September 2002
A Cape based quarry continues to add to its Bell fleet, reporting outstanding availability on is 2208C loader, ADTs, and two 1430 excavators.
Portland Quarries in Durbanville, Cape Town, will celebrate its second anniversary in September under the ownership of the company's directors, Nico Heyns and Helenus Scholtz.
Today the duo also owns Portland Properties, an estate agency which sells the Portland developments, and Portland Readymix, together with Stuart Byrne, which opened last September to provide an additional market for the quarry.
Since exercising that option the quarry had undergone a major facelift. About R100 000 of scrap metal has been removed from the premises and almost 300 trees planted. Offices have been upgraded, the entrance road has been tarred and a security control point introduced. Two new crushers, a Svedala S3 000 and a B700VSI, were also installed.
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Group Five's revised strategy a success
Highly favourable year-end results and revisions to operational structures pave the way for further growth - both inside and outside South Africa's borders - for construction leader, Group Five.
Sustainable concrete solutions for erosion control
A case study presented for the Global Alliance for Building Sustainability at the recent World Summit argues for the use of articulated concrete blocks as an effective erosion control method in protecting increasingly scarce natural resources.
Bell machines prove cost effective at quarry
A Cape based quarry continues to add to its Bell fleet, reporting outstanding availability on its 2208C loader, ADTs and two 1430 excavators.
Water tank to serve low-income housing project
Teamwork between the consultants, contractors and the local community has resulted in the fast-track erection of a 1,5 million litre water tank to meet bulk supply requirements for the proposed Argosy Farm low-income housing development in KwaZulu-Natal.
Komatsu bulldozer model introduced
A revolutionary new travel control system, as well as Komatsu's exclusive K-bogie undercarriage, feature on the new GALEO series D275A-5 dozer - the successor to the D275A-2 model.
High-tech solution for Parisian underground car park development
Building a six level underground parking garage along a tree-lined and traffic congested roadway in central Paris initially seemed an insurmountable problem, until Soletanche-Bachy devised a unique solution using its state-of-the-art cutter rig.
Interceptor tunnelling project meets water purification needs
During the completion of three collector tunnels for the Les Cormailles purification complex in Paris, the shallow depth profile, difficult geological conditions and high water table were just some of the challenges faced by the construction team.
Corrosion case study at Bayside
A long-term case study on steel corrosion within concrete structures at Bayside Aluminium in Richards Bay proves the benefits of Sika's FerroGard 903 product.
