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Various combinations of Aveng Infraset’s Villa flagstone and York Cobble pavers enhance the pavement areas at Jean Crossing. The York Cobbles were used for flower-bed edging and as accent lines between the Villa flagstones.
Aveng Infraset pavers add lustre to Gauteng shopping centre Aveng Infraset’s newly-launched Villa, a dry-pressed flagstone paver, and York Cobble, a dry-pressed cobble paver, have been used to enhance the walkways at Jean Crossing, a recently completed shopping centre situated off Jean Avenue in Centurion, Gauteng. A total of 2 460m² Villa pavers and 405m² of York Cobble pavers were specified for Jean Crossing. In addition, the open car park that flanks the centre, was paved with 22 500m² of Aveng Infraset’s interlocking G-Blok pavers and ±2 000m² of York Cobbles, the latter having been used to demarcate a pedestrian walkway through the car park. The pavers were specified by JL Design Architects and the paving contract was awarded to Pave Corner to Corner by the project’s main contractor and developer, Mike Buyskes Construction. According Aveng Infraset Landscape Products Sales Manager, Brennan Small, this is the first time that both pavers have been used on a major project. ‘It was also the first time that Villa flagstones and York Cobbles had been combined in a single project,’ Small noted. The paving product mix comprises 2 250m² Villa Marble (250 x 500 x 60mm) that were combined with 210m² Villa Tan pavers (250 x 250 x 60mm). Additionally, 405m² of York Cobbles in grey and charcoal were used for flower-bed edging and as accent lines between the Villa pavers. Hennie Langeveld from Pave Corner to Corner explains the Villa flagstone and York cobble combination offer an aesthetically pleasing finish and is more cost-effective than a wet cast paving alternative.
‘The architects were impressed with what we achieved on this project and complimented Pave Corner to Corner and Mike Buyskes Construction on our combined input. The fact that Pave Corner to Corner also enjoys a good relationship with Aveng Infraset, which provides us with excellent personal and back-up service, was an added bonus,’ Langeveld added. Small says Villa and York Cobble pavers are manufactured at Aveng Infraset’s new Masa plant at Rossway, Midrand. ‘Masa is one of the world’s most technically advanced paving and retaining block plant manufacturers and has introduced new, and in many instances, unique product options for landscape architects and other construction professionals. In addition to the Villa and York Cobble ranges, it has extended our landscape product offering to include exposed aggregate pavers and kerbs. Moreover, the plant has also been used to upgrade our existing landscape paving range,’ Small concluded. The state-of-the-art plant includes steel production pallets for enhanced vibration transference, in-line washing and sealing, ageing and waving techniques and a specially-insulated curing chamber. It also boasts a brand new colour blending facility that is faster and more accurate than earlier generation blenders.
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