Kev Carmody House, a 17-storey, 610-room student residence at the University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus, is a flagship development combining resort-style living with advanced sustainability. The building features world-class amenities, including a rooftop pool, communal kitchens, and expansive indoor/outdoor spaces, designed to foster community and wellness. To ensure its durability, particularly in exposed areas like the rooftop and basement, Penetron waterproofing solutions were employed across key structural elements.
Penetron’s PENETRON ADMIX was integrated into the concrete mix for the basement and rooftop slabs, providing permanent, self-healing waterproofing. PENEBAR SW-55 Type A was used at construction joints and pipe penetrations, ensuring watertight seals throughout the structure. Additionally, Superfilm AA was applied during the pour to control rapid moisture loss on the hot and windy day, while Supercure HR helped to maintain the concrete’s hydration, enhancing its strength and resistance to cracking during the curing process.
These advanced waterproofing systems ensured long-term protection against water ingress, increased durability, and reduced maintenance for the building’s critical areas. The use of Penetron’s innovative solutions aligns with UQ’s goals of sustainability and resilience, providing a robust foundation for this iconic student accommodation..
In close partnership with Kingdom Culture Christian School, Paynter Dixon has embraced pedagogical excellence and design innovation in delivering Australia’s first entrepreneurial school.
Kingdom Culture School at Arncliffe in Sydney’s south has grown rapidly since it opened in 2015. Collaboration is fundamental to the school’s teaching – so a well-designed open learning space was the key design feature.
As Australia’s first entrepreneur school, it mimics design principles seen at Apple and Google headquarters and provides a space to teach ‘21st century skills’ to ‘21st century learners’.
The building boasts state-of-the-art amenities, driven by the three Cs – Creativity, Collaboration and Critical thinking. The layout provides students access to multiple breakout spaces, smart classrooms, and open-plan learning spaces.
In this new exposed post tensioned slab, the concrete needed to be durable and waterproof. Penetron Admix, as supplied by Metromix, was used to extend the service life of the structure. Penebar SW55 Type B was used to treat the pipe penetrations, preventing the possibility of water ingress to the underside. The slab was then sealed, densified and cured using Penetron’s concrete floor hardener Peneseal FH-PS.
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Stylish coastal apartments in a beautiful complex. Tucked in behind a modern state of the art synagogue. PBS Building undertook this conversion of the former tennis centre to this current space, located a stroll to village shops and popular eateries, buses and the iconic Bondi Beach.
Penetron Australia was engaged to provide Penetron Admix SB, crystalline waterproofing admixture to the concrete for the below ground water table lift pits. Used in conjunction with Penebar SW55 to keep all construction joints watertight. The builder, impressed with the performance of Penebar SW55, then increased their order to treat all construction joints in the perimeter basement walls, plus other critical construction joints around the site. By projects end, some 1500 l/m of Penebar was installed.
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“Melbourne University Service Tunnel”: University of Melbourne, Student Precinct Project, Service tunnel Section, as designed by Robert Bird Group, utilizing Penetron Admix, Penebar SW55 and the 275mm Dincel pre-formed PVC wall section. Engaged by Cockram/Icon Co, contractor Empire Construction placed the concrete supplied by Pronto Concrete under the QA of Penetron Australia to the tunnel base slab and PVC walls.
Knox Grammar School is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, New South Wales, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia as an all-boys school, and named after John Knox. The school has since grown, branching out into a large Senior School of approximately 1550 students and a Preparatory School of 550.] The school also caters for approximately 160 boarding students from Years 7 to 12.
Undergoing recent renovations and re-developments, Penetron was pleased to be part of the extension of the underground car park and the upgrade of the tennis courts and gardens. Holcim Concrete suggested
Penetron Admix be used instead of any other alternatives in the market.
Penetron Admix was selected as a viable system to waterproof and provide durability to 700m3 of 40Mpa concrete. New concrete was poured up to existing concrete in 2 pours to the roof slab of the car park. The tennis courts and new landscaping with 300mm of soil & turf were to go on top.
Head contractor Co-Wyn is extremely happy with the end result as the Penetron guarantee eliminated the requirement for further waterproofing under the landscaping and asphalt.
The re-development for this site, which was approved by Randwick Council on April 14, 2015, involved demolition, alterations and additions to the former RSL Club building and the establishment of a childcare centre. Catering for 90 children, including new parking for seven vehicles off the rear lane. The beautiful yet dilapidated old Art-Deco building had past its best days, as a result, developer Roly Poly sort the site to establish one of its state of the art early learning centres.
Roly-Poly Child Care is a family run service with more than 20 years in pre-school education. The highly passionate and committed team nurture a culture of trust and dignity in which the children thrive. This was the perfect site to expand their family business.
After initial consultation between local council, designers and developers, construction company Foresight, was engaged to commence works in 2016. As an interactive centre for children, every level will be utilised for maximum outdoor play area in the fresh sea-side air. Maintaining the integrity of the old facade and joining the inner structure with new concrete slabs, all the details were of the utmost importance for waterproofing and durability. All construction joints were treated with Penebar SW swellable waterstops. Sealing the construction joints. As a result, preventing any water making its way through.
All the new concrete utilized Penetron Admix to provide an integral waterproof and durable concrete. Penetron Admix was chosen as it increases the durability and life span of the concrete by 60 years or more. Easy to mix into the concrete during batching at the Boral plant, it eliminated the need for any surface-applied protection systems. Therefore, maximizing time on the construction site and saving money. Further more, good concrete practice was observed in curing all the slabs using a hydro-carbon resin based curing compound, Supercure HR.
Located next to the UTS Tower and opposite Central Park on Broadway, UTS Central is a striking, 17-storey, glass-encased building that has redefined the southern gateway to Sydney’s CBD. Over 200m3 of Penetron Admix was used in the mass concrete lift pit.
