PENETRON AROUNT THE WORLD
Over the past 40 years, the PENETRON system of products has helped our customers undertake and complete ambitious and challenging projects – from hospitals to parking garages, bridges to tunnels, water treatment plants to military installations… and on and on.
To get a closer look at some of our projects, simply click on a project or choose a country or specific category on the left.
Please contact your PENETRON representative if you need additional project details. You will learn how PENETRON enables successful projects around the world.
Description:
The Bothnia Line is a high-speed railway line in northern Sweden. The 190 km (120 miles) route carries trains from Kramfors airport via Örnsköldsvik to Umeå at speeds up to 250 km/h (160 mph). The Bothnia Line has about 25km of tunnels and is located 550-800km north of Stockholm along the Baltic seacoast. Project specifications were extremely stringent, with zero pollution and ground water contamination allowed. A PVC membrane was not feasible due to a lack of space.
Products Used:
A special PENETRON ADMIX Enhanced Shotcrete (PAES) was developed for this project. The results were carefully evaluated and the application was a complete success, with even a previously severely leaking construction joint remaining completely dry.
Description:
The Boguchany Dam, located on the Angara River in Kodinsk (Siberia) is 2,587m long and combines a 774m long reinforced concrete segment with the power station and a 1,813m long rock-fill segment with an asphaltene-concrete diaphragm wall along its entire length. The facility began production in 2012 and will reach full capacity of 17.6 TWh by 2013. Currently the largest dam in Russia, most of the power generated will be dedicated to a large new aluminum smelter opening in 2013.
Products Used:
Deterioration of the older concrete parts of the dam required repair and waterproofing to withstand high hydrostatic pressure; PENETRON, PENECRETE MORTAR, and PENETRON WATERPLUG were successfully used on the concrete structures.
Description:
Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in an area with an extremely high water table, the BMM Ispat steel plant required waterproofing treatment for an area of over 20,000m2. This included underground tunnels, the wagon tippler foundation and the adjacent power plant water treatment structures.
Products Used:
PENETRON and PENEBAR were used to waterproof all structures to eliminate concrete permeability and enhance concrete durability for protection against reinforcement corrosion and chloride ion penetration.
Description:
Located immediately to the north of the “Bird's Nest” Olympic Stadium in Beijing and the magnificent Water Cube, the Olympic Park subterranean space cover provides a large underground commercial / leisure area with food and beverage outlets, shopping and entertainment venues.
Products Used:
Over 5,000m2 of this area was waterproofed with PENETRON and PENECRETE MORTAR.
Description:
In preparation for the 2008 Olympics, a new Terminal 3, complete with its own control tower, was added to the Beijing International Airport. Over 98m in height and with a floor space of 986,000m2, the Beijing Airport Control Tower 3 is currently the largest control tower in the world.
Products Used:
The PENETRON System had already been used to waterproof Control Tower 2; PENETRON was used to waterproof 2,500m2 of concrete in Control Tower 3, including the entire basement structure and emergency water tank.
Description:
During the renovation of a Renaissance palace as an art gallery in central Rome just yards away from the Column of Trajan, the architectural footings of the Basilica Ulpia, a law court built by Emperor Trajan in 112 AD, were discovered in the basement. State archeologists recommended that part of the basilica paving be restored and left visible, but it was subject to intrusion from groundwater.
Products Used:
The PENETRON System was used with a cavity fill method. Considering the age of the concrete foundations, it was necessary to increase the free calcium by adding a calcium acetate solution before filling the cavities with the PENETRON slurry. The area was soon completely dry, allowing sections of this almost 2,000-year old structure to be restored.
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