Corestruc, a leading South African precast-concrete specialist, has become a gold member of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA).
The CSSA, a registered non-profit organisation, promotes excellence and innovation in the use of concrete and related products and services.
Willie de Jager, Managing Director of Corestruc, says that innovation is necessary to help bridge the growing infrastructure backlog, especially at a municipal level.
“Corestruc continues to focus on finding revolutionary ways of delivering infrastructure. A case in point is our precast-concrete system that is helping municipalities and their professional teams significantly fast-track the delivery of reservoirs. The prefabricated system enables the construction of the floor, walls and roof simultaneously to deliver the infrastructure in a fraction of the time it would using in-situ methods,” De Jager says.
Corestruc has also designed a prefabricated grandstand that is being used extensively on municipal sports and recreational centres. It has helped significantly accelerate these projects, while also significantly reducing maintenance costs for municipalities.
Importantly, the society also provides a forum for networking and technology transfer between its members, as well as reputable local and international affiliates in the construction sector.
“Being a member of the CSSA provides Corestruc with access to quality technical conferences, seminars and meetings that provide an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing, while also strengthening our own existing research and development programmes and communication channels,” he says.
De Jager concludes that he is looking forward to a long working relationship with the CSSA, which is also playing an important role in promoting quality in the concrete value chain.