Sustainable Solutions for Building Envelope Projects

The consequences of water ingress can be expensive and far reaching. Even one breach in the building envelope can spell disaster. That's why contractors around the world rely on our waterproofing solutions. Learn how our waterproofing and weatherproofing solutions help contractors keep water out of the building envelope and keep the structure dry.

Project Profile

Keeping water out of a concert hall's basement

Sonoma State University faced several challenges for waterproofing its new concert call. The Green Music Center sits at ground level, but the hall slopes downward, below grade, toward the stage. In addition, several feet of space needed for the building's air supply extended the depth even farther.

There was also a high water table just a few feet below the surface. The Green Music Center designers chose PREPRUFE® waterproofing membrane to protect the structure and BITUTHENE® waterproofing on the exterior basement walls. As a result, everything stays dry. That’s music to our ears!

 

Former BBC headquarters become a spectacular new development

Television Centre was the headquarters of BBC Television until 2013. The site under went redevelopment to include apartments, offices, restaurants and retail buildings.

Since there was a varying water table, the project called for specific requirements to prevent water migration. The site also contains a complex maze of inverted bends and horizontal paths. Access comes in from a mix of residential, commercial and retail buildings. That required a complete matrix of fabricated movement joints. The contractors chose PREPRUFE® and ADPRUFE® waterproofing solutions as well as SERVISEAL® waterstop to protect the expansion joints in the concrete. In total, approximately 19,000 m² of PREPRUFE® and 6,000 m2 of watertight concrete enhanced with ADPRUFE® were used on the site.

Istanbul mega-project needs waterproofing

Vadistanbul is Turkey's largest industrial and urban transformation project. When completed, it will have a shopping mall with hundreds of stores, street shops, office space and a five-star hotel.

The site is located close to the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus. That means a high water table that can be found at a depth of only three meters. That’s why it is essential to completely and reliably waterproof the 22-meter-deep basements.For the Vadistanbul Boulevard part of the project, the contractor used PREPRUFE® waterproofing solutions. The project required 90,000 m² of the waterproofing membrane to provide superb protection to all built elements, including 3,000 foundation piles, up to levels above the water table.

  • Repair & Renovation

    When infrastructure needs repair and maintenance, we're the people to call. We help contractors around the world with repairs of any size on any kind of project. Whether it’s waterproofing, leak sealing or injecting concrete into an infrastructure, we provide solutions for the repair and renovation of tunnels, bridges, buildings and more. 

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  • Structural Solution

    Learn how we help engineers and contractors around the world build better, stronger, sustainable commercial buildings. We offer innovative, sustainable concrete structural solutions to help engineers and contractors around the world build better, stronger, sustainable commercial buildings.

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When infrastructure needs repair and maintenance, we're the people to call. We help contractors around the world with repairs of any size on any kind of project. Whether it’s waterproofing, leak sealing or injecting concrete into an infrastructure, we provide solutions for the repair and renovation of tunnels, bridges, buildings and more. 

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Learn how we help engineers and contractors around the world build better, stronger, sustainable commercial buildings. We offer innovative, sustainable concrete structural solutions to help engineers and contractors around the world build better, stronger, sustainable commercial buildings.

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