Architect and Builder February/March 2019 | Page 7

NEWSWORTHY
RHINOBOARD PRODUCTS
WIN ENVIRONMENTAL
ACCREDITATION
Two RhinoBoard products within
Saint-Gobain’s
have
Gyproc
received
accreditation
stable
international
in
accordance
with the global programme, The
International EPD® System.
Gyproc’s
RhinoBoard
12,5mm
and 9,5mm have both received
an Environmental Product Dec-
laration
(EPD)
under
the
ISO
14025 standard and EN 15804,
an
and
PERI STANDS TALL WITH THE LEONARDO
Formwork and scaffolding solutions provider PERI South Africa is standing tall with
its long-standing involvement in The Leonardo project, not only destined to be the tallest
building in Sandton, but possibly the new record holder for the tallest building in Africa.
The Leonardo, will ultimately be the tallest building in Sandton, having been boosted
from an original 47 to 55 storeys due to demand, with an anticipated final height in excess
of 223m upon its completion in 2019.
“The challenges have been many and varied – and we have enjoyed rising to every one of
them. When the Legacy Group awarded our long-time client Aveng Grinaker-LTA the contract
to build The Leonardo, we were awarded the basement levels initially, with the top structure
to follow,” PERI Lead Engineer: Key and Strategic Projects Sebastian Burwitz explains.
In planning the basement slabs, PERI incorporated and supplemented Aveng Grinaker-LTA’s
own stock of SKYDECK, its panelised slab formwork system, into the formwork layouts.
Together with PERI’s MULTIFLEX, used in adjacent slab areas, the required slab loadings
could be carried in the most efficient manner.
For the standard gang-formed vertical applications, PERI’s TRIO wall formwork system
was used by Aveng Grinaker-LTA, with supplementary stock supplied by PERI to site. PERI’s
manhandled DOMINO system was used to eliminate dependency on crane time for the
internal walls and beam sides.
“PERI was able to use its innovative
DUO system with polymer technology,
also characterised by its low weight and
extremely simple handling,” Burwitz adds,
noting that the feedback to date has been
very positive. “Aveng Grinaker-LTA has
subsequently deployed DUO project-wide
for ancillary works such as some water
tanks and smaller retaining walls, where
the system has really come into its own.”
Extra attention had to be paid to health
and safety in terms of the extreme height
of the building, especially in terms of wind
speed and pressure analysis for working at
such heights. Here PERI provided dedicated
training on its Rail Climbing System –
Carriage (RCS-C) heavy-duty system. This
training extended to toolbox talks with
all foremen to ensure that they not only
understood how the system worked, but
how best to use it to speed up construction
and ensure maximum quality.
www.peri.co.za
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independently
registered
communicates
verified
document that
transparent and
comparable information about a
product’s environmental impact
over
its
whole
endorsement
is
lifecycle.
valid
The
for
five
years and provides a fair basis
for
comparing
environmental
performance of products.
According to Sathia Govender,
Technical
Specialist
at
Saint-
Gobain Gyproc, while a product’s
integrity and quality will always
be key elements throughout the
supply
chain,
credentials
environmental
are
no
longer
negotiable. “We are seeing a
definite increase in the awareness
of environmentally-friendly mate-
rials,
components
and
final
products. Increasingly, customers
are requiring green performance
claims to be substantiated. The
EPD
endorsement
means
our
products comply stringently with
accepted industry standards and
build
of
on
trust
a
strong
and
foundation
transparency
which has always underpinned
our products.”
He says that EPDs are becoming
compulsory by law in certain
markets, and it’s imperative for a
global brand to ensure its product
credentials are broadly accepted
across
various
markets
and
regions. www.gyproc.co.za
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