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Ecoba Vietnam and Haseko Corp implement Civil Works Materials Testing Program

Company news

30/03/2021

From the beginning of 2021, Ecoba Vietnam cooperated with Haseko Japan to implement the program of Materials Testing according to BS, JIS, ASTM, AS  and TCVN standards for high-rise apartment buildings.

 

In the framework of the cooperation, the two sides have discussed and shared experiences on issues related to building materials and evaluation standards for building materials in Japan and Vietnam.

 

 

During the construction and survey of projects in Vietnam, engineers of Haseko Japan evaluated that waterproofing is one of the serious problems that Vietnamese projects often encounter. In order to have enough data on evaluation and comparison of the waterproofing materials available in the Vietnamese market and those imported from Japan, the engineers of Ecoba Vietnam and Haseko Japan conducted experiments with many samples of materials at Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology (IBTS) based on the following standards:

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1.         Tensile performance test (JIS A 6021)

2.         Crack-bridging ability test (BS EN 14891)

3.         Adhesion test (BS EN 14891)

4.         Water permeability test (JIS A 1404)

 

 

Also in the framework of the cooperation, engineers from Haseko Japan give detailed testing outlines of other materials used in construction to ensure safety and convenience for all projects that Haseko and Ecoba will build in the near future.

 

 

Haseko Corporation is one of the leading condominium contractors and development corporations in Japan with total assets of up to USD 6.8 billion, since 1968, Haseko has built 665,361 apartments (as of end of January 2021. The corporation has also built 10% of existing apartments in Japan, accounting for 32% market share of apartments in Osaka and Tokyo. Haseko started to invest in Vietnam market in 2012 as the Investor of “The Authentic”- high-end apartment projects according to Japanese standards.

 

The vision of Haseko is enhance its position in the Vietnamese market by integrating the technologies and solutions to build the Safe, Reliable and Comfort work under Japanese standards. In May 2020, Haseko became a shareholder of  Ecoba Vietnam JSC. This cooperation promises to provide high-end Japanese quality apartment products to the market.