Tampines Care Home is a new nursing home with 300 beds and a senior centre located in Tampines North. The eight-story building with two adjoining blocks will be the third and biggest to be run by Vanguard Heatlhcare, a nursing operator. While the project is still in its early stages, it is set to open in the second half of 2018.

Tampines Care Home is a new nursing home with 300 beds and a senior centre located in Tampines North. The eight-story building with two adjoining blocks will be the third and biggest to be run by Vanguard Heatlhcare, a nursing operator. While the project is still in its early stages, it is set to open in the second half of 2018.

One challenge faced in a fast developing city like Singapore is ensuring productivity levels of all construction work is first-rate. To help meet its deadline, Wavin Tigris K1 is the piping solution chosen by the project developers to build an efficient and noiseless plumbing system. Wavin Tigris K1 was chosen for its capability to adapt to situations and for its secure connections. This efficient Wavin pipes solution can be installed quickly and with ease using minimal resources and equipment, thus boosting the productivity of plumbing works by 30% in the in Tampines Care Home project.

Wavin is known for thinking outside of the box. Typically Wavin’s Tegra manholes are used for waste-water transport. But when the seismic measuring station on the small island of Hopen (in Norway) needed to be renewed, the seismological equipment had to be protected from all weather conditions. After testing many possibilities, the Wavin Tegra 1000 became the chosen solution both for housing this specialized equipment and for keeping it safe and dry.

Tree roots growing inside sewer pipes are not an uncommon problem. They thrive on oxygen, so they will not grow in pipes that are filled with water. Rather, they will propagate in a warm, moist and nutrient-rich environment. The subsequent sewer damage can be quite staggering, not to mention costly. Wavin examines the causes and effects of tree root growth in sewage systems, and what we can do to prevent damage in our underground infrastructure. 

The recent rash of torrential rainstorms across western Europe and indeed around the world has cast a bright spotlight on the serious problem of intensified flooding events.There are actually many preventative steps that can be taken to ensure that we remain safe. Here are ten solid initiatives, just to get the conversation started.

We’ve crossed the seasonal threshold from spring into summer and urban areas throughout Europe are feeling the heat more than ever. The densely-populated urban landscape of asphalt, brick, metal and dark rooftops soaks up an enormous amount of energy from sunlight – reflecting even more light. This energy absorption leads to an “urban heat island” – where cities experience higher-than-normal heat temperatures, as compared to surrounding areas. Climate change will cause this heat island effect to intensify in the years and decades to come. Wavin is a serious influencer in the movement towards urban climate resilience and so we’ve put together some tips on how to reduce heat stress in cities and towns across the continent.