Housing in Southern Africa November 2015

Cement & Concrete

Lafarge’s Artevia flooring solution

beautiful floor for CMC Auto Panel.” “Artevia is an extremely versatile decorative concrete but also a strong, durable structural concrete that is easy to maintain and will cope with the rough treatment one can expect in a panel beating shop,” said Alta Theron, Lafarge South Africa’s Interim General Manager: Readymix. “The CMC Auto Panel floor is an excellent advertisement for Artevia and is arousing strong interest in the Cape Town area.” Lafarge South Africa, a member of the LafargeHolcim group, manu- factures and supplies cement, ag- gregates and ready mixed concrete, fly ash, gypsum plasterboard and interior building fittings through its various business units. It focuses on providing solutions to help the sus- tainable development of better cities that benefit the country’s people. Through having a strong presence in all of its business lines, it is in a unique position to contribute to urban con- struction, while also helping to build better cities, rural towns and villages. For further information visit: www.lafarge.co.za ■

L ooking for an outstanding floor- ing solution to complement their upmarket panel beating business, CMC Auto Panel in Bracken- fell, Cape Town, commissionedQuick- slab Concrete Grinding & Polishing to produce a 1 000 m² white concrete floor incorporating a specified blend of stone. “White concrete work is a special challenge,” comments Johan Coetzee, QuickslabConcreteGrinding & Polishing, “We have partneredwith Lafarge South Africa often on difficult jobs, and were confident that they

could provide the concrete solution.” Lafarge South Africa provided innova- tive products and solutions. For the large floor of CMC Auto Panel’s busi- ness, it was critical to have absolute consistency in the concrete mix and also ensure that there was no risk of contamination in the production process or supply chain. “Lafarge is our preferred concrete supply part- ner,” says Coetzee. “Combining their immense technical experience with our extensive experience with polish- ing, produced a highly successful and

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