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Bricks & Paving
CBP used in Shovagakula
paving project
Precast concrete block pavers (CBP) and kerbing have been used to
construct safe, attractive and durable pavements in Olievenhoutbosch Ext
36 for both pedestrians and cyclists.
Known as the City of Tshwane’s
Shovagakula (Easy) Paving Project, it is
being run over three years in several
phases and aims to encourage the use of
bicycles in the place of cars for travel within
Olievenhoutbosch.
Phase 1, which commenced in April and
completed by the middle of June, involved the
construction of pavements 2.2m wide and
1 600m long using 50mm bevelled pavers, as
well as Figure 10 and 12 concrete kerbing
supplied by Concrete Manufacturers
Association (CMA) member, MVA Bricks.
Construction involved compacting in-situ
material to 90-93%, adding and compacting a
150mm layer of G5 mixed with four percent of
cement, and topping that with 20mm of river
sand. Once the pavers were laid, they were
covered with plaster sand to fill the joints
between the pavers. The surface was then
swept and compacted to form a very attractive
and hard-wearing surface.
The terracotta coloured pavements were edged
with a header course of charcoal pavers, which
were also used for decoration strips at every
five metres.
The main contractor on Phase 1 was MK Brick
and Earthworks, owned and run by Nathaniel
Kgobe.
Newly laid pavers at The City of Tshwane’s Shovagakula (Easy) Paving Project in
Olievenhoutbosch Ext 36.
MVA Brick’s Figure 12 kerbing is installed prior to the construction of CBP
pavements.
Kgobe says that 35 people were deployed for
the execution of Phase 1, 28 of whom were
unskilled members of the local community.
“We trained them in all aspects of CBP surfacing
including the preparation of the sub-base, the
actual laying of pavers and the installation of
kerbing, and they have acquired skills which
they can use on other projects of this nature,”
said Kgobe.
A header course of charcoal pavers being laid in Olievenhoutbosch Ext 36.
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august 2013