No. 03.

09 February 2009

Tunnel Waterproofing

Standards

Combination product
Membrane1 without
geotextile

Raw Material:

1
2

Membrane backed
with geotextile2

PVC-P

PVC-P/ PP

Thickness incl. signal layer

EN 1849-2
(DIN 16726-5.3, DIN 53352)

>= 2 mm

not relevant

Elongation (cross & machine direction)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

>= 200%

>= 60%

Tensile strength (cross & machine direction)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

>= 12 N/mm2

Flexibility (Section Elasticity Module E1-2)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

<= 20 N/mm

Burst strength/ /Multi-Axial-Elongation

prEN 14151 (DIN 53861)/ 1 m

RVS 8T/ 0.4 m

>= 50%
>= 80%

Low temperature behaviour/ No Cracks at -20C

EN 495-5

fulfile

fulfile

Heat distortion Dimensional stability (6h/80C)

DIN 16726-5.13 (SIA V280-4;EN1107-2)

<= 2 %

<= 3 %

Behaviour under hydrostatic pressure 10bar/10h

EN 1928 (DIN 16726-5.11)

no leakage

not relevant

Thermal ageing (70d/70C)

Change of weight
Change of elongation

EN 1296 (SIA V280-8, DIN 16726-5.13)

Behaviour after storage in warm water (8 month/ 50 C)

Change of weight
Change of elongation
No Cracks at -20C

SIA V280-13 (acc. to EN 14415

(DIN 53495, DIN 16726-5.18)

Long term compression strength, 48 h

SIA V 280-14

Impact resistance (500g)/ Dynamic perforation test:

No leakage at

EN 12691 (SIA V280-15; DIN 16726-5.12)

Behaviour after storage in H2SO3(5%)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

<= 10%

Behaviour after storage in Ca(OH)2(sat.)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

<= 10%

Behaviour after storage in NaCl(10%)/ Hydrolyse

Change of elongation
Change of weight

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

Behaviour after storage in (5% Na2SO4 & 1% MgSO4)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

360d/30C

Micro-organism (6 month/29 C)
Change of weight

SIA V 280-17 (EN 12225/DIN 53739)

Resistance to root penetration (cut & cover)

prEN 14416 -2002

(DIN 4062-4.7/ SIA V 280-11)

Pass

not relevant

Peel strength between geotextile and membrane

according EN 12316-2

not relevant

>= 20 N/ 50 mm

Fire resistance

-Norm 3800-1

B1

B2

Behaviour of the welding seam at shearing

DVS 2225-Part2/5 (EN 12317-2)

break outside seam

break outside seam

or

>= 1500N/50 mm
not relevant
or

>= 50%
>= 80%

or

not relevant
<= 2.0%
<= 10%
not relevant
<= 4 %
<= 10 %
fulfile
no leakage at 7 N/mm2

not relevant
not relevant

>= 750 mm
not relevant

not relevant

not relevant

1968

1983

2006

Waterproofing Membranes for Gotthard

Base Tunnel (Switzerland) and
Vienna-St. Plten Railway Line (Austria)

not relevant
<= 10%
not relevant
<= 6%

PVC-P without DOP plasticizer, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection

PP-500 g/sqm, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection

Sika Services AG
Corporate Business Unit Contractors
Speckstrasse 22
CH-8330 Pfffikon
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 436 23 64
Fax +41 58 436 23 77
www.sika.com

2006

<= 10%
<= 1%

Our most current General Sales Conditions shall apply.

Please consult the Product Data Sheet prior to any use and processing.

Corporate Marketing / BU Contractors / 03.09 February 2009 / HBr

Describtion

Sika at Work

The Technical Material Characteristics of Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500 for the Project Perschling:

New Fixing Technologies with Geotextile Backed

Membranes
Waterproofing Membranes: Sikaplan 14.6 Neat Felt 200
Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500

Gotthard Base Tunnel

The 57 km long Gotthard base tunnel in Switzerland is the core piece
of the first flat-country railway line crossing the Alps and it is sheduled
to open in 2012.
The Consortium IGS under the overall management of Sika Bau AG/
Zrich has taken the order for installation of a drained waterproofing
membrane for the TBM-driven sections Bodio (16.5 km) and Faido
(15.1 km) including the multifunction area Faido.

Vienna-St. Plten Railway Line

Sika Products

Fixing discs (roundels) including a Hook & Loop tape are installed to
provide adequate support and a close fit over the entire shotcrete
surface. The waterproofing membrane backed with a 200 g/sqm
PP geotextile is laid inside the tunnel as a contra part to the Hook &
Loop system with sufficient slack to prevent overstressing during
concreting.

The new high capacity Vienna-St.Plten railway line is part of a larger

scheme to upgrade the westbound axis (Westbahn) of the Austrian
Rapid Railway System. The Perschling tunnel chain consists of three
tunnels: Reiserbergtunnel: 1.3 km, Stierschweiffeldtunnel: 2.3 km
and Raingrubentunnel: 2.7 km. The tunnels are bored by one of the
strongest and biggest hard rock TBMs with a diameter of 13 m.

180.000 sqm of Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500

Sika Products

Waterproofing

1.8 Mio. sqm of Sikaplan 14.6 Neat Felt 200 (Neat System 216)

The waterproofing system is installed by mechanised operation

scaffolding on pre-cast-concrete elements (Tubbings) with a joint
distance of approx. 2 cm. The waterproofing membrane backed with
a 500 g/sqm PP geotextile, including one-side-geotextile-free welding
stripe of 80-100 mm, is laid by hot-setting-glue-method.

