Precast • Issue 1 • 2020

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EQUIPMENT SHELTERS

The risk of theft of railway signalling

to reduce tampering, theft and damage.

units, batteries and equipment f or

Cast in one complete structure,

cellphone towers, security surveillance

with a cast-in base and thick, high-

electronics, photo-voltaic and wind

strength walls, the shelter is virtually

farms and other high-value support

impene tr able. Damage to or entr y

and back-up equipment can be reduced

through walls or the roof is also reduced

through the installation of equipment

due to the use of a very high steel

shelters from CMA member Rocla.

content in the manufacture of the units.

The company has partnered with

Each unit has two holes on either side

entities such as Transnet and South

for handling and installation, a specialised

African Railways to provide custom-

heavy-duty door and sufficient space

designed precast concrete security

inside for equipment and movement.

units to house all the equipment which is

T hese holes also provide suf ficient

required to control the signalling units. These units are placed alongside the railway track next to the signal units.

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ventilation, while still maintaining the mortar solutions are vulnerable. The design team at Rocla ensured

security of the unit, for equipment housed inside.

Rocla’s precast concrete equipment

that the unit design was practical

The equipment shelter is a cost-

shelter is a durable concrete structure

for handling and transportation, yet

ef fective and reliable solution that

that can be custom-manufactured to

strong enough to deter possible break-

can be applied across a multitude of

meet the client’s requirements and is

in attempts. Replacement costs of

industries.

able to withstand the kind of attempted

sensitive equipment are exorbitant and

break-ins to which typical bricks-and-

the equipment shelter is a solid solution

(Above): Security box shelters.

The Latest Technology in Precast Prestressed Concrete Products

Tel: 011 423 2700 / Fax: 011 423 2717 info@elematicsa.co.za / www.elematic.co.za

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