PROJECTS
COVER STORY 2
37 MAXIMISING PROPERT Y INVESTMENT
WHAT’S IN A MOULD?
INDUSTRY NEWS 5
CMA ACROSS THE COUNTRY
7
COASTAL FEEDBACK MEETINGS
8
GETTING ROOFING RIGHT
9
Q&A WITH THE CMA DIRECTOR
20
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21 LONG-LASTING PAVERS 24 ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS FOR SOUGHT-AFTER LUXURY APARTMENTS 27 12M-HIGH RETAINING WALL SYSTEM
41 CONCRETE BIBLE UPDATED
TECHNICAL
12
40 ADDING GRACE TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
41 PHOTO CORRECTION
GLOBAL VIEW
28
14 PRECAST ROADWAY SOLUTIONS GLOBALLY
PRODUCTS
42
17 NEW PAVING BLOCKS LAUNCHED 17 DEMOULDING MADE EASIER
32 MAKING SAFET Y A PRIORIT Y
19 MASONRY MANUFACTURING MACHINES
34 COST-CUTTING LEADS TO CBR WALL FAILURES
PRECAST is the mouthpiece for the Concrete Manufacturers’ Association - CMA Concrete Manufacturers’ Association Physical Address: Office 0400, Standard Plaza Building, 440 Hilda St, Hatfield, Pretoria Postal Address: Post Net Suite 334 Private Bag X 15, Menlo Park, 0102 Tel: (+27 11) 805 6742 Fax: (+27) 86 524 9216 E-mail: admin@cma.org.za Website: www.cma.org.za Publishers: Isikhova Publishing & Communications Postal Address: PO Box 651793, Benmore, 2010, South Africa Tel: (+27 11) 883 4627 Fax: (+27 11) 783 2677 Website: www.isikhova.co.za Publisher: Andrew Meyer Tel: (+27 11) 883 4627 E-mail: andrewm@isikhova.co.za Consulting editor: Raymond Campling Tel: 076 297 2775 E-mail: media@mediasavvy.biz
Coastal editorial: David Beer Tel: 082 880 6726 E-mail: david.bigsky@gmail.com
ISSUE ONE • 2017
R49.00
THE CMA – QUALITY CAST IN CONCRETE
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• Getting roofing right • Meccano-style V&A parkade • Why CBR walls fail
ON THE COVER PMSA believes that a mould is one of the important tools in the brick, paving and hollow block precast manufacturers’ arsenal, as it has an immediate and direct impact on production in terms of volumes and quality produced. Contrary to the belief of some in the concrete manufacturing industry that a “mould is a mould”, there is sufficient evidence to prove that a carefully designed and well-made mould has the potential to turn a small profit into a bigger one.