June 2013
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
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projects & contracts
sufficient, well maintained, safe parking and
walking areas, so the quality and even laying
of bricks to these areas is crucial.
With KIA dealerships requiring such
extensive frontage, the bricks utilised for
such a project need to offer not only
attractiveness, but durability and strength
due to the anticipated multi-faceted traffic
throughput. Giuricich Bros Construction
was tasked with the building of the KIA
dealership with the tender for the project
stipulating the utilisation of clay stock brick.
Oconbrick, a leading supplier of clay stock
brick, won the contract to supply the clay
stocks to be utilised on the forecourt and
surrounding areas.
The project, which commenced in May
2012, was completed in January 2013.
Over 360 000 clay stock bricks were utilised.
The final finish gives the dealership a very
smooth, clean and light brick finish, whichnot
only creates a sense of space, but is suitable
for forecourt signage to be painted upon it,
which is clearly visible to staff and visitors to
the dealership.
“We have worked with Oconbrick before,
and found the quality of their product to
be good; it is well suited to the KIA project.
A positive factor with Oconbrick is their reli-
ability and technical support.Their deliveries
are always on schedule, thereby eliminating
delays to the project,”says Adrian Lawless, of
Giuricich Bros Construction.
Oconbrick products have been utilised in
South Africa across a wide range of residen-
tial, commercial and golf estate properties
including interior use. They are offer good
brick strength, durability, water absorption,
superior thermal insulation, low carbon
footprint and are built to last. They have a
nil-to-slight efflorescence, water absorption
of approximately 11%, with dimensions of
220 mm x 100 mm x 70 mm available.
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