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(Right and below, right): A warehouse south of Johannesburg under construction with Peikko bolted connections.
“We’re partnering with developers, precast producers, construction companies, consulting engineers and other professionals in SA, familiarising them with the use of our products and systems.”
BOLTED STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS UNLOCK POTENTIAL FOR CONSTRUCTION
(Above): Peikko bolted connections were used to construct this warehouse in Germiston.
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PRECAST | ISSUE ONE | 2021
Faster, more efficient construction is what drives Peikko, the world’s foremost supplier of concrete connections and composite beams for both precast and cast-in-situ construction. In 2018 Peikko extended its reach into Africa, establishing Peikko South Africa as the company’s 34th global outlet. This had an immediate and positive impact on SA’s construction sector. Peikko’s maiden project was the construction of SA’s largest precast concrete structure to date: a seven-storey parkade at the Fourways Shopping Mall in Johannesburg. Built with precast columns using Peikko bolted connections, the entire installation was completely propless and its repetitive modular technique yielded faster construction, improved engineering, earlier occupation, better safety and minimal- to-no interrup-
