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The Esker Education Together National School in Dublin was financed and constructed as part of the Department of Education and Skills’ Rapid Build Programme. The two-storey build consisted of 16 classrooms, six support teaching classrooms, a hall, library, staff room, two ball courts, a play area and associated ancillary accommodation. Construction was completed within the planned 34-week timeline, in time for the start of the academic year in September. More than 1,200m of Wavin Tigris K1 pipe was installed during a 16-week period.

At a two-storey barn conversion, a comprehensive Hep₂O underfloor heating system from Wavin has been specified to provide cost-effective and efficient heat distribution across both floors – helping the building to achieve BREEAM and CoSH targets for energy efficiency and thermal performance.

For a new £60 million hotel development in Bournemouth, the management and control of surface water required a proven long term solution which could work on a challenging sloping site. AquaCell Prime, a geocellular stormwater management unit from Wavin, the UK’s leading manufacturer of plumbing, rainwater and drainage systems, was up for the challenge.

Humberside Police HQ in Hull lies in an area particularly vulnerable to flooding. On June 23rd 2007 the worst happened and the site had to be evacuated. Within a year, plans were being developed to prevent a recurrence.

At a £9 million care home development in Sunderland, sound proofing between apartments was a key requirement which led to the specification of the Wavin AS System, an internal drainage system which offered low noise, durability and ease of installation.

The K1 Multilayer Press-fit Plumbing System for potable, sanitary and heating applications has been installed throughout the site of a Monastery situated in the heart of Crossgar, County Down. K1 from Certus, Wavin’s approach to above ground drainage and plumbing for industrial, public, commercial and multi-occupancy buildings, now forms the integral plumbing for a new heating system installed during the complete restoration of Tobar Mhuire, a 1950’s Passionist Order institution.