AECI MUCH ASPHALT

AECI Much Asphalt is southern Africa’s largest commercial producer of bituminous products for the construction and maintenance of roads, runways, and other applications ranging from industrial and commercial surfacing requirements to small domestic asphalt projects. AECI Much Asphalt was established in Cape Town in 1965 and is a member of the AECI group of companies, operating as a standalone entity within the group. AECI Much Asphalt and its subsidiaries, AECI Spraypave and East Coast Asphalt, together operate 15 static plants, four mobile asphalt plants and three static emulsion/ modified binder facilities in South Africa.

KBK ENGINEERS – Silver sponsor

KBK Engineers is a black owned South African civil and structural engineering firm established in 1968.  Today KBK Engineers is a medium-sized practice with a head office in Pretoria, South Africa. It has been the firm’s objective from inception to deliver high quality work and service to clients, in a responsible manner and with due reference to the latest technological developments.  The firm has purposefully been developed to a size and level of service that senior directors are still available to be involved in actual planning and design work.  This facilitates skills transfer and helps to maintain the purity of engineering in the firm, around which our slogan, “Engineering in its purest form”, is built.

Dr GJ Jordaan, as part of his MSc dissertation (University of Pretoria, 1984), stated the following: “South Africa is a country fortunate in possessing a well developed network of paved roads that provides a basic and often overlooked facility for the social and economic welfare of the country. However, an accute shortage of funds available for pavement rehabilitation is endangering the integrity of this network, making continuous research for improved and more economical rehabilitation procedures necessary.” This statement is more relevant than ever today. The common denominator in rehabilitation is indeed bituminous binders, seals, and asphalt.

SPECIALISED TESTING LABORATORY – Silver sponsor

STL is a SANAS 17025 accredited asphalt, binders, aggregate and geotechnical testing laboratory proudly providing a one-stop, all-inclusive service to the civil engineering industry. We analyse samples obtained from onshore and offshore projects around the world. With a highly experienced team, professional support system, and state-of-the-art equipment, STL delivers round-the-clock capability to expedite the turnaround of test data required by the industry. STL strives to be the preferred partner of its clients by safely and consistently delivering quality, on-time and on-budget feedback and test reports.

SPECIALISED ROAD TECHNOLOGIES – SRT – Silver sponsor

SRT has grown from inauguration in 1997 to an independent company representing through its shareholding no less than three large civil engineering consulting firms, two commercial laboratories and two large asphalt manufacturing firms.

Road Surveillance Testing is operated from the SRT-Gauteng branch in Jet Park, while the Bitumen and Asphalt Laboratory is operated by SRT-KZN branch in Pinetown. SRT has a wide range of specialised equipment at its disposal for road surveillance testing, and our laboratory is equipped to meet the latest requirements of asphalt design protocol and PG Binder specification testing.

ELECRETE – Silver sponsor

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ANTON PAAR – Bronze Sponsor

The Anton Paar Group develops, produces, distributes and provides support for high-end measuring and laboratory instruments for industry and research worldwide. Located in South Africa, Anton Paar Southern Africa (Pty) provides sales, application support and service to users across Southern Africa.

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LIESEN BITUMEN – Bronze sponsor

Liesen Bitumen (Pty) Ltd is a manufacturer and supplier of bitumen emulsions and specialised bituminous products. Our investor and sister company, Liesen alles fuer den Bau, was established in Germany in 1953 as a coal merchant. Liesen is a medium-sized family owned company with more than 30 years of experience as a manufacturer of bituminous road materials. As part of its vision, Liesen Bitumen aims to bring expertise in binders and seals to Mzansi’s roads.

ROADLAB – Bronze sponsor

Roadlab gives its clients unique and world-leading insight into their work and delivers results they can trust on the widest range of subjects. We are Africa’s leader in materials testing, geotechnical investigations and on-site laboratories, with over 50 years of project experience across 21 countries in all aspects of on-site and laboratory testing of soils, aggregates, asphalt and concrete.

SKI CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS – Bronze sponsor

SKI Civil & Structural Engineers is a level 1 B-BBEE accredited civil engineering consulting services company. Founded in 2015, SKI specialises in road engineering infrastructure and related work. SKI Civil & Structural Engineers has recently advanced from an ‘Exempt Micro Enterprise’ to a ‘Qualifying Small Enterprise’ and envisages going from strength to strength. Managed by young, dynamic engineers, SKI offers the industry professional, dynamic and innovative perspectives, while paying it forward through training and empowering of previously disadvantaged individuals and communities.

DOW – Bronze sponsor

Dow’s purpose is to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners.

NATIONAL ASPHALT – Asphalt Focus Area Sponsor

National Asphalt is a leading asphalt supplier offering a range of hot and cold asphalt products to the construction, mining and building industries throughout southern Africa. We are known for our innovation in developing new technologies which improve the cost effectiveness and efficiency of our products. Our significant investment in research and development ensures that clients benefit from innovative solutions to assist in implementing our products effectively. We operate plants in numerous permanent locations and have extensive capabilities in mobile plants that range in size to cater for client requirements.

B2 SQUARE – Industry Disruptors Focus Area Sponsor

B2SQUARE provides sustainable, alternative technologies to meet the bitumen industry challenges of improving performance while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. As industries worldwide strive to achieve sustainability goals, B2SQUARE aims to transform the bitumen industry in a similar manner as electric vehicles are transforming road transport. Our aim is to provide a viable and sustainable alternative to fossil fuel dependency.

COLAS – Seals Focus Area Sponsor

Colas South Africa (Pty) Ltd is a specialist manufacturer and applicator of bituminous binders and slurries for road surfacing. We operate across South Africa with factories and depots in all major centres.

TOSAS – Binders Focus Area Sponsor

Since its establishment in 1971, Tosas has had a proud history of manufacturing and supplying quality bituminous products across southern Africa. The company specialises in the production of a wide variety of modified and specialist bituminous products, as well as delivery and application services. We manufacture modified binders, emulsions and other specialised products used in the roads and mining industries. With the largest fleet of bitumen distributors in Africa, a large fleet of in-house bitumen haulers and tankers, mobile bitumen rubber and PMB modification plants, Tosas is well placed to service customers across southern Africa.

BVI – Recycling for Flexible Pavements Focus Area Sponsor

Big enough to make a difference, small enough to care. BVi is a multi-disciplinary engineering group providing professional and efficient services to the public and private sectors.  BVi is experienced in the full life cycle of projects from conception, through bankable feasibility, to implementation. Our corporate culture is founded on solid engineering principles, combining quality and value for money to produce creative, target-related and effective solutions.

The well-established BVi Roads and Rail department consists of a dynamic and energetic group of people who strive to deliver products that give substance to the BVi core values of integrity, empowerment, professionalism, innovation and teamwork.

AECI Specialty Chemicals – Focus Area Sponsor

AECI Specialty Chemicals is a highly diversified industry-focused business serving a broad spectrum of 1 200 customers across sectors that include personal and home care, lubricants, rail, oleochemicals and mineral oils, coating and construction, polymers, sanitisers and disinfectants, road construction, can coatings, fire and specialties.

ROMH – Pavement Design Focus Area Sponsor

ROMH is a proudly South African, management-owned company. We are an organisation formed by Africans for the world, and our mission is to transform the African engineering landscape.