Q1: What are the current major talking points in the industry? The increase in the number of Alternative Building Technologies (ABTs) is currently noteworthy. ABTs are employed, for example, to help reduce the increasing backlog of housing in South Africa – and the majority of the ABTs are essentially concrete systems. With ABTs, [...]
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Concreate partners with AfriSam to launch thermal concrete
As a light but strong building component, expanded polystyrene (EPS) concrete has high insulating properties and can create a stone-like surface for creative projects. Garden statues, curved projects, panels for energy-efficient homes, or unusual items such as concrete counter tops, can be created using EPS concrete. AfriSam Thermal Concrete, developed, produced and marketed by [...]
Concrete Manufacturers Association injects R80 000 towards housing provision
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) in collaboration with its member companies, Aveng Manufacturing and Technicrete together with Betcrete Gauteng, a licensee of Betcrete Western Cape and Eastern Ready Mix have collaborated with South African Government to build and sponsor a house for the disadvantaged community of the Sokhulumi Village near Bronkhorstspruit. CMA’s contribution is to [...]
Building on industry capacity with concrete
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) will be hosting an interactive workshop session at the annual Southern African Housing Foundation (SAHF) Conference in Cape Town on September 17 this year. In line with the overall theme of the conference, “Building capacity for delivery”, the central theme of the C&CI session, “Building upon industry capacity with [...]
Corobrik’s Fireside Travetine blends with the environment at Umdoni Retirement Village
Aesthetic appeal, low maintenance costs and increased comfort were key requirements during the design and construction of the beautiful Umdoni Retirement Village in Pennington on the South Coast of KwaZulu Natal, according to Corobrik’s Sales Manager – Coastal, Pat Moon. He said Corobrik’s Fireside Travertine FBA face bricks had become a signature characteristic of the [...]
Chryso fibres enhance the fire rating of concrete
Although concrete performs well under fire and high temperature conditions, it can be subject to explosive spalling. When included in the concrete mix, the Chryso fibres range provides cost effective, passive resistance to this violent phenomenon, says Matthew Barker, Chryso SA Mining Business Unit Manager. Barker says explosive spalling occurs when scalding pieces of concrete [...]
Concrete floors call for special measures and materials
Concrete used for the construction of industrial floors is unique and differs from that required for vertical structures, George Evans, concrete technologist at the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI), has stated. Evans was speaking on the proportioning and handling of concrete at FloorSem 2012 arranged by the Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA). He told [...]
The Afrisam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture entries close on 16 March
Concrete is, after water, the second most used product on the planet. This building material has established a reputation as the foundation of economic development and is in high demand by society for use in various infrastructural developments such as houses, schools, roads, dams and many other essential facilities. The production of cement, an ingredient [...]
Improvon uses Mapei waterproofing technology
Mapei South Africa, the local supplier of the concrete industry’s leading Mapei product range, supplied its unique Idrosilex Pronto and Mapelastic Foundation to Improvon, a large construction company, for use in the construction of sewage manholes at the new Montague Business Park in Milnerton, Cape Town. “Negative water pressure from large wastewater volumes damages [...]
Updated township-roads brochure highlights the benefits of concrete block paving
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has updated its ‘Township Roads’ paving brochure. Aimed at non-technical decision makers in national and local government, the brochure promotes the use of concrete block paving (CBP) for township roads. CMA director, Hamish Laing, says that although CBP has been used extensively for township roads, the potential for its [...]
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