Construction World November 2018

J ohnie Emmerich, a.b.e’s flooring consultant in the Western Cape, says for the Supa Quick project, the company supplied the following products to a.b.e.-approved flooring contractors, Walrus Coatings: in the Western Cape: the Supa Quick tyre and fitment centre in Robertson, and Sea Harvest fish processing facilities at Saldanha Bay. After the contractors had completed extensive vacuum grinding of the 600 m 2 existing flooring at Supa Quick, a 3 to 5 mm thick coating of abescreed SLC P was applied. “abescreed SLC P is a single-pack, rapid hardening cement-based screed for self-levelling floors, ideal for situations where quick setting is essential. The product can be used on new floors or for smoothing floors in office buildings, private homes, shops, public buildings, schools, hospitals, airports, prisons, factories, workshops and warehouses,” Emmerich explained. He says the screed has many benefits including the fact that around 2 000 m 2 can be pumped per day; it can be walked on after only two to four hours; it can be pumped or hand-laid; and it also will not harbour bacteria. The floor surface was then sealed with a.b.e.’s abecote primer before two coats of abecote 441 was applied as final coating. abecote 441 is a protective and decorative coating that can be applied to concrete, steel and timber surfaces. “The clear material is non-toxic when dry and resists solvent stains – essential for a motor workshop. The coating will also not chalk, and has excellent water resistance,” Emmerich adds. In another flooring project in the Western Cape, a.b.e. provided the necessary products for the refurbishment of 400 m 2 of concrete flooring at the Sea Harvest operations at Saldanha Bay. For this project, carried out in-house by Sea Harvest, a.b.e. supplied abeflo epoxy which was applied after mechanical grinding and the application of abecote 337 as primer. “abeflo is a four-component, solvent-free, self-levelling system for flooring which caters for high hygiene standards, and offers good colour retention and a medium gloss finish. The system has been successfully applied for flooring of hospitals, schools, showrooms, supermarkets, canteens, restaurants, laboratories and a wide variety of situations where hygiene was a major priority. For a food processing facility such as Sea Harvest, this was particularly important,” Emmerich explains. He personally played a consulting and supervisory role in both the new flooring projects.  a.b.e. Construction Chemicals supplied a combination of products for the upgrading of the flooring at two premises • abescreed SLC P • abecote primer • abecote 441 SOLUTION FOR WC FLOOR

a.b.e. flooring products were used for the upgrading of the concrete floors at the Supa Quick fitment centre in Robertson in the Western Cape.

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CONSTRUCTION WORLD NOVEMBER 2018