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Making Industrial Operations More Sustainable with KIM and Hard-Cem Background While they’re not the first item that people think of when they consider what makes a successful facility, the facility floors are crucial to creating a productive workplace. When smooth and even, these floors allow employees at a facility to work at an optimal pace, … Read More

Saving Time, Money, and Resources While Stopping Water Ingress Background The Amaya Residence 2 is a residential complex that resides on an area of 10,000 m2 (107,639 ft2). This complex, which consists of six separate buildings with 170 apartments and penthouses, is located in one of the rapidly developing areas in Sofia, Bulgaria, next to … Read More

Exceeding Rigorous Waterproofing Specifications with KIM Background Building is underway on a world-class dance performance and arts organization facility that is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. Known as the Lyric Theatre Complex, this unique Hong Kong facility will be a creativity powerhouse capable of hosting performers from Asia and around the world … Read More

Extending a Building’s Life Span with Self-Sealing Waterproof Concrete Background A new luxury apartment tower and townhome complex with 258 units was fully built in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in 2019. The 21-story mixed-use development boasts a 2,044-square meter (22,000-square foot) shared backyard that was designed to foster a sense of community. To provide this … Read More

Eliminating Two Weeks Off of Project Scheduling for Waterproofing Background The St. Regis Toronto is one of the more luxurious buildings in Canada. As a 65-story tower, it has more than enough space to feature hotel rooms, residential suites, fine dining, a spa and wellness center, a meeting and event space, and a number of … Read More

Providing Proof of Hard-Cem’s Ability to Prevent Delamination Background British Columbia (BC) is a beautiful Canadian province to live in, offering a variety of natural scenic views. No matter where someone goes in BC, they will often be met with lush greenery, mountains, lakes, or more. Even when they go to more urban areas, they … Read More

Earning Several Awards for Optimal and Sustainable Design Background For years, the City of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, knew they’d need a new indoor facility to be able to store and maintain Calgary Transit’s new fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses alongside their existing diesel buses. So when the opportunity to do so arose, … Read More

Creating an Award-Winning Smart Building Environment  Background 30 Hudson Yards is the tallest of the towers in the Hudson Yards megaproject, which is currently being constructed in New York City’s west side. As part of the largest private real estate development in the history of the United States of America, this tall tower covers 241,500 … Read More

Enhancing the School’s New Campus with More Than the Typical Vapor Reduction Background For over 66 years, the Bishop Noland Episcopal Day School reliably provided a private schooling experience to students from kindergarten to the eighth grade. While the school had added classrooms and buildings as they needed them during this time, they had never … Read More

Preventing Concrete Hardening Application Errors with Hard-Cem Background Out in British Columbia (BC), Canada, a resident living in the City of Abbotsford sought a way to create his own personal workshop. With 232 m2 (2,500 ft2) of space, it would have room enough to combine both the qualities of a workshop and a garage into … Read More