Sika invests in New Concrete
Laboratory in Gauteng
Sika South Africa is delighted to
announce the opening of their new concrete laboratory in Johannesburg. Business
unit concrete will use this facility to further increase their core business as
there is an increase in demand in the Gauteng area for Sika concrete
admixtures. Sika is improving its service in this region by offering high
quality technical support, backed by relevant concrete testing facilities and procedures
to quantify and optimise their concrete quality and cost efficiency. The laboratory
will enable the Sika concrete technologists within the Gauteng area to optimise
concrete mixes for semi dry pavers, wet cast precasters, RMC producers (Ready
mix concrete), and testing of Shotcrete materials used in tunnelling and mining.
In the main concrete laboratory mixes
are designed and tested to determine where they can be adjusted for
optimization. The Sika concrete admixtures can improve water reduction,
allowing for further reduction of cementitious binder contents while still
maintaining concrete workability with similar or improved strength development.
