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DDB Advertising Agency, Ultimo Sydney
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Concrete Artisans Pty Ltd
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www.concreteartisans.com.au
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Sydney-based advertising agency, DDB renowned for its creativity and innovation, faced an ongoing problem with its showcase headquaters in Ultimo.
A total of 600 square metres of existing polished cement topping, running throughout the reception, presentation areas and offices, started to fail with unsightly high heal marks, cracks & delamination appearing only three months after installation. Patching had been attempted but this too had failed.
The agency assigned specialist contractor Concrete Artisans Pty Ltd who approached ARDEX to help devise a solution. Guaranteed performance & minimal disruption was integral to the overall brief, which placed heavy emphasis on the desire for a visual result in keeping with the rest of the office interior design.
First of all, two and a half tonnes of the non performing polished cement topping was removed exposing the lightweight concrete/polystyrene
substrate. Then the entire area primed with ARDEX epoxy primer and pre-levelled with ARDEX K15 levelling compound.
ARDEX allayed the concerns of DDB that a second floor could fail by recreating a polystyrene cement substrate in its laboratories and trialling three different systems of primers and levellers to prepare the polystyrene cement substrate for the Pandomo installation.
The proposed system was then trialled on site, in a heavy traffic area, for three months. It passed with flying colours.
The ARDEX Pandomo compound, having been dyed with ARDEX colour pigments, was then applied. To finish the floor a hard wearing low maintenance urethane sealer system from RESEARCH PRODUCTS was used. Each section, from removal of original floor to application of sealer, took just one weekend without interrupting or inconveniencing any staff.
The robust performance of Pandomo was immediately put to test with DDB Advertising holding a function for 300 people only seven days after completion of the project. Again, ARDEX Pandomo was pronounced an outstanding success with DDB expressing complete satisfaction with the new floor.
For more information on the Ardex Pandomo system please contact the ARDEX technical hot line on 1800 224 070 or email techinfo@ardexaustralia.com
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