Project Details

Project name : Westpac Charter House

Applicator: Sansom Construction Services Ltd 

Builder: Hawkins Construction Ltd

Architect: Peddle Thorp Architects

Products used: Volclay Voltex DS, Volclay Voltex SWR, Volclay RX101T Waterstop

Completed: April 2008

 

The Project 

Project requirement

The building of the three level basements required excavation down to 11 metres below street level and eight metres below sea level. The site is on reclaimed land. Ground contamination from its former use as a petrol station was mitigated with the introduction of sediment control and filter pumping systems set up on site. Further pumping control issues were not helped by one of Auckland wettest winters on record.

Solution

The Volclay Bentonite Waterproofing membrane and RX Waterstop were specified to fully encapsulate the three level carpark basement of Westpact Charter House.

The basement slab area was often under water with continual flow of water through the face of the sandstone wall. Volclay Voltex DS & SWR Bentonite membrane, which was specified for its ability to cope with contaminated and saline conditions, was laid beneath the floor slab and fixed directly to the sandstone walls. The walls were poured insitu with RX Waterstop in all the cold pour construction joints.

On the vertical wall face at the sandstone and sheet pile junction and where the greatest water ingress was being experienced, Volclay Ultraseal SP was applied and overlapped with the Voltex. Ultraseal is compatible with Voltex.

Voltex and Ultraseal bond directly to the concrete through Volclay’s advanced needle puncture technology. Volclay membranes allow for fast and accurate installation in wet and difficult site conditions.