Wet & Wild Aqua Park in Dubai - coloured concrete courtesy of Roy Hatfield Ltd

The Chicago Beach Aqua Park in Dubai is just the place to cool off in the heat of the day.

The twists and turns of the 'river rapids' were achieved by integrally colouring concrete with HATCRETE Colourmix in a bespoke colour. This was sprayed onto a metal formwork and carved out. 'Rocks' and 'river beds' were created in the same way.

Decorative paving utilising HATCRETE Colour Hardener surrounds the nearby bungalow complex. With temperatures over 42 degrees celsius it was important that all pigments conformed to the highest quality standards and were UV fast and permanent.