Housing in Southern Africa September 2016

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ʻWith the new mass housing projects the cost control of input products is of vital importance and industrial machinery will be required to produce high volumes of affordable houses.’

car systems. With the largest fully automated PMSA machinery over 165 000 bricks can be made with as little as nine people in a 9-hour production shift. So while the capital cost increases the actual la- bour cost per block is dramatically reduced. This results is labour savings as much as 80% or more. Ebeling concludes, “With the new mass housing projects the cost control of input products is of vital importance and industrial machinery will be required to pro- duce high volumes of affordable houses. This requires more effi- cient use of equipment, labour and materials to enable government to roll-out more houses with a fixed budget. The real job creation is then created in the building of more houses with the same set budget.” PMSA brick-making machinery produces two million bricks a day in the Johannesburg area alone. ■

have expended a large amount of effort and energy on putting systems in place to allow the com- pany to grow. “Having all this technology and skills available to us, it makes absolute sense that we drive the technology. Naturally it is an in- tensive process, as it requires the input of everyone in the company. It requires testing, research and development and, where neces- sary, acquiring new skills.” An example of PMSA’s ongoing product development is its new Eco range of automated handling systems, unveiled at Totally Con- crete 2016. This latest technology gives customers the option of au- tomated handling plants at a far more affordable price compared to top-of-the-range systems. The new Eco range of handling systems includes forklift options as opposed to more conventional but higher-cost finger and transfer

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