Construction World March 2016

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

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.

The new 200-bed Netcare Pholoso

Private Hospital, which opened its

doors on 21 September 2015, installed

Technicrete’s Earthform garden blocks

in the boundary retaining walls and

kerbs in the hospital parking facility.

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.