This article has been supplied.As infrastructure projects across Southern Africa continue to place increasing emphasis on durability, long-term performance and lifecycle cost efficiency, effective waterproofing at structural joints remains a critical component of quality construction.
Responding to this need, Chryso Southern Africa continues to support the market with ADCOR® 500S, a high-performance hydrophilic waterstop solution engineered to prevent water ingress through concrete construction joints and penetrations.
ADCOR® 500S is a conformable, butyl rubber-based hydrophilic waterstop strip that expands on contact with water. Once fully encapsulated within poured concrete, the controlled expansion creates a robust seal against adjacent concrete faces, effectively preventing water entry into below-ground and other water-sensitive structures.
This makes the product particularly well suited to critical applications such as basements, retaining walls, pile caps, floor slabs, lift pits, tunnels, water-retaining structures and pipe penetrations, where waterproof integrity is essential to long-term structural reliability.
According to Andries Janse Van Rensburg, Specialty Materials Head – Infrastructure BU, Chryso Southern Africa, waterproofing failures at construction joints can have significant implications for structural durability, maintenance costs and operational continuity.
