Architectural cement features prominently on Thokoza’s new fire station A new fire station is being built in the heart of Thokoza on Khumalo Street. The building and civil work contractor, Buildagain Projects 203, is on schedule to complete the project on time for the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). When completed, […]
Primekss leads enlightening SFRC workshop Latvian based company, Primekss, a global leader in innovative concrete solutions, led another of its informative technical workshops in Johannesburg in March. The event, covered here by South African Builder, was staged in collaboration with ArcelorMittal. The workshop, which focused on “The structural application of steel fibre reinforced concrete […]
Supplier synergy: PPC / Calgro – Fleurhof case study South African Builder visits Fleurhof with Adrian Ford, contract manager for main contractor Calgro M3 Holdings and Rajesh Harripersadh, key account manager for cement supplier PPC. When two or more professional companies work together to achieve a common goal – in so doing deploying their combined […]
REPEAT BUSINESS FOR AFRISAM DRY MORTAR UNDERPINS BENEFITS TO INDUSTRY Contractors in the built environment face numerous challenges in the constrained market conditions of today. Primary amongst these is the need to dramatically improve productivity on site which is exacerbated by the fact that majority of projects are fast track. This places contractors under even […]
Training in concrete technology in high demand in Africa Training provided by The Concrete Institute’s School of Concrete Technology is increasingly in demand in a number of sub-Saharan countries. John Roxburgh, lecturer at the School of Concrete Technology, has recently conducted the School’s SCT20 Concrete Practice course in Lagos, Nigeria. The popular one-day course – […]