James Hockey

Spend my life dealing with problem basements, or preventing them. One fifth of the Hockey construction team.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

If you started today, completing one project per day, it would take you over 50 years before you caught us on project completions. One survey per day and you would need 137 years plus.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Check out my latest article: Basement Waterproofing and Combined Protection - Why always Type C Cavity Drainage? https://t.co/5DeAZIUh5f via @LinkedIn

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Condensation Case Study https://t.co/HnH4Vp7gTq

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

'It smells damp'​... What Does this Actually Mean? https://t.co/S2rv4Zg4nD

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Hydrostatic Pressure and Leaky Basements. https://t.co/7jyFR9VrRR

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Example of #Newton 109-LM liquid applied external tanking applied to a series of new-build houses into a sloping site. The structures comprise a retaining wall bearing onto a strip footing with beam and block forming the floors on the downhill side. Al…https://t.co/nBjc8VYMyN

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Building Salts! https://t.co/d55ZnFGapx

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Damp Meters – The Root of all Evil? https://t.co/5Cwthkt1H9

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

If you started today, completing one project per day, it would take you over 50 years before you caught us on project completions. One survey per day and you would need 137 years plus.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Designing waterproofing within room to receive a Faraday cage applied over membrane wall linings and 5t MRI scanner bearing onto floor.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Just hit our 30,000th survey since we reset the number, when GPI guarantee insurance was set up in the 80's..!

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Designing waterproofing today for archive storage of historical documentation and artifacts dating back to the 1700's.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Spoke with Structural Eng. yesterday who sat CSSW, he said before he was sceptical of internal w/proofing, post is sceptical of external..!

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Presenting on 'Common Defects in Basements' at an RICS CPD event today, my favourite subject :)

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

@NewtonWPSystems Enjoyed. Thanks for having them! Interesting what we can achieving in programming the battery back-up systems, innovative

[Resolve @resolveBIM]

Excited to work with @oculus touch beyond gaming. Another great example of how #VR will revolutionize #architecture.

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Many thanks to the PCA who asked me to speak on 'bringing and maintaining quality control on site', at their confere…https://t.co/t3CdQABxCK

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Very much enjoyed speaking at the @PCAPropertyCare waterproofing conference yesterday, hope attendees found it useful

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James Hockey @TraceBasements shares a contractor's view on providing quality on site at #PCAConference

[James Hockey @TraceBasements]

Use of artificial grass influences rate of surface water infiltration (versus real) and therefore contributes to saturation of the ground