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Luderitz Culvert Repairs

Namibia, Namibia

Ref #: 27000020

Category: INFRASTRUCTURES

Construction


Yard	Culvert Repairs in Luderitz, Namibia
Location	Namibia, Namibia
Subcategory	SEWER
Built in	2016
Opened in	2016
Application	Concrete Repair and waterproofing to Culvert in Luderitz, Namibia
Start and finish date	2016
Application Type	Concrete restoration systems
Client	Ministry of Works and Transport, Government of Namibia
Contractor company	Windhoek Waterproofing
MAPEI Distributor	Dynamic Concrete Solutions
Credits	Dynamic Concrete Solutions
Other	The Ministry of Works and Transport for the government of Namibia sought to conduct repairs to railway drainage culverts damaged by aggressive ground water on the Aus to Lüderitz railway line in Southern Namibia Mapei South Africa distributor in Namibia, Dynamic Concrete Solutions, along with a other suppliers, was approached by the engineers on the project with regards to the evaluation of the site conditions and providing a concrete repair and protection solution. All material suppliers were invited to propose the solution, and the system specified by Mapei South Africa was evaluated as the most comprehensive, and finally accepted in the tender document. In their assessment, much consideration was given by the engineers to various reference applications and sites in South Africa and other countries where similar work was done. A final decision was made taking into consideration the quality of Mapei’s products in conjunction with similar projects successfully completed. The following products were selected and used in the project: •Mapefer 1k - Steel Re-Bar Protection (to DIN 5002) •Eporip - Wet to Dry Concrete/Grout Bonding Agent •Planigrout Smooth & Repair R4 - Structural (Class R4 to EN 1504-3) Cementitious Mortar •Mapelastic Smart ME- Cementitious, spray applied, Mortar for Concrete Protection (complies with EN 1504-9 & EN 1504-2)

EPORIP

Technical data: Pot life: 60 minutes. Open time: 5 hours. Setting time: 24 hours. Final cure time: 15 days. Application: by brush, trowel, pouring. Storage: 24 months.

Technical data: Pot life: 60 minutes. Open time: 5 hours. Setting time: 24…

MAPELASTIC SMART

Two-component, high-flexibility cementitious mortar, applied by brush or by roller, for waterproofing concrete surfaces such as balconies, terraces, basins and swimming pools, and for protection…

Two-component, high-flexibility cementitious mortar, applied by brush or by…

PLANITOP SMOOTH & REPAIR R4 ZERO

Structural R4-class, rapid-setting, shrinkagecompensated, thixotropic, fibre-reinforced, cementitious mortar, applied in a single layer from 3 to 40 mm thick, for repairing and smoothing concrete

Structural R4-class, rapid-setting, shrinkagecompensated, thixotropic,…

This product replaces PLANITOP RASA and RIPARA R4