One part of the two-year renovation of the South Bank Centre was a large-scale concrete restoration of the exposed concrete surfaces in the interior of the world-famous art rooms. The walls and ceilings in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Hayward Gallery and Purcell Room were restored to their original state by means of colour matching. In order to clean the surface from dirt, the room was prepared under strict observation of the room temperature and relative humidity. The film-forming peel-off paste Arte Mundit was applied in the required thickness to remove the surface impurities. This created a cleaner, brighter environment.

On the façade surfaces of Kaispeicher A, there was a lot of efflorescence and lime aging, both signs of penetrating moisture. The damage patterns indicated a lack of frost resistance as well as no protection against driving rain. The listed façade required extensive frost and moisture protection, but was not allowed to undergo any visual changes.

There were many criteria that had to to be met as the same flooring spec was to be used throughout multiple individual areas of the new building. In the gallery on the ground floor, special attention was paid to the UV stability of the floor coating due to the many floor-to-ceiling windows. The topic of "footfall noise reduction and noise level" was also important. This is why the decision was made to use a seamless PU coating, which, unlike mineral coverings, is not rock-hard, but rather elastic which offers a comfortable walking floor. Another positive effect for residents, guests and staff is the better acoustics. The floor does not reflect the sound as strongly as a tiled floor. This means that the acoustics in the rooms are pleasant.

In order to represent the theme of the Varus Battle and the architectural Germanic style, an important requirement for the floor covering was a rustic look with good slip resistance and high durability. Easy cleaning also played a major role in a public wellness facility.

Some 200 years’ worth of dirt and soot had accumulated on the internal walls of Westminster Palace. The imposing natural stone walls needed to be cleaned without this causing any damage to the building. In order to ensure that all the scaffolding could be dismantled within six hours to allow important events to go ahead, the project had to be divided up into sections – but the divisions between sections needed to be completely invisible in the end result. In addition, artist Jorge Otero-Pailos planned to use a 50-metre length of the latex skin from the cleaning project in his exhibition “The Ethics of Dust”. This project required close collaboration between the renovators and the artist.

The whole area of the renovation was previously covered with a magnesite screed. Although Remmers have options to top such a substrate, the decision was made to remove the Magnesite as it was showing signs of deterioration in many areas and would always have been a concern to the client. Once removed, the substrate needed a new vapour barrier and significant levelling to give an even surface for future operations. The floor was primed with 2 coats of Epoxy MT100 and levelled with Optiplan Base screed between 10- 20mm thick across the full area. This was installed in 4 consecutive days applying over 1000m2 per day. Once left to cure and dry over the weekend, a layer of Epoxy Flex PH was applied at 2mm thick and finally topped with a slip resistant coat of Epoxy BS3000 SG incoporating Aluminium Oxide.

Damage caused by salts and excessive cracking could be seen on the facade. The render was crumbling and the brickwork underneath was visible. Graffiti had been daubed all over the building.

In order to facilitate orientation around the store, a coloured customer guidance system was to be installed on a floor area of over 1,800 m² to the respective product displays. With the colour-contrasting "lane", individual departments in the supermarket were highlighted to help guide the customer through the market. This also allowed the shopping trolleys to glide much more quietly than they would over tiled floor.

Remmers Crete SL was applied in combination with Remmers PUR Color Top 2KM seal coat to provide a colour stable finish and a subsequent seal coat of Remmers PUR Aqua Top 2KM SG, with the inclusion of a polymer bead to provide an R11 level of slip resistance with a silk gloss floor finish. The system was installed by specialist flooring contractor Larsen Contracts who worked closely with the main contractor, Gem Construction to allow the installation of the floor whilst other fitting out activities were also being carried out, optimising the overall program.This carefully designed system is ideally suited to areas subjected to medium to heavy duty use for industrial floors within food processing facilities.

Remmers iQ Fix was chosen by Architects Brazil Associates for the lowest levels of thermal conductivity whist maintaining vapour permeability and minimal wall thickness.

So that the exterior facade of the property was not altered in any way, internal insulation was installed to the interior of the stone walls to the original house. Due to the build up of condensation behind conventional insulation when applied to single leaf construction, it was apparent that a “breathable insulation system” would be required. Remmers iQ-Therm 80 was chosen as it has the highest level of insulation for given thickness of breathable systems. The original U value of the wall was approx 3.3W/m2K and was improved to 0.33 W/m2K. Remmers iQ-Therm 80 is a complete system of fixing/insulation and finishing available in 3 board thicknesses.

In the course of the regular test inspection in accordance with DIN 1076, the chloride concentration and the carbonation depth of the structural concrete was determined using a mobile bridge inspection device on an area of approx. 12,000m², in addition to the tests prescribed by the standard. Furthermore a random measurement of the concrete cover as well as an endoscopy of the tendon cladding tubes were carried out via the ventilation tubes. The result: urgent need for renovation.