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).
November 15,
2022 450 450 
South Africa’s largest abalone producer, Abagold, has installed drainage channels constructed with precast concrete sections manufactured by CMA member, Concrete Units. The installation forms part of an upgrade of Abagold’s Bersig Farm, established in Hermanus in 2002 as Abagold’s second abalone farm.
October 10,
2022 407 407
The old bridge over the Plankenbrug River (formerly Dwars River) in Stellenbosch is being rebuilt by Martin & East (Pty) Ltd with nine precast concrete beams supplied by Concrete Manufacturers Association member, Cape Concrete. Designed by Infrastructure consultancy, AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd, the first of this two-phase project was completed in August and the second is scheduled for completion in December 2022.
September 14,
2022 511 511
Cape-based cast-stone manufacturer, Revelstone, has won three awards in this year’s Concrete Manufacturers Association Awards for Excellence competition. Winning the Beauty for Life and the Wet-cast stone award categories, the former award achieved further distinction by being elevated to trophy status by the judges, one of only four overall category winners to achieve this accolade.
September 13,
2022 524 524
Brownstone coarse-exposed aggregate pavers, supplied by Concrete Manufacturers Association member, C.E.L. Paving Products, have formed part of the rehabilitation of Trunk Road 31, a 13.4km pass which cuts through Cogmanskloof situated between Ashton and Montagu on the Western Cape’s renowned R62 route between Oudtshoorn and Robertson.
August 23,
2022 394 394
Industry event brings together the province’s major players .
June 14,
2022 548 548
Mountain View, a Department of Human Settlements housing project in Mossel Bay is close to completion. Built almost exclusively with precast concrete products supplied by Concrete Manufacturers Association member, Mobicast.
May 25,
2022 780 780
Concrete manufacturers Association producer member, Portland Hollowcore, is supplying prestressed hollow-core slabs, precast staircases and precast beams for the construction of the upper level floors of De Aan Zicht, a new lifestyle estate being built by Balwin Properties at Atlantic Hills in Cape Town.
April 10,
2022 681 681
The City of Cape Town has embarked on a project to bolster the City’s water supply by accessing groundwater from the Table Mountain Group (TMG) Aquifer in the area surrounding the existing Steenbras Dam. Situated, in the Steenbras Nature Reserve in the Hottentots Hollands Mountain range, the dam is one of several essential water reservoirs supplying the city.
March 7,
2022 691 691
Wine producers are turning to precast concrete tanks for fermentation and maturation. There are several reasons for what is becoming a global trend, but the overriding factor is the production of wines which are more integrated and complex.
February 15,
2022 792 792
Seven Roman-inspired precast concrete arches manufactured by CMA member, Cape Concrete, form the principal architectural feature of a new winery at Bacco Estate, a recently established wine estate fringed by spectacular mountain scenery on the outskirts of Paarl.