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Decoboard, created by Lambdaboard, a premier insulation brand by Rigifoam, is launching its new tongue-and-groove ceiling board, an affordable ceiling and loft insulation that improves thermal thermal efficiency. Designers are continually looking to deliver cost-effective options for insulation that protect against fire and improve thermal performance and excellent fire-protection characteristics.

Property developers, YoHome, envisioned their latest residential development in Benoni, Gauteng, as a lifestyle space where people can live and relax in a safe environment.

Lambdaboard, a flexible faced polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation board made on a continuous laminator, is an insulation solution used in many world-class local development projects. Lyle Jeffery, national sales manager at Rigifoam, says the over-purlin application is currently the most widely used application method for the product.

Somerset West has been fortunate enough to gain one of the most unique country estates within Southern Africa. The latest addition to the estate is the new Lifestyle Mall, which will open to the public close to the end of 2019.

Exxaro’s new head office in Centurion is 18 000m2 in size and accommodates 650 employees. Designed by AMA Architects, the signature of the office building flows with a series of layered fluid-curvaceous forms, in flushed-glazed detail. Its welcoming triple-volume entrance and reception open into a spacious atrium that sores upwards through the core of the five-storey workspace.

The 22nd Buildexpo Africa 2019 is the only show with the widest range of the latest technology in building material, mining machines, construction machinery and heavy equipment. At the 21st edition of Buildexpo, East Africa’s largest building and construction fair, Expogroup bring you exhibitors from over 40 countries who are the finest in infrastructure development.

When it came to Wesbank Spar in Malmesbury’s insulation needs, the specifier team turned to Lambdaboard from Rigifoam. This team comprised of architect and engineers, SKCMasakizwe Engineers, the main contractor, Niewenhuys Bouers, and the installer selected for this project was Land Staal.

When it comes to prestigious projects, you need to rely on products that can supersede all expectations. There is no room for errors; your product needs to fulfil an array of duties without the possibility of failure. Lambdaboard has been proudly included as the premium insulation material for numerous prestigious projects, one of these being the iconic Discovery Global Headquarters in Sandton Central.

The interiors of health clubs and training facilities, where people are actively pursuing a healthy lifestyle, often have a specific of criteria when it comes to the performance of the building materials and internal finishes such as insulation.

“ARCHITECT” – A cool word used for everything from a clever IT-guy who’s apparently pivotal to some kind of software solution, to the inventor of something cool and sometimes not so cool. Yet, those who are actually practicing what we originally knew as architecture are increasingly under pressure to keep up the “Greek god-ish” facade of an architect such as Howard Roark, for those who have read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

Construction of the new 45 000m2 printing factory for Hirt & Carter, located in the Cornubia Industrial & Business Estate, kicked off early in 2017, following a fast-paced programme in response to the tenant’s lease period requirements and sensitive dates to facilitate on-time production. The Cornubia precinct, developed with sustainable principles, is designed to provide for KwaZulu-Natal’s largest mixed-use, mixed-income and fully-integrated human settlement, and has emerged as a highly sought after residential and business location, with rapid uptake of commercial and industrial sites.

When SANS 204 was introduced, insulation went from being a nice-to-have to a must-have. But many saw this as a getrich-quick opportunity and the new “gold rush” was on. So-called specialists came out of the wood works with biased claims, multiple products were offered as solutions and more selling was done on what other products can’t do. As more tenants were seeing the financial rewards of reduced energy costs, the drive to insulate gained momentum, but so did the misleading representation of products.

The new 85 000m² Cornubia Mall near Mount Edgecombe in KwaZulu-Natal was designed with interconnected, landscaped walkways, park-like spaces and transparent, double-level display windows to create an open-air shopping experience. Due to the high humidity and hot climate of the area, the choice of insulation was critical and with leading retail tenants such as Pick n Pay,  Virgin Active and Shoprite cognisant of the benefits of excellent insulation, Rigifoam’s LAMBDABOARD® was specified.

The concept for a unique retail development is borne out of the need to provide the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast with a different type of shopping and leisure experience that incorporates various aspects of the unique KZN lifestyle.

To facilitate a comfortable interior for gym members in the brand new Planet Fitness Megaclub in The Club precinct in Hazelwood, Pretoria, architect Tony Hofman specified a rigid insulation  board that could double up as ceiling face. “Rigifoam’s 80mm LAMBDABOARD® was selected for its good insulation properties and the fact that the rigid board can be installed to serve as a ceiling,” Hofman says. Planet Fitness is situated in Die Klubhuis, also the new home of property developer, Atterbury, and features a running track along the perimeter of the entire building. 

D&D Roof Insulations, a well-known company specialising in roof insulation materials and thermal efficiency, burst onto the scene in 1999, originally as a distributor of Alucushion and Bubble foil products, as well as other foil laminate products. “We primarily specialise in the supply of roof insulation materials,” explains Bryn Doherty, managing director of D&D Roof Insulations. “So, large-format steel roof structures with steel cladding, roof sheeting, side cladding, and so on – that’s our primary market and where we have been since inception.” 

Not only did a rational design approach dictate a significant saving on the amount of insulation required for East Point, but in doing so, it enabled the developer and owner, SA Corporate Real Estate Fund, to direct capital expenditure to other areas where it made a bigger difference in getting the best energy return for the whole building.