Light, resistant, versatile. Plastic is present almost everywhere in every industry segments and its being featured in civil construction. These materials can be used in roof tiles, windows, floors, water tanks, coating, hydraulic systems, ventilation, structural parts, and aesthetics.
Plastic is conquering the construction sector by having characteristics such as anti-corrosion, thermal and acoustic isolation, flexibility, durability, impermeability, resistance, and sustainability. These properties contributes for making the construction more efficient, durable, safe, and environmentally sustainable.
Learn about the advantages of plastic in civil construction
The plastic brings acoustic and thermal comfort for buildings, as well as less costs in construction and smaller environment impacts, promoting the reduction of energy and other materials use.
The plastic products are light and easy for transport, storage, and handling. Because of their low cost and versatility, they are easy installation, operation, and maintenance. For being more resistant and durable, not rust and have such a result gain productivity in construction.
In between solutions submitted, the constructive system in PVC concrete possibility builds a house such complete finishing in up to a week, reducing losses with rubbish and water and energy consumed.
Discover the solutions made possible by rotational molding
In civil construction, plastic is widely used in finishing works, in internal metal components, bathroom and kitchen accessories, electrical (switches and circuit breakers) and in construction infrastructure (forms).
Polyethylene water tanks
Generally, the Polyethylene water tanks are manufactured in a mechanical rotomoulding process, producing a seamless product.
For being a non-toxic raw material, polyethylene has been used to produce the water reservoir with success. Big companies in this sector, which used to produce water tanks traditionally, started using the rotomoulding process, which allows production with lower investment.
Manufacturing in a single PEMDL layer, in shuttle and carousel model machines, the company Tigre rotomolded waters tank offers a dimensional differential for the market because it features low height, connecting the economy, and quality in a unique solution.
Manholes for basic sanitation
Manholes for sanitation and big reservoirs make it possible to pack potable water, with a capacity higher than 5 thousand liters, predicting new residential condominiums and industrial demands.
Developed for infrastructure or sanitation construction, the polyethylene manholes are practices and allow inspection, as well as the easy equipment introduction for cleaning the net quickly.
Besides present fundamental characteristics, such as thermal stability, impact resistance, impermeability, and safe use, the rotomolded manholes also offer more agility for the construction, inspection, and maintenance.
Mortar boxes
This product is used as a bowl for mortar. For being a rotomolded product, it is light, resistant, with easy handling and cleaning. Also used for collecting rubble and general construction cleaning.
Bubbledeck System
Petrochemical sector companies, such as Braskem, utilize the rotomolded bubbledeck system. They use plastic spheres to reduce slab height, taking the concrete space when haven’t structural function, bringing more economy and sustainability. This technology in construction reduces the concrete use by 25% and contributes for CO2 emission reduction in 46kg (101lb) by m² of construct slab.
Polyethylene manholes
Plastic usage is also successfully in sanitation. Manholes that take polyethylene are durable, resistant, with simple installation and maintenance, as well as economical, and environmentally friendly.
Rubble collecting ducts
This equipment solves time and cleaning problems, also avoiding the risk of accidents at the construction site. It leads vertical construction residue to the disposal bucket in a safe manner, gaining time and optimizing the construction phases.
Because it has so many advantages and allows for such varied applications, rotomolded plastic must win more space in the civil construction sector.
