Construction World August 2019

Products for massive RETAILER’s FLOOR

Two products supplied by a.b.e. Construction Chemicals were used for one of the biggest new flooring projects in KZN in recent years: the massive new Makro store in Cornubia, on the outskirts of Umhlanga, close to Mount Edgecombe where a.b.e. is based.

T he project was handled for a.b.e. – part of the Chryso Southern Africa Group – by a.b.e. KZN Technical Sales Consultant, Blaine Williams, and his Gauteng counterpart, Warren Trew, who has had a long association with the flooring contractors, CHC-SA Concrete Flooring, a preferred supplier to Makro and the rest of the Massmart SA Group. a.b.e.’s abecron LA concrete hardener (CH), was applied over 17 000 m 2 of the new Makro floors, following a decision by Chris Howes, CHC-SA’s founder and MD, to opt for a 'user-friendly’ product with reduced working time to cope with the dimensions of the project. abecron LA CH is a non-metallic level assisting (LA) natural aggregate dry shake surface hardener – a ready-to-use product for hardening industrial, commercial and residential concrete floors. In line with the Chryso SA Group’s policy on sustainability, abecron is one of the wide range of dustless self-levelling cementitious products, grouts, and plasters, and self- levelling cementitious products now produced by a.b.e. which reduce health risks and area contamination. Applied over freshly-levelled and floated concrete, abecron LA provides a low-cost solution for hardening new concrete floors, producing stronger floors with improved wear resistance and up to twice the serviceable life of a plain concrete floor. Among the product’s other advantages are: • Facilitates easier floating; • Reduced water demand with inherent lower delamination risks; • High density floors with easy to clean surfaces;

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Increased resistance to liquid penetration;

• Available in several attractive colours (light grey was selected for the Makro flooring); and • Superior finished surfaces provided by the levelling assistance technology. After the completion of the five-month flooring project, the flooring’s

demarcation lines were applied by Cross-Con CC, using a.b.e.’s abecote 400 Hi-Build 1 mm ‘Brilliant Yellow’. abecote 400 Hi-Build is a solvent-free epoxy flooring system comprising a clear resin and hardener, filler and pigment paste. The product resists chemicals, is seamless and hygienic, and can be applied on a variety of surfaces. Makro is the first tenant in the 28-hectare Cornubia Ridge Logistics Park, adjacent to the Gateway precinct and

accessible from all major highways including the M41 and N2. 

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