Concrete Offers Myriad Advantages Due to its durability, versatility, aesthetic appeal, cost-effectiveness and availability, concrete is changing the face of South Africa’s landscape with cutting-edge architects and engineers increasingly making concrete their material of choice. Here, Bryan Perrie, MD of The Concrete Institute, (TCI) deals with the benefits of the world’s oldest and most popular […]
AST Sand Mines announces a “maiden” quartzite resource, strategically located to supply roadstone and silica sand to the infrastructure and construction sectors in East Pretoria and the Moloto corridor in KwaMhlanga Van Dykspruit quarry, owned by AST and located on the Gauteng and Mpumelanga provincial border, declared its maiden quartzite-roadstone resource recently as management initiated their […]
Ideal – and essential: Introduction to Concrete The Concrete Institute’s School of Concrete Technology will this year again present a basic – but “absolutely essential” – training course in concrete technology for diverse operational levels in the construction sector. John Roxburgh, senior lecturer at the School of Concrete Technology in Midrand, says the aptly-named two-day […]
AfriSam recycles concrete in its sustainability drive Readymix concrete that is returned to the supplier for various reasons has in the past created an environmental headache, but AfriSam is now able to recycle this material for road-building purposes. While readymix suppliers must always be prepared to accommodate a certain portion of returned concrete from site […]
Efficient stormwater drainage solutions The Beany Block Ineffective drainage causes a multitude of issues when areas such as roadways, parking lots, walkways and areas around buildings become swamped with large volumes of non-dispersing water. The Beany Block from Technicrete – a member of the ISG Group- is an efficient and practical solution for effective drainage […]
A commitment cast in concrete In April 2018, at its Peninsula Quarry operations near Cape Town, AfriSam’s top management team re-affirmed it’s long term commitment, further entrenchment and investment of assets and resources in the Western Cape. AfriSam is renowned for its presence and dedication over decades of construction in the Western Cape, including the […]