a . b . e . products supplied to Malawi projects
Products supplied by a . b . e . Construction Chemicals were extensively used for the repair and provision of three important community structures in Malawi .
Trevor Enerson , a . b . e . Construction Chemicals development manager : exports , says a . b . e . products were used for the upgrading and rehabilitation of Blantyre Water Board ’ s three potable water reservoirs , and for the rehabilitation of grain silos of the National Food Reserve Agency ’ s Kanengo Silo Project in Lilongwe .
Products supplied by a . b . e ., as well as its holding company Chryso SA , were also used for the Lilongwe Water Board ’ s new Water Treatment Plant .
For the repair of the Lilongwe Water Treatment Plant , carried out by building and civil engineering contractors the SAWA Group , a . b . e . supplied duraflex flexible cementitious waterproofing slurry for the internal application to the plant ’ s silt tanks and water clarifiers . a . b . e .’ s durasil SH silane
siloxane water repellent treatment was used as external coating for the water reservoir to reduce the ingress of chloride irons and carbonation attack .
Other a . b . e . products used for the 18-month long Lilongwe Water Treatment Plant project included durajoint PVC Waterstop for the joints ; durarep QS fast-setting concrete repair and anchoring material ; as well as a . b . e .‘ s precision non-shrink cementitious grouting , duragrout , to provide full bearing support for the plant and machinery installations . Enerson says that for the construction and isolation joints that formed part of the upgrading of the Blantyre Water Board ’ s three new reservoirs , a . b . e . supplied durajoint PVC Waterstop and durakol G HM along with epidermix 326 epoxy primer as joint sealants . For the reservoirs ’ internal walls and floors , duraflex was used as waterproofing slurry . The external walls and roofs were treated with durarep FC , duracote WB primer and duracote WB aliphatic acrylic coating . u a . b . e .
One of the three Blantyre Water Board ’ s water reservoirs for which a . b . e . Construction Chemicals supplied several concrete protective products .