This project is due to improve the dewatering capacity of the central part of the city of Buenos Aires, especially considering the rainy season. The project will improve the draining capacity of an area of 1,700 hectares where over 315,000 people are living.
The world-acclaimed Zeitz Museum of Contempo-rary Art Africa is a modern art museum located at the famous V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. The museum was renovated using Sika’s products.
Helena Bay Lodge is located on one of the most beautiful sections of New Zealand’s Northland coastline. A magnificent luxury destination, it cost $65 million to complete. When the Lodge opened in November 2016, it was named the best new luxury hotel in the world. It has just five suites, accommodating no more than ten guests in total. For more details and photos of this world class property, visit helenabay.com
Ferrari has garnered over 5,000 victories on the world’s tracks and roads, becoming a modern-day legend in the process. A Ferrari garage in Greater Manchester (UK) contains a hive of engineering expertise for the repair and maintenance of some of the world’s most exclusive cars. It comes as no surprise that the vehicle workshop was searching for a durable, high-gloss floor to protect the high powered, high-specification machines it services.
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is the major power utility company involved in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity through their hydropower plant in the Ulu Jelai District, State of Pahang in Malaysia. The latter involved the construction and operation of an accumulation reservoir hydropower plant with a total installed capacity of 382 MW and is estimated to generate average 374 GWh of electricity per annum.
The new generation of Volkswagen Crafter commercial vehicles are manufactured in a new modern car factory in Września, Poland. The plant's production was launched in Late 2016. The plant covers over 220 hectares, which constitutes an area of approximately 300 football fields. The production capacity of the plant is 100,000 vehicles per year. After reaching full production capacity, the VW plant will be operated by approximately 3,000 people. The plant can make 20 vehicles per hour, which produces 450 cars per day. Sika provided solutions from basement to roof.
The Hoover Dam and Lake Mead are located in Black Canyon on the Colorado River in the USA on the borders of Arizona and Nevada. Construction of the 220m high dam began in 1931 and more than 4 million m³ of concrete were placed by the time it was completed in 1936. Highway 93 is built into the top of the dam to cross the canyon, but the sharp bends and narrow widths of the highway, combined with the number of tourists and necessary security, led to an astronomical increase in traffic, so that long delays and bottlenecks had become the norm.