High quality precast elements from the
“Cape of Good Concrete”

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The pipes are produced on a HawkeyePedershaab system

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In the South African metropolitan region of Cape Town, Cape Concrete Works are manufacturing precast concrete products of all kinds primarily used in the civil engineering industry

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The concrete pipes are the company‘s flagship, which starting from nominal diameters of 2.6 m are also called „Big Boys“

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Cape Concrete is one of the market leaders throughout Africa in the field of manufacturing customized curbstone, too

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In addition, elements for the use in building construction such as these prestressed-concrete hollow core slabs are manufactured by means of a Weiler slipformer

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One of the company‘s strengths is due to the well-balanced mix of modern plant equipment and manual manufacturing, as shown here the preparation of reinforcement elements

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The extensive product range is completed by special components such as road curbstones as decorative concrete elements made to order of city administrations

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Additional products are these shielded waste containers made of heavyweight concrete with reddish hematite aggregates used for nuclear waste ...

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... and special tanks with a filling capacity of up to 2,500 liters for several wineries located in the Western Cape region

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A prestressed bridge girder on the road

In the South African metropolitan region of Cape Town, Cape Concrete Works are manufacturing precast concrete products of all kinds used in the construction and civil engineering industries. In doing so, the cooperation partner of the German manufacturer Profilbeton can look back on a long-term and successful tradition, like the BFT International trade magazine.

Once called by the Portuguese discovers „the most beautiful end of the world“ or also „Cape of Storms“, but still today known under the common name „Cape of Good Hope“ (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop) which was already known at the time of the Dutch East India voyagers, the most south-western point of the Republic of South Africa also stands for innovative and high-quality concrete products, for example. With Cape Concrete Works, this article introduces a leading manufacturer of concrete components primarily used in the civil engineering industry. In one of the next issues, we will present...