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Fitting thought 1 Keeping it together It often happens that we find ourselves in all-consuming situations, taking all our focus and keeping us occupied mentally and physically. We then get bombarded with information and advice on how to do better business and deal with various situations. In my own experience, and in the bigger picture, we should probably have mechanisms in business that can identify and control these various situations, and this is where a team environment is so important. As business owners, you need to be aware of these types of scenarios. When your team is aligned, everyone is pulling in the same direction and supportive of each other and of you as the team leader. You achieve your objectives quickly and everyone is productive. has been taken over by the Church of Scientology (page 36). In the technical feature on page 67, we take a detailed look at backflow prevention. This month we have two competitions: Wall of Shame and Blockword, so enter to win! Your feedback is important to us, be it positive or negative, so please get in touch with your comments or company news at [email protected]. PA Happy plumbing! Ben A team is also usually made up of people with different skill sets, emotions, and ideas, and that is why it is so important to listen to everyone in the team — that one person may just give you the answers you were looking for to solve a challenge you were facing, whether work related or personal. We need to keep in mind that our work lives take up approximately half of our ‘awake hours’. Have an open door and use the tools you have been given — you have two ears and one mouth for a reason. In this issue, we continue with rainwater harvesting guidelines on page 29 and industrial wastewater on page 21. Our feature this month is on small business and consulting (page 52) and our project, with some high-spec items, is the Kyalami Castle, which ISSN 1812 - 1705 Audit Bureau of Circulations Oct - Dec 2017 Controlled free distribution         3483 CONTENT MANAGER Benjamin Brits • [email protected] WRITER Dineo Phoshoko • [email protected] CONTRIBUTOR Tristan Wiggill SUBEDITOR Elaine Enslin OPERATIONS MANAGER Chantelle van Deventer • [email protected] DESIGN/LAYOUT Mpho Ngobeni • [email protected] NATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES Director: Dale Macnamara • [email protected] External sales: Marcus Pearson• [email protected] Internal sales: Zeldalee du Toit • [email protected] Process coordinator: Estelle Thurtle •[email protected] www.plumbingafrica.co.za HEAD OFFICE Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd 13A Riley Rd, Bedfordview 2007 PO Box 695 Edenvale 1610 Tel: [phone] • Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] ACCOUNTS Laetitia Arnott • [email protected] MANAGING DIRECTOR Richard Bicker Caarten • [email protected] OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL DIRECTOR Sean Macnamara, CA (SA) • [email protected] OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE • Institute of Plumbing South Africa (IOPSA) • Sani`ter Africa, Plumbdrain Africa • Polymer Hot & Cold Technology Group (PHACT) • Plumbing Design Association (PDA) PRINTER Typo Colour Printing Specialists Cnr Bezuidenhout & Beaufort St, Troyeville 2094 Tel: [phone] DELIVERY/SUBSCRIPTIONS [email protected] DISTRIBUTION/MAILING CAB Holdings (Pty) Ltd 1 Trein Street, The Gables, Cleveland, 2001 Tel: [phone] ADVISORY COMMITTEE • Andrew Camphausen • Chris Kyle • Evert Swanepoel • Francisco Habib • Gary Chandler • Lawrence Benatar • Steve Brown DISCLAIMER While every reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure the accuracy of the advice and information given, neither the editor, publisher, proprietor, staff nor any official body represented or published in this issue, will accept responsibility for any damages, loss, injuries or false claims that may arise or be made in the content. Disclaimers by individual companies are hereby overridden. Reproduction of any of the content is expressly forbidden in terms of the Copyright Act of 1987 with all amendments. All requests to reproduce must be made in writing to the Publisher and such confirmation must be given in writing before proceeding. A copy of where the reproduction was published must be supplied to the Publisher at the above address. No reasonable request will be refused provided all conditions are met. All Publication and Exhibition titles are registered as trade marks in terms of the Trade Marks Act of 1993 and are held by Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd, Reg No 2014/092774/07. INTERACT MEDIA DEFINED Reg. 2014/092774/07 | VAT. 4560266159 April 2018 Volume 24 I Number 2