SITUATION:

“The Line” is a newly built condo, near the East Coast and marine district in Singapore. The installation work has been done from July 2015 to October 2016.

CHALLENGES:

ARDEX has been chosen for the whole tiling work for the prestigious new residential development “The Line @ Tanjong Rhu”. The area is approx. 30,000m2, with 20 storeys and 130 units in total.

Environmentally-friendly, sustainable building products with Green Label certification were required. The competition with other suppliers was strong.

SOLUTION:

ARDEX managed to secure the project by introducing its unique tile adhesives:

  • The Premium Microtec flexible Wall & Floor Tile Adhesive ARDEX X 77 for the external swimming pool area
  • The Green Label certified tile adhesives, ARDEX X 29 for external tiling and ARDEX X 52 for internal tiling

PARTICIPANTS:

Installer/Applicator: SL Brilliant Construction Pte Ltd
General Contractor: SL Brilliant Construction Pte Ltd
Architect(s): Mode Architects

SITUATION:

IKEA is a multinational group that designs and sells ready to assemble furniture, kitchen appliances and home accessories. The IKEA Restaurant has your appetite taken care of, at equality appetizing prices. The flooring installation work was done in two phases and completed in May 2017. The applicators were required to complete the project in a short time frame that allowed only two weeks for both removing the existing vinyl and to install the new floor covering. Night work was carried out in order to avoid affecting the restaurant’s daily operations and to meet the time frame as requested from the customer.

CHALLENGES:

ARDEX was chosen for the whole vinyl installation work for the prestigious IKEA Restaurant at Alexandra, Singapore.
The area is approximately 2,000m2.
Environmentally-friendly, sustainable building products with Green Label certification were required.

SOLUTION:

ARDEX managed to secure the project by introducing its unique Flooring System, both products are certified with the Singapore Green Label: ARDEX K 310 is a rapid-setting compound used to prepare interior floors prior to laying the vinyl covering, and ARDEX AF 190 is a water-based, solvent-free adhesive for permanent internal vinyl installations.

PARTICIPANTS:

Installer and General Contractor: Entrust Organisation Pte Ltd

SITUATION:

Raffles City is going through re-roofing works for its entire Reinforced Concrete planters and flat roofs using ARDEX WPM 116 and WPM 160, two layers torched applied waterproofing membrane. The RC rooftop helipad is a critical area as any hacking on the RC slab to lay new waterproofing membranes might cause leakage to the restaurant below. The landing zone lightning built into the RC slab make the detailing works for installing new membranes difficult and tedious.

CHALLENGES:

Reinforced Concrete Rooftop Helipad Waterproofing (570m2)

  • Short completion day (5 days including surface preparation)
  • Exposed to weather environment
  • Existing commercial environment with restaurant right below, so required to minimize inconvenience caused for customers and tenants while conducting works
  • Heavy duty wear and abrasion resistance for helicopter landing

SOLUTION:

ARDEX Singapore provides the complete system solution through specifications to Arup consultants for this project. The installation was done by an approved and trained ARDEX applicator. However, there were frequent site visits by the Sales personal in charge to provide excellent service.

Together with the outstanding performance of the products, with no defect or limitation, the clients are very satisfied with ARDEX.

Consequently, consultants and contractor continued to specify the ARDEX system for upcoming projects’ e.g.: Global Logistic Trade Center façade refurbishment project, condominium refurbishment project and many more.

PARTICIPANTS:

Installer/Applicator:
LH Waterproofing Specialists Pte Ltd
General Contractor:
Shineway Engineering Pte Ltd
Consultant (s):
Arup Singapore Pte Ltd

SITUATION:

Designed for environmental sustainability, the Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital has received the following awards within the building industry:

  • BCA Green Mark Awards 2013 (Platinum), Category: New Non-Residential Buildings
  • European Healthcare Design Award 2016, Category: Architecture
  • FuturArc Green Leadership Award 2016 (Merit), Category: Institutional
  • Urban Planning, Architectural Design Competitions 2012 (1st Prize)

CHALLENGES:

Floor area of 90,000 m2 to be prepared with ARDEX Feather Finish and primed with ARDEX P 51 before levelled with ARDEX CL 11 and Dunlop UFL.
All bags needed to be delivered within 3 months.
During application of the self levelling, most of the wall still has not been erected which causes the self levelling to set faster than usual.

SOLUTION:

Self Levelling to be carried out in multiple locations by different Flooring Contractors using ARDEX CL 11 and Dunlop UFL. With two month to finish the project, the time frame was tight. ARDEX Technical and Sales team provided best services and some adjustments of the working time of the products has been done to suit the special site conditions. Due to its excellent service and product performance, ARDEX managed to achieve the perfect result on time.

PARTICIPANTS:

Installer/Applicator:
Song Furniture Construction & Trading
See Construction & Trading

Floor covering supplied by: NSK Baustoffe, representing Gerflor
General Contractor: G S Engineering & Construction Corp
Architect(s): CPG Consultants, Singapore