Remedial Waterproofing Case Study — Built Once. Built Right.

🧠 What Happens When Waterproofing Fails in a Live Commercial Building?

• Cracked tiles.
• Tile Delamination.
• Moisture creeping into occupied spaces.
• Concrete deterioration beneath the surface.

The internal swimming pool at Shelley Street had failed — and it wasn’t just cosmetic.

Water had breached the membrane system and begun tracking into adjacent living areas.

Engineers were brought in to investigate and confirmed:

• 🧱 Delaminated tile beds
• 🌊 Substrate moisture ingress
• ⚠️ Structural deterioration beneath the membrane

A declared waterproofing design was issued to AS 4654.2 with works to be executed live, under engineered supervision. The owners had one clear goal:

“Get it rebuilt in winter — so it’s ready by summer. No dramas.”

🧰 The Solution (Delivered by Atomic)

We executed the entire remediation in sequence:

• ✅ Full strip-out of tiles and failed membrane
• ✅ Drum testing + concrete repairs to ACRA guidelines
• ✅ Multi-stage membrane system: Ardex WPM 300/002