NEWSWORTHY
CONCEALED CONNECTION
BOX FOR MODERN
BATHROOM DESIGN
Piping and drainage installations
under a washbasin are not the most
attractive features of the modern
bathroom – that is until now, as
award winning concealed cisterns,
drainage,
piping
and
fittings
specialists, Viega, have developed
a concealed connection box where
all valves, pipes and drainage
disappear completely into the wall
but are easily accessible through a
chrome-plated cover panel.
Viega’s universal concealed connection box comprises a compact
plastic housing, which is ready
for hot and cold drinking water
connections and drainage pipes in
DN 40 or DN 50 can be connected
to the box. The installation kit
includes corner valves, a chromeplated drainage elbow and the
connections
needed
for
the
washbasin fitting.
The concealed connection box can
be connected directly to the supply
and disposal pipes. Connections
to the tap fittings and the drain
from
the
washbasin
complete
the installation. A chrome-plated
cover is simply positioned over
the drainage elbow covering the
RABIE RELOCATES TO NEW OFFICES
After 10 years in the Colosseum building at the Ratanga Road entrance to Century City,
Rabie Property Group has relocated its offices to the newly completed Annex building above
the new Century City Conference Centre.
Rabie’s old offices of around 1,000m2 over two levels have been sold to an investment
trust, Century Blue Trust, that has acquired a number of other buildings within Century City
in recent years.
The new fourth floor offices for Rabie, also of around 1,000m2, have been sold to a
private consortium of investors which includes Rabie’s investment arm, Century City
Property Investment Trust.
Colin Anderson, a director of Rabie, which is the developer of Century City, said the
decision to relocate was motivated by a number of factors.
“Firstly, the green building movement has emerged in the past decade and Rabie
has become a strong proponent thereof. We needed to move to offices that reflect our
commitment to Green Building and where better than in the middle of an entirely green,
new, mixed-use precinct?
“Also, after 10 years we were looking for a more vibrant, open plan, interactive work
space which the new offices offer right in the centre of the new commercial