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Bridges
◆ Enhanced aesthetic appearance
◆ Allowed careful choice of final top coat colour to
assist with elegant appearance of the handrail.
The balustrade design utilised a rotated, splayed and
inclined wedge-type frame that housed six horizontal rods
in an inward-tapered profile, completed with a robust,
continuous handrail. The wedge frames were connected to
the concrete coping of the footbridge using a recessed
bolted connection, that was filled and coated to ensure a
smooth, clean appearance. The unique wedge frame
The Association would like to acknowledge the
advertisers and thank them for their support
Alpha Chemical Products .................................................... page 25
Armco Superlite Galvanizing..............................Outside Back Cover
Aveng Trident Steel (Pty) Ltd ................................................ page 17
Bulldog Projects (Pty) Ltd ...................................................... page 31
Chemplus................................................................................ page 19
Duram Paints (Pty) Ltd .......................................................... page 28
Galvanizing Techniques (Pty) Ltd ........................................ page 7
Lianru Galvanisers (Pty) Ltd.................................................. page 21
Metsep SA (Pty) Limited........................................................ page 23
O-Line Holdings Limited........................................................ page 13
Pro-Galv cc ............................................................................ page 19
Robor Galvanizers ..................................................Inside Front Cover
Southern African Institute of Steel Construction ................ page 9
Speccoats .............................................................................. page 35
Strutfast Cable Management Systems ................................ page 15
Supergalv (Pty) Ltd ................................................................ page 5
SurTec SA (Pty) Ltd ................................................................ page 11
Transvaal Galvanisers (Pty) Ltd ............................................ page 33
Weartech (Pty) Ltd ................................................................ page 27
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creates unusual shadow lines and the appearance varies
with the differing daily sun position. The careful,
deliberate use of a shadow line below the baseplate
assisted in accommodating the construction tolerance in
achieving the continuous flowing-appearance handrail
system.
Interesting information
Footbridges provide a vital link within the community
which was originally separated during the construction of
Eastern Boulevard freeway. The footbridges were
originally constructed with aluminium handrails cast into
reinforced concrete copings, but the majority of the
handrails have been vandalised over the preceding years,
and replaced with temporary handrails, which in turn have
also been vandalised in some cases.
Structural steel, enhanced with a duplex corrosion
protection system (hot dip galvanizing overcoated with an
appropriate paint system, was selected as the material of
choice for the new handrail system.
This unique replacement handrail system was developed
to improve the appearance of and to bring about
aesthetic improvement to the general precinct. The
aesthetic and safety improvements also function as a
point of pride for the community.
The Association wishes to thank Messrs Stephen Roux Principal
Professional Officer, City of Cape Town,Transport, Roads &
Stormwater Directorate, Roads & Stormwater Department,
Structures Section, and Abé Newmark (Pr. Eng.), Technical
Director, Western Cape Transportation Division, BKS (Pty) Ltd,
for this contribution.