Aggregate Industries makes Watertight concrete

Aggregate Industries has celebrated the launch of its new Watertight^TM concrete, in partnership with BASF Construction Chemicals, which can protect structures from water ingress or retain water within the aforesaid structure.

The new product, designed by Aggregate Industries, is available as a three-tiered waterproofing solution: Watertight Pro Protect, Watertight Super Protect and Watertight Core Protect, and is an improvement upon current waterproofing materials by reducing installation time, being non-sensitive to weather conditions, and being a pumpable or flowing mix in slump and flow grades.

Each of the three tiers are individually created using Watertight concrete mixed with a customised blend of BASF’s MasterLife WP 799, a high performance integral waterproofing system for concrete incorporating combined waterproofing and super-plasticising components.

Through this type of system customers can select the correct solution depending on application and level of waterproofing needed so that a solution can also be provided with a manufacturer’s warranty that gives the customer confidence using a specific and unique product.

The Head of Business Development in Asphalt and Ready-Mixed Concrete at Aggregate Industries, Joanne Wilkins stated: “At Aggregate Industries, we understand that waterproofing isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. That’s why we’ve partnered with BASF to develop our Watertight range into a new three-tiered system, giving architects and specifiers greater flexibility than ever before when choosing an appropriate waterproofing solution.

“What’s more, given the ever-rising importance of sustainability, we are the first construction materials supplier to offer Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to determine the environmental impact of our Watertight concrete. This will make it easier for our clients to meet the environmental requirements of a project by providing detailed information on everything from production to recycling options.”

The new EPD rating to be allocated to Aggregate Industries products will be calculated with consideration given to factors such as global warming potential, o-zone depletion potential, and acidification potential.

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