MC Building Chemicals
Client: NETWORK RAIL
A single barrelled masonry structure servicing a twin-tracked railway line was suffering from excessive water ingress.
The option of traditional ‘track up’ waterproofing was undesirable due to cost and potential track disruption.
The MC elastomer waterproofing solution was adopted as a suitable system with all waterproofing works being carried out from the underside of the structure without disruption or speed restriction to rail traffic above.
Network Rail and their contracting partners have both expressed their complete satisfaction with the MC system and have gone on to adopt this technique on numerousother structures.
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Hâ‚‚S gas is extremely acidic and will quickly degrade all alkaline based substrates such as concrete, precast concrete and pointing mortar in brickwork. M C Building Chemicals are a world renowned manufacturer of specialist Hâ‚‚S resistant coatings that are hybrid silicate based offering complete protection from Hâ‚‚S gas degradation. Ombran CPS (corrosion protection system)…
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H2S is a gas that seriously degrades all concrete and pointing mortar in brickwork. H2S is an acidic gas that is often formed in the sewage network and other process systems. The chemical attack is referred to as biogenous sulphuric acid corrosion with the live bacteria excreting sulphuric acid in the gas zone above the water line of the…
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STRUCTURAL CRACK REPAIRS IN CONCRETE Regardless of the care taken in placement concrete can often crack. The reasons can be attributed to poor reinforcement design, premature loading or simple shrinkage cracking that has occurred during the concrete curing phase. MC Building Chemicals are world leading experts in structural crack repair and have solutions for both dry and water-bearing cracks. …