Construction World June 2015

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COURSE IN HIGH DEMAND The response of contractors to the Light Steel Frame Building (LSFB) training courses presented by SASFA is testament to the growing popularity of the LSFB method in South Africa. This is according to SASFA director John Barnard.

The 24 m 3 house that was erected by the students as part of the training course.

“We recently successfully presented our 6-day contractors training course to a full house for the 17 th time,” says Barnard. “The fact is that this course has grown significantly in popularity as an expanding number of building contractors, developers, architects and engineers become increasingly interested in learning about LSFB - because of the demand on them to use the method as a building solution. The most recent course had 16 partic- ipants bringing to 281 the total number of students who have successfully completed the programme since its inception in 2009. Barnard says that to ensure that the theoret- ical concepts are well understood, the course includes a practical component, consisting of setting out of wall frames, squaring, levelling, and erection of walls, erection of roof trusses, installation of plumbing, external cladding (FC boards, OSB and FC planks), insulation and internal lining (gypsumboard), and internal joint finishing. “Finally, it is illustrated how difficult it is to make a hole in 15 mm thick gypsum board, and how easy and quick it is to repair,” he says. Students generally come from all over the country for this course and usually have had prior building industry experience. Barnard made special mention of the SASFA >

members who give their support to the course. ”We could not do this without Lafarge Gypsum, Everite, Saint Gobain, Global Innovative Building Systems, Marshall Hinds, Kare and Simpson Strong-tie and Bosch Tools. We thank them for their support and time,” concluded Barnard. SASFA is planning to present the course in Durban, in July, and Cape Town, in

September. Indicate your interest to attend by e-mail to info@sasfa.co.za.

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Neal Bernhardt from Bosch Power Tools explaining the use of their products on a LSF building site.

Willem Venter from Lafarge Gypsum explain- ing the correct installation of gypsum board.

UWP Consulting

Vert Energy

Christiaan de Villiers, technical director in the structures division, Stellenbosch.

Leon de Jager , associate in the water division, Pretoria.

Johnny Canada, technical services manager, electric power generation.

Charles Mthiyane, service technicians, electric power generation.

Steven Ward, service tech- nicians, electric power generation.

Terex Washing Systems

Sechaba Kou, associate in the structures division, Bloemfontein.

Thomas McEwen, associate in the trans- portation division, Cape Town.

Cobus van Dyk, asso- ciate in the manage- ment services division, East London.

Iain Walker, global sales director.

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