44. CMA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
(15 October 2008)

CMA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2008

CATHAY INDUSTRIES TROPHY WINNERS

 

R2-7  Suikerbossie Nek - Houtbay
Joint ...... read more

45. FIVE PRECAST CONCRETE PROJECTS AWARDED CATHAY INDUSTRIES TROPHIES BY THE CMA
(14 October 2008)
This year’s Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) Awards for Excellence competition was exceptional in that five rather than the normal four projects were awarded Cathay Industries ...... read more

46. CMA PAVING SEMINARS - REGISTRATION FORM
(10 October 2008)
A registration form for the paving seminars to be held in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban is attached.  Kindly complete and submit to ...... read more

47. CMA PAVING SEMINARS - DURBAN
(10 October 2008)

The CMA will be hosting paving seminars in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Durban.  A registration form for the seminars should be ...... read more

48. CMA PAVING SEMINARS - PORT ELIZABETH
(10 October 2008)

The CMA will be hosting paving seminars in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Durban.  A registration form for the seminars should be ...... read more

49. CMA PAVING SEMINARS - CAPE TOWN.
(10 October 2008)

The CMA will be hosting paving seminars in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Durban.  A registration form for the seminars should be ...... read more

50. CMA PAVING SEMINAR - GAUTENG
(10 October 2008)

The CMA will be hosting paving seminars in Gauteng, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Durban.  A registration form for the seminars should be ...... read more

51. LONG-AWAITED STANDARD ON CONCRETE RETAINING BLOCKS (CRB) NOW OFFICIAL
(05 October 2008)
Standards South Africa (STANSA) has published the South African National Standard, SANS 508:2008 on concrete retaining blocks (CRB). Covering the manufacture of CRB, the Standard ...... read more

52. CAPE COMPANIES SCORE ELEVEN CMA BUILDING PROJECT AWARDS
(03 October 2008)

Cape-based precast concrete manufacturers performed exceptionally well in this year’s Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) Awards for Excellence competition, capturing eleven awards for the region. The ...... read more

53. KWAZULU-NATAL BAGS SEVEN CMA BUILDING PROJECT AWARDS
(03 October 2008)

KwaZulu-Natal precast concrete manufacturers were a credit to their province in this year’s Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) Awards for Excellence competition, notching up seven awards ...... read more

54. CMA PUBLISHES CRB HYDRAULIC APPLICATIONS PROJECT REVIEW
(12 September 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has published a project review on concrete retaining block (CRB) walls used in hydraulic applications. Aimed at civil engineers, landscape ...... read more

55. CMA MEMBERS DELIVER ON MASSIVE RETAINING WALL PROJECT
(19 August 2008)
Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) members were instrumental in the construction of a huge concrete retaining block (CRB) wall project at the recently completed FNB/Wesbank administrative ...... read more

56. PERMEABLE PAVING SOFTWARE SEMINARS SET FOR NOVEMBER
(14 August 2008)
November will see the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) staging four seminars on PERMPAVE, a software package aimed at assisting civil engineers and landscape architects in ...... read more

57. CMA’S DIEPLSOOT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE NEARS COMPLETION
(24 July 2008)
Half a million rand’s worth of precast concrete building materials supplied at no cost by the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) and its members has made ...... read more

58. SOUTH AFRICA’S LARGEST PERMEABLE PAVING PROJECT TO DATE
(11 July 2008)
Permeable interlocking concrete paving (PICP) paving is taking root in South Africa. Introduced for the first time last year, the eighth and largest PICP project ...... read more

59. CMA TO HOLD FOUR SEMINARS ON CONCRETE RETAINING BLOCK WALLS
(12 June 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) is to stage four half-day afternoon seminars on the design, construction and reinforcing of concrete retaining block (CRB) walls this ...... read more

60. CMA PUBLISHES LEAFLET ON CRB WALL CONSTRUCTION
(13 May 2008)
The CMA (Concrete Manufacturers Association) has published a step-by-step instruction leaflet on how to build concrete retaining block (CRB) walls correctly.

The two-sided leaflet is ...... read more

61. BUENOS AIRES TO STAGE INTERNATIONAL CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING CONFERENCE
(04 April 2008)
SEPT (Small Element Paving Technologists), the international segmental paving association, will be holding its triennial conference and exhibition in Buenos Aires in October ...... read more

62. CMA INTRODUCES BLOCK MASONS’ SITE MANUAL
(12 March 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has published a ‘Block Masons’ Site Manual’. Over 80 pages of practical information, its chief objective is to improve the ...... read more

63. CONCRETE RETAINING BLOCK WALL SPECIFICATION AND BILL OF QUANTITIES EXAMPLES NOW AVAILABLE ON AUTOSPEC

(23 January 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has announced that samples of a detailed standard specification document and a standard bill of quantities layout for concrete retaining ...... read more

64. CONCRETE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION INVITES ENTRIES TO ITS 12th AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE COMPETITION
(15 January 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) will be staging its 12th Awards for Excellence competition during 2008.

