specified for the construction of the basement at the new DMC Building at Goldsmiths, University of London. |
| PUDLO Watertight Concrete System
Exacting concrete specification
for hydraulic modelling tanks
Testing challenge for Pudlo |
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PUDLO CWP has helped to achieve the
critical test conditions demanded for hydraulic
scale modelling at HR Wallingford’s world-class
laboratories, which include one of the largest
unobstructed hydraulic test tanks in the world.
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| MGA Contracts used Platon membranes to waterproof retrofit basement in Chelsea |
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A new basement was dug beneath a four storey Victorian property in London and waterproofed with Isola Platon cavity drain membranes and Triton’s TT Vapour Membrane. |
| LSE designed and installed the waterproofing for a very large basement in a hole full of water |
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| > Complete basement package
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The excavation was pumped for the duration of the work.Cavity drain membranes were installed to wals and floors with drainage at the wall floor junction to take penetrating water to a large sump and pumps. |
| Hotel in Kent with Water ingress issues to basement |
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| > Complete basement package
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H2Ox engineers successfully sealed basement using advanced resin techniques. |
| PUDLO Watertight Concrete - MIddlesex University |
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| > Complete basement package
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Craftsmanship in concrete plays part in energy-efficient arts centre
A stunning new art, design and media building is the centrepiece of Phase III construction at Middlesex University’s Hendon campus in the London Borough of Barnet.
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| PUDLO Watertight Concrete System
Keeping Dry on the River |
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| > Complete basement package
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Watertight basement
for Blackfriars Hotel
In an imaginative design by architects,
Franklin Associates, for a private
underground art gallery in London, the
specification of the self-compacting,
waterproof-concrete mix used in the
structure was cr |
| Materials & Products
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| FOAMGLAS® system - Thermal insulation above the basement floor load bearing ground slabs |
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The high compressive strength of the FOAMGLAS® system makes FOAMGLAS® ideal for floor insulations. A variety in product types enables FOAMGLAS® to be used in many different applications. FOAMGLAS® is impervious to water to prevents any water from entering |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Private House, Sutton Coldfield |
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To incorporate a home cinema into a large extension to a private house in Sutton Coldfield, the owner decided to go underground. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System
- BDP Studios
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Sika Watertight Concrete was chosen to ensure a dry basement for the stunning new BDP (Building Design Partnership) Studios, situated at 11 Ducie Street on the Piccadily Basin in Manchester |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Institute of Manufacture, Cambridge |
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Sika Watertight Concrete was chosen in the construction of the Alan Reece Building, the new home for the Institute for Manufacture, recently commissioned by the University of Cambridge. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - St Mary's Road, Market Harborough |
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Sika Watertight Concrete is being supplied to MJS Construction (March) Ltd, on a prestigious new development currently being constructed in St Marys Road, Market Harborough. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Bridges Wharf, Battersea |
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Sika Watertight Concrete is being used to provide a dry environment in the basement car park areas of the prestigious Bridges Wharf development. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - St Germans Pumping Station, Norfolk |
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Sika Watertight Concrete is being used to build the floor slab that separates the wet volutes from the dry plant rooms in the pump hall at the new £38 million St Germans pumping station. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Underground Mansion, Kensington |
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The use of Sika Watertight Concrete has enabled A P Arcon Construction Ltd to construct an exciting new, partly subterranean mansion, on a strip of previously vacant land between two existing buildings. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - River Crescent, Nottingham |
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A dry underground car park will be assured for the new residents of River Crescent, the first development nearing completion as part of the Nottingham Waterside Regeneration project. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Greenwich Creekside, Greenwich |
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The Sika Watertight Concrete System will guarantee a dry basement at Greenwich Creekside, an exciting, £60 million new development for Telford Homes situated just south of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Greenwich. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - HESAS, University of Glamorgan |
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Sika Watertight Concrete has been chosen to ensure a dry basement at the new extension to the Health, Sports and Science (HESAS) facility at the University of Glamorgan, Glyntaff Campus, Pontypridd. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Fitzwilliam College Library, University of Cambridge |
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The impressive new £5 million Libary and IT Centre at Fitzwilliam College in Cambridge has recently been constructed by Kier Marriott. |
| Cor Castle |
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An interesting refurbishment of the 400 years old Cor Castle, which has been made internally water-resistant. |
| PUDLO Waterproof Concrete knocks one month off construction schedule for AIG headquarters |
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A tight schedule and total waterproofing were the challenges facing the developers of American Insurance Group new European headquarters. By providing an easy-to-use, membrane-free waterproofing system, the David Ball Group helped achieve all project goa |
| PUDLO Watertight Concrete System simplifies health & safety in basement waterproofing |
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With a history dating back over 175 years, Newcastle is one of the UK’s leading universities. It is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities, catering for more than 19,000 students from over 100 countries. |
| Integrally Waterproof Concrete system used at Kings Waterfront. |
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Kings Waterfront is almost completely surrounded by water and given the depth of some of the basement foundations, thought had to be given on how to achieve the best water tight structure -the Adprufe system provided a solution |
| Sika Watertight Concrete System - Ocean Point, Saunton Sands |
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Sika Watertight Concrete was used in the construction of Ocean Point, a prestigious new development of 16 luxury apartments, recently completed for Coast Group at Saunton Sands in Devon. |
| Sika Watertight Concrete - Royal Shakespeare Theatre |
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The grade II listed Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon has undergone a highly successful transformation that greatly enhances the live threatre experience of the audience. |
