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OCTOBER 2018 // ISSUE 105
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Editor’s column
28 QUALITY INSIGHT:
Sustainability in the SA context
30 PERSONALITY PROFILE:
Lola Verlaque of Polymers
Waterproofing Supplies
31 Products
32 Brand listings
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PROJECTS
12 Top of the class
14 Restoring an
80-year-old promise
NEWS
4
Applying chemical substances
to thatched roofs – TASA
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ASSOCIATIONS
6 Alarmingly high accident
rate on site – MBAWC
8 Raising the bar
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Interbuild 2018:
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FEATURES
18 Enveloping the
future of insulation
24 Green roofs rising
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