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Winn & Coales 130th Anniversary International Conference Anti-corrosion and sealing specialist Winn & Coales International Ltd recently held their Denso International Conference in September. This event is held at a different location each time and this year the venue was at the company headquarters in London to celebrate and mark the company’s 130th Anniversary. Delegates from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Italy were involved over the course of a week with technical presentations and product application demonstrations on their main brands; Denso, Premier, SeaShield, Protal and Archco-Rigidon. The conference was then rounded off by a series of subsidiary board meetings. During the busy conference schedule, several social functions were enjoyed culminating in a farewell dinner at London’s Plaisterers Hall. For further information visit – www.denso.net Enq. 101
Supplier to Government Procurement Service As a Government Procurement Service (GPS) supplier, Bruynzeel Storage Systems Ltd can save public sector clients time and money. GPS Framework companies have already undergone a rigorous and EU-compliant tendering process that included product quality, safety standards, pricing, customer service levels and extended warranties. Public and Wider Public Sector clients are able to use the Framework, instead of repeating the process in their own procurement exercise, to save time, save resource and reduce costs. Bruynzeel’s four year GPS Framework, RM1501, includes electronically or gearwheel operated high-density mobile shelving / roller racking systems, as well as static office and library shelving. This Framework can be used by all public sector organisations in the UK including central government, local government, NHS, education, devolved administrations, emergency services, defence and not-for-profit organisations. For more information go to: www.bruynzeel.co.uk/About-Us/GPS-Supplier/ Enq. 102
Sir Peter Hall Writes New Book on What’s Wrong with Urban Planning in Britain Today Internationally renowned academic Sir Peter Hall has just published a new book, Good Cities, Better Lives with Routledge/Taylor & Francis, looking at the urban planning challenges faced in Britain and other countries, and how lessons from the European experience can help to put it right. Fifty years ago this summer, in 1963, Hall became so incensed by the way London was being planned that he wrote a book about it. That book, London 2000, made a stir and half a century and fifty books later, he’s returned to the battle at age 81 with Good Cities, Better Lives: How Europe Discovered the Lost Art of Urbanism. It promises to have the same impact. Over the last five years, as President of the Town and Country Planning Association, Hall has been leading study tours to European cities to find out how they do it and Good Cities, Better Lives is the result. For additional information visit www.routledge.com/u/SirPeterHall/ Enq. 103
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Below ground waterproofing for new build farmhouse
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Landmarks (UK) Ltd, a Yorkshire based developer, has used Triton waterproofing systems in the construction of a traditional two storey farmhouse. The property sits on a natural gentle slope, so the basement is fully buried to the rear with a raised patio area to the front. The property was built using ICF (insulated concrete formwork) where polystyrene forms are used to contain the wet concrete when casting in-situ concrete walls - and are left in place. The lower slab was made waterproof by the installation of a membrane beneath it and the inclusion of Triton’s TT Admix in the mix. TT Admix contains active chemicals that react with fresh concrete to generate
a non-soluble crystalline formation that seals the concrete itself against the penetration of water or liquid. Triton’s TT Waterstop, a pre-formed water bar which swells up to 350% when in contact with water, was placed into all joints. The shuttering around the slab had made provision for the concrete groove in the face of slab and the TT Waterstop was fixed into the groove using Triton’s TT Swell Mastic expansion sealant. TT Swell Mastic swells up to 100% when in contact with water, and has long lasting adhesive and hydro-swelling properties. TT Waterstop was also placed in the centre of the wall on top of the slab so that the joint between the wall and the slab was protected.
Triton TT Admix was also incorporated in the concrete mix used to form the basement walls. Externally the basement walls were treated with two coats of Triton TT Vapour Membrane, a ready blended, single component acrylic modified coating, that provided the primary waterproof and gas proof barrier. Platon Double Drain, a membrane that provides a drainage and protection layer, as well as working as a traditional cavity drain membrane, was then draped down the walls to connect to the land drain.
For further information please visit – www.tritonsystems.co.uk or Email: info@tritonsystems.co.uk Tel 01322 318830 Enq. 104