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News Release from: David Ball Group | Subject: Pudlo watertight concrete
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 December 2004
Pudlo watertight concrete stands up to
testing
PUDLO waterproof concrete is being used to construct a series of wave flumes and storage tanks in Howbery Park, Oxon.
HR Wallingford, specialist engineers in hydraulics and the water environment, have commissioned and designed the tanks to form part of a new research and consultancy facility They specified the use of PUDLO waterproofing admixture in the concrete to ensure that the tanks will be completely waterproof and have a good surface finish
Toureen Contractors are on site constructing the 2 wave flumes each 2.0m high x 1.8m wide x 40m long and the 1.2m deep x 2.4m wide x 60m long storage tank.
Once complete, each tank undergoes rigorous testing to check that there is zero leakage.
Any loss of water (other than pre-calculated evaporation) would make future research results inaccurate and therefore it is critical that the tanks are, and will remain, watertight throughout their service life.
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