{"id":15921,"date":"2020-06-05T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2020-08-17T08:31:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:31:25","slug":"making-up-for-lost-time-icons-state-of-the-art-construction-equipment-key-to-achieving-fast-project-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/making-up-for-lost-time-icons-state-of-the-art-construction-equipment-key-to-achieving-fast-project-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Making up for lost time: ICON\u2019s state-of-the-art construction equipment key to achieving fast project delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

5<\/i>th<\/sup><\/i> June 2020.<\/i> As South Africa\u2019s lockdown restrictions slowly lift and more industries return to work, the ICON Group welcomes the government\u2019s announcement that all construction may recommence under level 3. The company looks forward to returning to its projects across the country, many of which were on hold under lockdown levels 4 and 5.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the delays to our projects were understandable and unavoidable, we know that time is money when it comes to the construction and property development business,\u201d comments Wayne Neary, ICON Group\u2019s Managing Director. \u201cWe are fortunate that we own our very own state-of-the-art equipment, which is sure to help us get projects back on track for our clients. It means we can jump into action, and not waste time renting and transporting equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The company has found their hydraulic hammers especially helpful on dolomitic and rocky ground conditions which require a large amount of rock breaking and crushing. Excavations can become extremely tricky in areas with large level variations resulting in peaks and valleys, which can be cause for delay. \u201cHaving our own hydraulic hammers means we can deal with rocky obstructions on site and in some cases use the crushed rock for other purposes,\u201d comments Neary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also recently invested in state-of-the-art impact rollers which help us cut compaction costs and contract program time,\u201d he says. Available in both three- and five-sided versions, the rollers are all newly built to the highest specifications and quality, ensuring maximum availability on your site.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The five-sided impact roller is general-purpose and most useful for earthworks where material needs to be placed in thick layers. Depending on the material type, fill can be placed in layers 500mm to 700mm thick and more. This gives the compactor an output of about 2000 m\u00b3 per hour. \u201cWhen you consider that a vibration roller has an output of about 300 m\u00b3 per hour, you can understand why our new equipment is sure to be a time-saver,\u201d comments Neary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The three-sided roller is best for compaction of in situ material on sites where deep compaction is required. Offering greater depth of influence than conventional equipment, the three-sided compactor usually makes it possible to satisfactorily compact soil from the surface instead of having to remove the soil and replace it in layers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to be able to offer our fleet of exclusive machinery to the South African construction industry. We look forward to getting back on track with our ongoing projects, as well as getting started on new projects which were in the pipeline prior to the enforcement of hard lockdown,\u201d concludes Neary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

5th June 2020. As South Africa\u2019s lockdown restrictions slowly lift and more industries return to work, the ICON Group welcomes the government\u2019s announcement that all construction may recommence under level 3. The company looks forward to returning to its projects across the country, many of which were on hold under lockdown levels 4 and 5. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-icon-group","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}