Construction World March 2016

PHOLOSO HOSPITAL RETAINING WALLS

Hendrik Steenkamp, Technicrete ISG’s sales consul- tant said“Our Earthform garden blocks offer a supe- rior quality to other options on the market. They are well suited for projects that comprise retaining walls as they are simple and quick to install and can be stacked up to eight levels high. Earthform blocks also offer the facility for vegetation to be planted within the blocks giving an aesthetically pleasing finish. We supplied over 3 200 blocks to the Netcare Pholoso project. “Two factors made us choose Technicrete’s products, one is that they are SABS approved and the other is the competitive pricing that Technicrete ISG offers,“ said Faan Breytenbach, owner of Racs Civils who was contracted to the Netcare Pholoso Private Hospital development. “We used 2 700 metres of their Fig 7 semi-mountable kerb blocks throughout the parking areas and the Earthform blocks were well suited for the finished look we were tasked with achieving at the hospital. With the deadline for the doors on 21 September 2015, installed Technicrete’s Earthform garden blocks in the boundary retaining walls and kerbs in the hospital parking facility. > The new 200-bed Netcare Pholoso Private Hospital, which opened its

Technicrete ISG offers a vast range of paving, permeable paving, kerbing, blocks, precast walling and palisade fencing. The company also supplies the Technicrete Armorflex erosion control protection system suited to erosion control and drainage projects.

completion of the project being September, Technicrete ISG pulled out all the stops to supply the quantities of kerbs and blocks that we required, and they succeeded.” said Breytenbach.

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