Context

Hotel Football is an upscale sports-themed hotel created by Manchester United's legendary "Class of 92" players. It is famous for its unmatched stadium views, rooftop 5-a-side football pitch, and immersive football-centric amenities

Newton Specialist Basement Contractor Trace Basements was appointed at the design stage to waterproof the Hotel Football internally using Newton System 500.

Solution

Newton combined waterproofing systems were applied to the Hotel in Manchester as part of a complex waterproofing design.

NSBC Trace Basements were chosen as experts to waterproof The Hotel Football.

Waterproofing The Hotel Football was a complex waterproofing project. Due to the sloped ground, the slab is at 4 levels with steps along. There is a retaining wall comprising pile, capping beam, multi level slabs, upstands and blockwork off either slab or upstand. The upstands are all kickerless, therefore there are multiple construction joints and also pipe penetrations.

Trace applied:

  • 101F / Angle Joint tape reinforcement along construction joints in the same plane

  • 107 construction joint fillet details at horizontal and vertical changes of direction

  • 101F membrane from underside of cavity tray to 500mm down the outer face down past the capping beam / slab construction joint.

  • Newton 104 Crystalline Waterproofing to the concrete structure to provide primary resistance to the penetration of water.

Other structural waterproofing materials used:

  • 306 Swell Mastic with the waterbar.

  • Newton 403 Hydrobond below ground around 4No lift pits, one being a double lift.

  • 309 Contact Adhesive sealing the Hydrobond bottom side around to the pile caps under the lift pits.

  • 207 DeckDrain externally over the pile cap face / slab top along the canal side and externally on the capping beam and slab face/slab top all around at the upper ground floor.

  • Flexproof-XI to seal vertical gaps between below cavity tray blockwork and structural columns.

Outcome

The flexible characteristics of Newton 101F flexible waterproof membrane allowed for a seamless waterproofing across the deck, vertical upstands and joints.

Newton 107 QuickFillet fast setting mortar allowed for minimal down time, even in challenging weather conditions.

Products used in the project

CDM 500 SYSTEM

The most reliable waterproofing solution for any space below ground, the Newton CDM System combines decades of experience with the highest quality BBA certified membranes , bespoke sump and pump configurations, back-up systems, telemetry and ancillaries.

101F modified cementitious coating

A two-component acrylic modified cementitious coating. It is the ideal product to waterproof and re-surface concrete and masonry. 101F is a hard wearing, seamless waterproofing solution which is very user friendly with simple on-site mixing methods.

104 CRYSTALLINE moisture protection

Applied to the surface of concrete, Newton 104 provides an in-depth protection against the movement of moisture through the capillaries and hairline cracks within the concrete.