Water Tanks and Water Features

WATER TANK/WATER FEATURE & SEA WALL CONSTRUCTION

 

Like swimming pools, tanks, water features and sea walls are ideal examples of how well shotcrete is suited to free flowing forms.

 
Sea Walls construction has the challenge of tide and swell, shotcrete is suited to this type of project, as it is a very economic and swift construction method.
 
RIX offer design advice, planning and complete shotcrete construction packages for these difficult structures. Our expert team continues to deliver quality products, examples follow:

ave recently completed two large dam projects. RIX have the experience to advise and assist in the design of spillway walls using faster and cheaper shotcrete construction rather than traditional form and pour. 

 

TANK CONSTRUCTION

 
Project:                             Clyde Transfer Terminal Hardstand Upgrade
Client:                               Mainland Civil
Total area:                       570m2
Total m³:                           114m³ 
Completed:                     2009
 
 
During  Completed
 

RIX completed the tank in 1 day to avoid cold joints with 2 shotcrete pumps and one boom pump to pour the floor area.

  

WATER FEATURE CONSTRUCTION

 
Penrith Olympic Whitewater Stadium offered the perfect project to display the advantages of shotcrete
 
 
This olympic venue required a construction material that could simulate a river bed, shotcrete's workability was perfect for this application & for the time pressures  
 
 

SEA WALL CONSTRUCTION

 
Project:                             Breakfast Point Redevelopment
Client:                               Rosecorp
Principle Contractor:      Daracon Engineering
Total area:                       750m² high
Design:                            Stainless Steel Mesh and Shotcrete
Completed:                     2007
 

RIX worked with the client and main contractor to assist in design and then plan this very difficult, environmentally challenging and aesthetically pleasing project.

 

Breakfast Point, Western Sydney Harbour, NSW