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Volume 40 No . 1 2016
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION
Front Cover : Tswane Rapid Transit Stations – The Memory Box
Photo : Megapix Digital
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EDITOR Reneé Pretorius
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in this issue ...
SAISC COMMENT 2016 Hurdles – ready , get set ... go !............................ 2 PROFILES Visiting Architect : Friso van der Steen ........................ 4 Spencer pays a visit to Uitenhage Super Steel ........... 6 INDUSTRY NEWS Industry news in brief .................................................. 7 SAISC Steel Awards : Call for nominations ............... 10
Trends : News from the USA – A family journey through steel ................................................................. 11
PROJECTS : Architecturally exposed steel
Tshwane Rapid Transport Stations .............................. 14 Newtown Junction ................................................... 16 Pretoria Porsche Dealership ..................................... 18 TECHNICAL
What designers and fabricators need to do to achieve a quality corrosion control system .................. 20
SAISC SUBSIDIARIES
SASFA : Annual review of LSFB activity during 2015 ............... 24
ASTPM : Structural hollow sections : an attractive alternative for your structures ................................... 27
SAMCRA : Concealed-Fix , Secret-Fix and Standing Seam cladding .................................................................... 28
SAISC NEWS Calendar of courses and events ............................... 26 Social snippets ......................................................... 29 Membership list ........................................................ 30
Join us on and editor ’ s note
“ writing the last of 74 ( as Spencer pointed out ) editor ’ s notes for Steel Construction . The next one will be from the new editor of the magazine , Denise Sherman .
It is probably safe now to confess that Hennie ( retired CEO of the Institute ) and Spencer took a chance appointing me as editor of the magazine back in 2003 ( yes ). I sort of knew how to write a press release and previously edited a monthly staff newsletter . And it was right before the big Steel Awards issue of that year . With their help and some rescues along the way however , I survived the first few hurdles and got to enjoy rather than fear the business of compiling a magazine from scratch ( deciding what to put into it ) to finish ( delivery at the office – phew ).
Firstly , I would like to thank Spencer , Steel Construction ’ s sub-editor , read here - magician ; stepping in when there is a crisis ; technical ‘ demystifier ’; backing up when there was a bit of slipping up etc . Thank you Spencer , this magazine would not have reached its current standard ( which from my objective point of view is quite high ) without you . Secondly my sincere appreciation for the rest of the ‘ production team ’ – Sandra Addinall the ever patient lay-out artist and my attention to detail back-up ; David Stapleton from Camera Press , who pulled more than a few rabbits out of a hat ; and Viv van Zyl , another magician , who despite the cyclical nature of the industry managed to always source the advertising needed to keep the magazine going and growing .
Thank you to the rest of the staff for answering my pleas for material by sending me excellent articles on relevant issues which I would never have thought of by myself . Note : There is nothing more satisfying to an editor ( generalisation ) to receive a well written , excellent article with eye catching images .
Then lastly to the advertisers who make it possible to publish Steel Construction and you , the reader . Without you it would have been meaningless to be the editor ( sort of like that guy in the factory who kept punching a hole in a metal contraption but its function has long been made redundant ).
My ( as the editor ) last issue features exposed architectural steelwork , my favourite part of the big steel story . Steel is indeed beautiful .
Keep on enjoying the magazine !
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