Leading Japanese pipe systems provider, Technoflex, was contracted to provide essential infrastructure to the new Park Front Hotel. With a keen eye on cost and efficiency and a complete commitment to longterm performance and sustainability, Technoflex were immediately attracted to Wavin products.

The hotel sprinkler system runs through the entire site, and Technoflex decided on a combination of Wavin MLCP (multi-layer composite pipe) and its associated smartFIX fittings for the job.

With a complete catalogue of T-junctions, elbows and couplers along with a full range of pipe diameters, the Wavin MLCP pipe systems are particularly suited to complex installations.

Using a standard set of ergonomically advanced cutting and joining tools, installers will complete the Park Front Hotel pipe and sprinkler infrastructure on time and on budget to the highest standard – ready for the 600 room hotel’s June 2015 opening.

All building activity is managed under a single contract by this regional Italian health authority, and in order to maximize project efficiency, the main contractors chose partners who could meet the full range of requirements.

Wavin was recognised as one of the very few potential suppliers of all roof dispersal and internal drainage systems, including those required for all clean and waste water management.

Wavin's QuickStream siphonic roof drainage system ensures that rainwater can be efficiently dispersed and retained for re-use in irrigation and flushing, while the near-silent SiTech system enables low-noise waste water discharge so patients and staff are not disturbed. Low maintenance costs on all systems were also important and Wavin won here, too.

For Leonardo Alderighi, CEO of prime contractor Alderighi Impianti S.p.A., “Wavin was involved from the start, providing the highly specialised consultancy we required. It was essential that the practical implementation of roof and internal systems could be implemented without modification to the overall building design, and with Wavin’s expertise we achieved this.”

The extensive roof area of the new terminal included a mixture of traditional straight sections and highly distinctive lighting domes. The centrepiece of the terminal was itself a large roof dome.  These architectural features would make it difficult to establish a standard run-off for rainwater.

The use of traditional downpipes would also be impossible, due in part to the full-length glass walls. Not only did the design team need to respect the building’s aesthetic. They would also need a solution which allowed the downpipes to be installed as a largely standalone construction. In addition to draining roof surfaces effectively, the airport would need to channel excess water to storage tanks for re-use. These were located around 300 meters from the terminal building, and were almost level with it. This prevented the adoption of straight gravity-fed drainage.

Wavin was able to provide end-to-end solutions for rainwater dispersal from the roof; transport to the storage tanks; and indeed for the tanks themselves.  Wavin QuickStream was adopted for all collection and dispersal to the tanks, which were constructed using the highly modular Wavin Aquacell system.

The installation contractor, Hidro-Obras, was impressed not just by the ease with which all Wavin systems could be installed, but by the high quality of technical support offered by Wavin’s specialist design team throughout the project.