concrete retaining blocks

21 May 2021

Starting a blockyard could boost housing and employment

By Staff Writer

With South Africa experiencing a critical shortage in housing and Covid-19 having boosted unemployment, the manufacture of concrete bricks and blocks could help provide affordable building materials and assist in starting small businesses, says Matthews Magwaza, lecturer at Cement & Concrete SA’s School of Concrete Technology. Among the School’s online courses this year is SCT13...

03 Jan 2018

No more noise – CRB Noise barriers

By Staff Writer

Karin Johns, Freelance Journalist, investigates the effectiveness of pre-cast interlocking concrete block retaining walls in reducing highway traffic noise, as well as the urgency of reducing noise pollution – unwanted human-created sound that disrupts the environment – in South Africa. How concrete acoustic barriers work According to British Precast, trade body for the United Kingdom precast...