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concrete. The biggest challenge was
to maintain accurate measurements
on each floor and to keep the building
square,” says Pimentel. The fact that
ESA’s slabs are manufactured at its
factory off site and are produced to
exact tolerances, meant that there
was little room for error on site.
Despite these challenges, work
progressed as planned and six
months of construction time was
shaved off the original expected
completion date. “By using ESA’s
products we had substantial time
savings and the quality of the prod-
uct is excellent.” says Pimentel. This
is the second project that Boutel
Projects has completedwith ESA and
the working relationship has proved
mutually beneficial.
CraigWebber, Director at ESA, says
that his company’s intention right
from the outset has been to deliver
a top-quality product and service
to clients and to develop long-term
working relationships. “We are proud
to be able to take on a project of
this magnitude and deliver benefits
for our clients. We look forward to
working on more projects with Bou-
tel,” he says. Elematic South Africa
manufactures precast hollow core
concrete slabs for the South African
market and is a well-established
international brand. The company
was established in Finland in 1959
and has since set up precast produc-
tion plants inmore than 70 countries
worldwide. As part of the Consolis
Group, which focuses on research
and development in cement and
precast concrete products, Elematic
is backed by extensive knowledge
and experience. Elematic SouthAfrica
supplies the latest available technol-
ogy in precast concrete products. Its
state-of-the-art production facility
on Gauteng’s East Rand is ISO 9001
certified and all its products carry the
SABS mark of quality.
For further information contact
Elematic South Africa on 011 423 2700
or visit
www.elematic.co.za■
T
he Concrete Institute’s School
of Concrete Technology (SCT)
will be presenting seven Con-
crete Practice and five Concrete
Technology courses in the secondhalf
of this year. John Roxburgh, lecturer
at SCT says that the four-day SCT20
Concrete Practice course (four CPD
points) covers aspects such as the
properties of concrete, materials and
mix proportions, concrete produc-
tion, placing, transporting, protection
and curing, formwork, defects and
repairs, and concrete pavements.
“The course has a relatively low ad-
mission requirement –English literacy
and basic arithmetic – and provides
initial training for construction indus-
try staff, who hold a supervising or
marketing role in their company and
would like to concentrate on concrete
technology,” said Roxburgh.
SCT20 Concrete Practice will be
presented at The Concrete Institute’s
premises in Midrand from June 8 to
11, July 27 to 30, August 24 to 27, Sep-
tember 28 to October 1, and Novem-
ber 2 to 5. It will also be presented in
Concrete technology
Durban fromSeptember 15 to 18; and
in Cape Town from October 13 to 16.
SCT30 (five CPD points) is a more
intensive course which has proved
extremely popular with employees
of the construction sector. It is also
suitable for experienced technicians
and technologists and an excellent
medium for gaining detailed knowl-
edge of how cement and concrete
works. It is also recommended as a
follow-on course for those who have
completed the SCT20 training.
The SCT30 syllabus covers basi-
cally the same subjects as SCT20
but in much more depth, to build
on the knowledge gained in SCT20.
This popular concrete technology
course will be presented in Midrand
from August 17 to 21, and also from
November 23 to 27. The Durban date
is October 26 to 30, and Cape Town,
November 9 to 13.
Both courses include sessions in
the laboratory.
For further information, contact
011 315 0300 or email: rennishas@
theconcreteinstitute.org.za
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