Water Tower, Alexandra Headlands, Queensland
Property type: Industrial Project type: Remedial Builder: Unity Water Applicator: Simon Groth Accurate Waterproofing Category: Concrete Repair Products Used - Soprema Alsan Trafik HP 510 - Soprema Alsan Trafik HP 520 - Soprema Alsan Trafik HP 530 - Soprema Alsan Trafik HP 540 Project Details The client had an old degraded membrane on the water tanks that had failed. A trafficable polyurethane membrane system from Soprema was put forward and approved by the client. The existing membrane was removed by mechanical means back to clean concrete. Cracks in the concrete were cleaned out and filled with a flexible fast cure [...]
Warm Roofs, What Are They. Why Should I Consider One
Karl Wootton Senior Technical Consultant/Director Some of you more distinguished members of the waterproofing community may say, “but we’ve always had them. We called them inverted roofs.” Yes, you could say that, but there is a distinct difference in the form they take and the thermal Insulation value they ultimately provide. Warm roof construction in both Europe and America have been in use for quite some years and are generally accepted as the norm in low slope roofing. Here in Australia, we are only just catching up. Warm roof construction takes the form of installing a vapor barrier and hard [...]
Victorian News
It is unfortunate that the proposed mandatory inspections for wet area waterproofing in the new Victorian Building Regulation for 2018 was defeated by pressure from the Building Surveyors. Thus, the defects and standard of waterproofing will continue to have little ‘policing’ pressure for both builders and the problem in the new regulations effective 2nd June 2018 is that works completed by an unregistered tradesperson can be done to the value of $10,000, which doesn’t require any compliance certificate. Which means anyone can complete waterproofing works on a project up to $10,000 without any controls. Caveat Emptor! This decision has been [...]
Waterproofing Changes in Victoria
The Building Act 1993 remain, however current the Building Regulation 2006 are to be ‘sunset, replaced by the proposed Building Regulations 2017 (legislated around September) Changes in the 2017 Regulations which affect the waterproofing industry relate to “Part 13 – Inspections notices and Orders; Division 1 – Inspections and Directions; 169. Prescribed mandatory notification stages for construction or alteration of building”. For the first time a building inspector or surveyor must add the inspection: “(e) prior to covering a waterproofing membrane in any wet areas”. The Building Regulations remain consistent in the other areas affecting waterproofing, namely; Part 2 – [...]
August 2017 –Chairman’s Address
With the cold and wet weather in the southern states, it is the usual battle to get applications done. We urge members not to be pressured by those who “want it done” even though there may be a wet substrate! As we all know where that will end up. The AIW is seeing more and more waterproofers and affiliated professionals join the up so the word is out that we are finally getting somewhere. I take this opportunity to say thanks to the current Committee who are all giving up their own time and effort to push forward with the [...]
WATERPROOFING – TRAINING AND ACCREDITATION
How do we achieve uniform waterproofing compliance, nationally? Certainly, state and territory Regulatory Authorities play a role, however current building requirements are disjointed and in most states are not required. Local Authorities and building surveyors request Waterproofing Application Certificates in order to certify compliance with BCA and Australian Standards. Certifiers will require that certificates are issued by a competent person. One where the works performed are covered by the scope of their license, or a person with formal qualifications to carry out the works. Training and qualifications are regulated under the National Qualifications Framework. Plumbers do not have the above [...]
How Do I Get Qualified As a Competent Person?
There are a number of avenues available to secure a formal qualification as a Cert III Construction Waterproofer, dependent on your experience and current qualifications. CPC 31411 is offered through selected Skills Tech (T.A.F.E) colleges as a two-to-four-year apprenticeship, under a State government training contract with a suitably qualified host employer or group employment company. This is suited to inexperienced candidates, covering the full range of competencies, including generic competencies applicable to other Cert III trades, such as: Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry; Plan and organise work; Conduct workplace communication etc. These are accompanied by trade specific [...]
