Construction World June 2015

PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS

CMA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2016 ANNOUNCED The Concrete Manufacturers Association NPC (CMA) has announced that its Awards for Excellence competition will be run during 2015/16. PPC, the leading supplier of cement in Southern Africa, is the anchor sponsor of the competition. • Aesthetics Residential (Private Single Dwellings) • Community Upliftment • Technical Excellence • Innovation • Precast for Life Six floating trophies will be presented to the manufacturers of the precast concrete elements in the nominated categories. In addition, commendation awards will be made to three runners-up per category providing these entries meet the standards of the judges. Entry leaflets, which cover the rules of the competition, and entry forms can be down- loaded off www.cma.org.za.

Entries will be judged on the contribution precast concrete elements make in one or more of the competition categories, i.e. the same project could be entered into more than one category. For example, a township paving project could contest several if not all six categories.

Trophies and commendation awards will be presented at a gala dinner ceremony which will take place at Summerplace in Johannesburg, on 23 April 2016.

According to Echo Group managing director, Monique Eggebeen, who chairs the CMA’s Awards committee,

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the essential purpose of the awards is to recog- nise excellence in the use of precast concrete and to honour those professionally associated with its diverse applications. “This is the pinnacle event in the precast concrete construction calendar and it presents an outstanding opportunity for CMAmembers, both large and small, to showcase their prod- ucts and to establish themselves as trendsetters in the use of precast concrete,” says Eggebeen. The competition is open to all providing the precast products entered for the competition were made by a CMA member. Entries must be submitted by no later than 16 October 2015. There are six award categories in this year’s competition: • Aesthetics Commercial

Winners of the CMA’s 2012 Awards for Excellence completion.

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