CMA director, John Cairns, says that the purpose of ...... read more

65. GREEN MASONRY – A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(14 January 2008)
Genuinely environmentally friendly bricks are hard to come by. However, Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) member, Cape Brick, a concrete brick manufacturer based in Cape Town, ...... read more

66. CMA PUBLISHES EIGHTH EDITION OF MASONRY MANUAL
(10 January 2008)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has published the eighth edition of its Concrete Masonry Manual, first published in 1987.

The manual incorporates SANS 2001-CMI Masonry ...... read more

67. PRECAST - SECOND ISSUE
(07 December 2007)
The second issue of the CMA's journal, PRECAST, dedicated to precast concrete products and applications, can be viewed on this site.  Alternatively, a hard copy ...... read more

68. MORELETASPRUIT OUTFALL SEWER EXPANSION AND UPGRADE BEGINS
(29 November 2007)
Work has begun on upgrading the Moreletaspruit outfall sewer system in eastern Tshwane, a major infrastructural project which will take seven years to complete.

Draining ...... read more

69. PRECAST CONCRETE ELEMENTS DOMINATE IN NEW HOUSING PROJECT
(29 November 2007)
Pennyville, an affordable housing project in Pennyville Ext 1 opposite New Canada Station, south west of Johannesburg, is being constructed almost exclusively with precast concrete ...... read more

70. CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN PREMIX ASPHALT IN MANY APPLICATIONS
(13 November 2007)
An independent survey conducted on behalf of the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) shows that concrete block paving (CBP) is, in most instances, a more cost-effective ...... read more

71. ICCX CONFERENCE AND TRADE FAIR SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2008
(04 October 2007)
Next year’s ICCX  (International Concrete Conference and Exhibition) , which is scheduled to run from February 19th – 21st at Sun City, follows hard on ...... read more

72. INFRASET PERFECTS BRATTICE WALL BEAM MANUFACTURING
(03 October 2007)
Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) member, Infraset Infrastructural Products, has developed a seven ton precast concrete beam which is being used to build brattice walls in ...... read more

73. HOLLOW-CORE SLABS OFFER MUCH MORE THAN PRECAST FLOORING
(17 September 2007)
Originally developed for precast flooring on multi-storeyed buildings, several alternative uses for hollow-core slabs have been developed by Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) members. The result ...... read more

74. CMA Update August 2007 (CMA Newsletter)
(10 September 2007)
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75. THIN BLOCKS RESULT IN INCREASED LEVELS OF PAVING FAILURE
(10 September 2007)
The incidence of straight-sided paving block failure on trafficked areas and driveways is disturbingly high according to the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA).

CMA director, John ...... read more

76. CMA PUBLISHES UPDATED CONCRETE ROOF TILE “BIBLE”
(29 June 2007)
Hard on the heals of its “Step-By-Step Roofing Guide”, the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has re-issued an updated version of its technical manual on the ...... read more

77. NEW SANS 1058 STANDARD ON CONCRETE BLOCK PAVERS IMMINENT
(26 June 2007)
A revised SANS 1058 standard, incorporating a new method of strength testing and a new abrasion test for concrete block pavers (CBP), is in the ...... read more

78. CMA PAVING SEMINAR ATTRACTS OVER 200 DELEGATES
(18 June 2007)
A seminar on concrete block paving (CBP) staged by the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) in June attracted over 200 delegates from many parts of the ...... read more

79. 'PRECAST' LAUNCHED - THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE CMA'S OWN PUBLICATION
(15 June 2007)
The first issue of the CMA’s journal, PRECAST, which is dedicated to precast concrete products and applications, can be viewed on this site. Alternatively, a ...... read more

80. CMA SEMINARS ON CONCRETE RETAINING BLOCK WALLS SCHEDULED FOR JULY AND AUGUST
(14 June 2007)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) is to hold two half-day afternoon seminars on the design, construction and reinforcing of concrete retaining block (CRB) walls. The ...... read more

81. LITIGATION ON GRAVITY PIPE FAILURES IMMINENT - NORTH AMERICAN EXPERT
(11 May 2007)
Gerry Mulhern, vice president of the North American company, Hanson Pipe and Products Precast, and a world authority on various types of gravity piping, says ...... read more

82. DEFENSE MINISTER ENDORSES CONCRETE BLOCK PAVED ROADS IN EASTERN FREE STATE
(11 May 2007)
During a recent visit to the eastern Free State, Defense minister, Mosiuoa Lekota, called for more labour intensive projects such as the local 13km Bokwane ...... read more

83. CONCRETE PIPELINES BOOST CAPACITY IN TSHWANE’S PIENAARS RIVER OUTFALL SEWER SYSTEM
(30 April 2007)
In a R74 million upgrading project, the Pienaars River Sewer-Section Mamelodi in north-eastern Tshwane (Pretoria) is being boosted with the construction of a sewer tunnel ...... read more

84. CONCETE ROOF TILES - THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND BEST LOOKING ROOFING MATERIAL
(29 April 2007)
Concrete roof tiles are still the most cost-effective roofing material for roofs built with trusses - a conclusion based on an updated survey coordinated on ...... read more

85. SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST PERMEABLE PAVING CONTRACT COMPLETED
(13 April 2007)
The driveways and yard areas of an affordable housing development, The Reeds, in Fairland, Johannesburg, are South Africa’s first to have been paved with a ...... read more

86. WORLD EXPERT TO PRESENT AT CMA PAVING SEMINAR
(10 April 2007)
Professor Brian Shackel, of the University of News South Wales, Australia, will be lecturing on permeable paving during a seminar on concrete block paving (CBP) ...... read more

87. CONCRETE BLOCK LAYING COURSE AVAILABLE ON CD FROM CMA
(27 March 2007)
A film-based guide which provides A-Z practical instruction on how to lay concrete building blocks is now available from the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) on ...... read more

88. CMA PUBLISHES TWO BROCHURES ON PRESTRESSED HOLLOW-CORE CONCRETE SLABS
(09 March 2007)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has published two brochures on prestressed hollow-core slabs, both aimed at engineers.

Originally conceived and developed as an alternative to ...... read more

89. THREE NEW PRECAST HOLLOW CORE CONCRETE SLAB FACTORIES BUILT TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND
(22 February 2007)

The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has announced that South Africa’s precast hollow core concrete slab production was boosted by the addition of three new factories ...... read more

90. INADEQUATE SPECIFICATIONS ON CRB WALLING LEADS TO WALL FAILURES
(31 January 2007)
South African concrete retaining block (CRB) wall contractors are being handed job specifications which lack essential information, and in many instances, are brazenly inadequate, particularly ...... read more

91. CMA ADDRESSES NEED FOR GREATER CONTROL OF LINTELS
(16 January 2007)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association’s (CMA) Floor Slab division has initiated the formation of a lintel sub-committee to address the need for greater control of South ...... read more

92. International Concrete Conference and Exhibition 2007 (ICCX 2007) Cape Town 14-15 February 2007
(06 December 2006)
This conference intends to bring together the local and international concrete industries to discuss current developments in design, manufacture and use of concrete and concrete ...... read more

93. CMA MANUFACTURERS GAIN NHBRC APPROVAL ON CONCRETE BLOCK THERMAL PERFORMANCE
(21 November 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has announced that two of its members, Western Cape-based False Bay Bricks and Columbia DBL, have gained NHBRC approval for ...... read more

94. ACID RESISTANT CONCRETE PIPING SPECIFIED FOR N2 GATEWAY HOUSING PROJECT
(13 November 2006)
Concrete piping totaling 4 500m has been installed on a section of the Delft Bulk Sewer pipeline which will serve the N2 Gateway Project, ...... read more

95. NEW CMA LEAFLET PROMOTES CONCRETE BLOCK PAVING (CBP) FOR RURAL ROADS
(30 October 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has published a new paving brochure aimed at informing municipal engineers, local authorities and others involved in road ...... read more

96. CMA DONATES BUILDING MATERIALS FOR DIEPSLOOT COMMUNITY CENTRE
(27 October 2006)
As part of its social responsibility programme, the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA), is donating building materials for the construction of two structures that will make ...... read more

97. CMA CRB SEMINAR FILLED TO ‘HANG-FROM-THE-RAFTERS’ CAPACITY
(26 September 2006)
A seminar staged in Midrand by the Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) on concrete retaining block (crb) walls in August attracted over 120 delegates, approximately double ...... read more

98. BRITISH CIVIL ENGINEERING PROFESSOR LECTURES ON NEW EC BUILDING CODES AND INNOVATIVE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
(08 September 2006)
Professor John Roberts, principal of the Technical Innovation Consultancy and former dean of the Faculty of Technology and director of Sustainable Technology Research Centre at ...... read more

99. CMA PRODUCES AUDIO VISUAL INSTRUCTION AID ON CRB WALL CONSTRUCTION
(31 August 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has produced an audio visual instruction aid on the construction of concrete retaining block (crb) walls entitled ‘Step by Step ...... read more

100. CMA UPDATES PIPE AND CULVERT HANDBOOK
(15 August 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has issued an updated version of its ‘Precast Concrete Pipe and Portal Culvert’ handbook. It will shortly be available in three formats, ...... read more

101. UPDATE - NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2006
(14 August 2006)
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102. AMERICAN EXPERT TO HEAD CMA PIPES SEMINAR
(25 July 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) will be staging three seminars on infrastructural piping during October. They will be led by one of the world’s leading ...... read more

103. CMA ROOFING SYSTEM DEPLOYED IN EASTERN CAPE HOUSING PROJECT
(27 June 2006)
The Golf Course Ext Development, an affordable housing initiative adjacent to the King Williams Town Golf Course, is the first project in which the recently ...... read more

104. CMA TO HOLD TWO SEMINARS ON CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS
(13 June 2006)
The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) is to hold two half-day afternoon seminars on the design, construction and reinforcing of concrete retaining block (crb) walls. The ...... read more

105. CMA SUBMITS DRAFT STANDARDS FOR TWO CONCRETE PRODUCTS
(19 May 2006)

The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has initiated the introduction of SABS standards for two precast ...... read more

106. Newsletter May 2006
(17 May 2006)

CMA UPDATE - May 2006 newsletter... read more