Architect and Builder March/April 2016 | Page 10

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