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    The document discusses a waterproofing project for the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sika Vietnam provided the waterproofing solution using various Sika membrane and coating systems to waterproof different areas of the tower, including the 7th floor, 48th floor and 68th floor. The project required waterproofing solutions for exposed roofs, penetrations and an area with automatic cleaning equipment.

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    The document discusses a waterproofing project for the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sika Vietnam provided the waterproofing solution using various Sika membrane and coating systems to waterproof different areas of the tower, including the 7th floor, 48th floor and 68th floor. The project required waterproofing solutions for exposed roofs, penetrations and an area with automatic cleaning equipment.

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    The document discusses a waterproofing project for the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sika Vietnam provided the waterproofing solution using various Sika membrane and coating systems to waterproof different areas of the tower, including the 7th floor, 48th floor and 68th floor. The project required waterproofing solutions for exposed roofs, penetrations and an area with automatic cleaning equipment.

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    The document discusses a waterproofing project for the Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sika Vietnam provided the waterproofing solution using various Sika membrane and coating systems to waterproof different areas of the tower, including the 7th floor, 48th floor and 68th floor. The project required waterproofing solutions for exposed roofs, penetrations and an area with automatic cleaning equipment.

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    The document discusses the waterproofing of Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam using Sika products like Sarnafil and Sikalastic.

    Bitexco Financial Tower is the tallest building in Ho Chi Minh City at 269m tall. It has over 100,000 sqm of floor area across 68 storeys of office space and retail space. The complex cost over $220 million USD to build.

    The main roof areas on different floors needed a waterproofing solution. On the 48th floor, there were also penetrations and equipment that required waterproofing. The 7th floor required a loose laid and fully adhered membrane system.

    No. 33.

    10 – November 2010 Commercial Building

    Sika at Work

    Bitexco Financial Tower


    Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
    Roofing: Sarnafil®
    Sikalastic® MTC

    Innovation & since


    Consistency 1 9 1 0
    Project Description Project Requirements
    Bitexco Financial Tower is located in the business district of the Ho Chi Minh The main roof exposed on the different floors needed to be waterproofed.
    City. The challenge was to select a qualified product (Sika Sarnafil®
    PVC membrane) and an experienced roofing contractor, and Sika
    The tower occupies a ground area of 6’000 m² and has over 100’000 m² Vietnam got a “Gold Sarnafil” contractor in Vietnam.
    floor area. It consists of an office area of 68 storeys a retail podium of
    five-storey, and a below-ground five-storey area, for parking and On 48th floor, at the hight of 200 m, the customer was looking for a
    operation equipments. solution to waterproof a number of penetrations on the roof and to
    waterproof the open area where BUM (Automatic cleaning for curtain
    The shape of the tower is designed like the shape of a lotus flower bud, wall façade) were installed.
    the national flower of Vietnam. The whole structure is made of concrete.
    For 7th floor, a double solution with loose laid membrane systems was
    The total estimated cost of this project is more than $ 220 million USD. needed.
    Bitexco Financial Tower will be the tallest building in the city with 269 m
    height.
    Sika Solution
    Sika Vietnam won the waterproofing package of that project due to a deep
    involvement since the beginning of the construction with the project
    management team as well as with the main contractor.

    For 7th floor: Sika® Sarnafil® G476 15 loose laid membrane system,
    under protective screed and Sika® Sarnafil® G410 12 Felt
    fully adhered system were used.

    For 48th floor, due to a lot of detailing and the rails of the cleaning machine
    for the glazing, Sikalastic® MTC12 was chosen to be the most
    suitable to be applied in an easy and efficient way to give waterproof.

    For 68th floor: fully adhered exposed system with Sika® Sarnafil®
    G410 12 Felt was used.

    The roof build up and design for wind uplift calculation was done with the
    support of Sika Singapore and Sika Sarnafil Shanghai in order to ensure
    that the best quality is installed on the customer’s tallest project. Sika
    Vietnam also offered a site demonstration and mock-up to prove our
    system performances.
    Project Participants BU Contractor sales and technical team
    Developer: Bitexco Group (Vietnam) Sebastien Godard: BU Contractor manager
    Supervisory Consultant & Project Manager: M. Dinh Tran Ngoc: Roofing specialist
    Turner Construction Company (USA) M. Le Vu Bang: BU contractor sales supervisor
    Architect: Carlos Zapata Studio Architects (USA)
    Foundation Contractor:
    Delta Industrial & Civil Construction Co., Ltd (Vietnam)
    Building Contractor: Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd (Korea)
    Waterproofing contractor: Misu Construction (Sika applicator)
    Project Manager: Sika Company: Sika Limited (Vietnam)
    © Sika Services AG / BU Contractors / CMS / sg / 11.2010

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