Waterproofing
The waterproofing system is installed by mechanised operation scaffolding on a shotcrete surface with a surface evenness of 10:1. To support
the optimal material characteristics (e.g. biaxial-elongation) to span
joints, cracks, fissures and gravel pockets, a loosely laid (spot fixed)
plastic sealing membrane is recommended.

Project Participants
Client: AlpTransit Gotthard AG
Project Management: AlpTransit Gotthard AG
Project Design + Site Management: Ingenieurgemeinschaft GotthardBasistunnel Sd
Contractor: Consortium TAT, Lead Contractor: Zschokke Locher AG
Membrane Applicator: Consortium IGS, Lead Contractor: Sika Bau AG
Zrich; Commercial Management: Tecton AG

Project Participants
Client: BB Infrastruktur Bau AG
Design: ILF (SMH)
Construction Company: Strabag AG
Membrane Applicator: STRABAG AG / Sub-Divison IP, Waterproofing
Department
Construction period: 2005 -2009
Installation period of the waterproofing: March/2007 - December/2008

No. 03.09 February 2009

Tunnel Waterproofing

Standards

Combination product
Membrane1 without
geotextile

Raw Material:

1
2

Membrane backed
with geotextile2

PVC-P

PVC-P/ PP

Thickness incl. signal layer

EN 1849-2
(DIN 16726-5.3, DIN 53352)

>= 2 mm

not relevant

Elongation (cross & machine direction)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

>= 200%

>= 60%

Tensile strength (cross & machine direction)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

>= 12 N/mm2

Flexibility (Section Elasticity Module E1-2)

ISO 527-1/3/5 (DIN 16726-5.6 / EN 12311-2)

<= 20 N/mm

Burst strength/ /Multi-Axial-Elongation

prEN 14151 (DIN 53861)/ 1 m

RVS 8T/ 0.4 m

>= 50%
>= 80%

Low temperature behaviour/ No Cracks at -20C

EN 495-5

fulfile

fulfile

Heat distortion Dimensional stability (6h/80C)

DIN 16726-5.13 (SIA V280-4;EN1107-2)

<= 2 %

<= 3 %

Behaviour under hydrostatic pressure 10bar/10h

EN 1928 (DIN 16726-5.11)

no leakage

not relevant

Thermal ageing (70d/70C)

Change of weight
Change of elongation

EN 1296 (SIA V280-8, DIN 16726-5.13)

Behaviour after storage in warm water (8 month/ 50 C)

Change of weight
Change of elongation
No Cracks at -20C

SIA V280-13 (acc. to EN 14415

(DIN 53495, DIN 16726-5.18)

Long term compression strength, 48 h

SIA V 280-14

Impact resistance (500g)/ Dynamic perforation test:

No leakage at

EN 12691 (SIA V280-15; DIN 16726-5.12)

Behaviour after storage in H2SO3(5%)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

<= 10%

Behaviour after storage in Ca(OH)2(sat.)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

<= 10%

Behaviour after storage in NaCl(10%)/ Hydrolyse

Change of elongation
Change of weight

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

90d/23C

Behaviour after storage in (5% Na2SO4 & 1% MgSO4)

Change of elongation

EN 1847 (SIA V280-18; DIN 16726-5.18)

360d/30C

Micro-organism (6 month/29 C)
Change of weight

SIA V 280-17 (EN 12225/DIN 53739)

Resistance to root penetration (cut & cover)

prEN 14416 -2002

(DIN 4062-4.7/ SIA V 280-11)

Pass

not relevant

Peel strength between geotextile and membrane

according EN 12316-2

not relevant

>= 20 N/ 50 mm

Fire resistance

-Norm 3800-1

B1

B2

Behaviour of the welding seam at shearing

DVS 2225-Part2/5 (EN 12317-2)

break outside seam

break outside seam

or

>= 1500N/50 mm
not relevant
or

>= 50%
>= 80%

or

not relevant
<= 2.0%
<= 10%
not relevant
<= 4 %
<= 10 %
fulfile
no leakage at 7 N/mm2

not relevant
not relevant

>= 750 mm
not relevant

not relevant

not relevant

1968

1983

2006

Waterproofing Membranes for Gotthard

Base Tunnel (Switzerland) and
Vienna-St. Plten Railway Line (Austria)

not relevant
<= 10%
not relevant
<= 6%

PVC-P without DOP plasticizer, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection

PP-500 g/sqm, acc. to RVS 8T (08/2004), external-quality-inspection

Sika Services AG
Corporate Business Unit Contractors
Speckstrasse 22
CH-8330 Pfffikon
Switzerland
Phone +41 58 436 23 64
Fax +41 58 436 23 77
www.sika.com

2006

<= 10%
<= 1%

Our most current General Sales Conditions shall apply.

Please consult the Product Data Sheet prior to any use and processing.

Corporate Marketing / BU Contractors / 03.09 February 2009 / HBr

Describtion

Sika at Work

The Technical Material Characteristics of Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500 for the Project Perschling:

New Fixing Technologies with Geotextile Backed

Membranes
Waterproofing Membranes: Sikaplan 14.6 Neat Felt 200
Sikaplan WP 2160-21 Felt 500