CMA NEWS AND MEMBER ARTICLES
CMA News & Articles - The CMA is the precast concrete industry association of South Africa. Find our members on our website to source quality precast concrete products, professional built environment service(engineers, architects, contractors and more).
February 15,
2021 1029 1029 
With some important road contracts secured for 2021, AfriSam is well placed to bring more capacity on stream as and when there is an upswing in South Africa’s roadbuilding sector.
February 6,
2021 823 823
Durban Heights Reservoir 3 is a 350ml reservoir situated in the suburb of Reservoir Hills, Kwa-Zulu Natal. Constructed in 1971, it is one of the biggest concrete reservoirs in Southern Africa. It supplies potable water to over five hundred thousand people in Durban and the surrounding area. The reservoir design is unique as it has a single support in the middle and the roof is shaped like a circus tent. The roof is made up of one hundred and twenty steel post-stressed cables that radiate from the centre roof support to the outer base support.
February 5,
2021 848 848
Situated in the heart of Cape Town, just minutes away from the V & A Waterfront, sits 117 On Strand Street. It is a multipurposed building that recently underwent further development with the addition of new apartments and office blocks. The building houses a Virgin Active Gym, three floors of premium grade office blocks, two floors of retail stores and 117 luxurious apartments. All of these have ample parking included – a luxury in Cape Town!
February 4,
2021 843 843
Wincanton Farm, in Elandsrivier, Uitenhage, required maintenance to be done on twelve of their chicken coops. This was part of their routine maintenance, conducted every eight to ten years. Each of these coops house approximately 32,000 little chickens. Project manager, Willie Bester, specified Sika products for this project.
December 10,
2020 1219 1219
In wind farms all over South Africa’s Eastern Cape and Western Cape provinces, CHRYSO Southern Africa is adding value to the precast concrete segments used to construct the 100 meter tall wind turbine towers.
November 13,
2020 1024 1024
Coreslab, a leading South African precast-concrete specialist, is assisting South African municipalities devise innovative ways of delivering world-class water and sanitation infrastructure services.
October 27,
2020 960 960
The M2 freeway, located in the south of Johannesburg’s CBD, is one of the city’s main motorways. As an important link between the N1 and N3 freeways, this roadway required some attention and rehabilitation.
October 22,
2020 981 981
What is reputedly South Africa largest privately owned bridge was constructed over the Berg River in 2017 at Val de Vie
October 15,
2020 922 922
Concrete remains one of the preferred building materials for the construction of grandstands for sports and recreational facilities in previously marginalised areas of Limpopo.
This is considering the durability of the construction material that helps reduce the maintenance requirements of these structures over their useable lives.
October 13,
2020 987 987
At the Sika Capital Markets Day 2020 held in Zurich recently, CEO Paul Schuler confirmed the strategic targets 2023. Under the motto: “Weathering the storm- emerging from the COVID-19 crisis as a stronger company,” members of Group Management and Sika experts explain how important trends such as innovation and digitalization, renovation and sustainability are opening up the opportunity for the company to gain further market share during the crisis.