Sarcea
Engineering Services in Johannesburg

The development of this technology has resulted in the construction of all the wonderful sophisticated concrete structures, all over the globe, that we take for granted today.
SARCEA South African Reinforced Concrete Engineers' Association Reinforced Steel Reinforcing Rebar Mesh.

SARCEA exists to promote the interests of its members, to encourage fair and equitble trading conditions and to establish optimum standards of design, workmanship and service to preserve the good name of the industry. This can only be attributed to the enthusiasm of it's members. Many of the emerging sub-contractors who fix most of the rebar today are products of SARCEA's training scheme. The current slowdown in construction activity only means that construction pressure is building up for the future. Houses, buildings and infrastructure still need to be built and it is only a matter of time before the economy picks up and the rebar industry is back in business. SARCEA exists to preserve the good name of the industry; to promote the interests of members; to encourage fair and equitable trading conditions; to establish optimum standards of design, workmanship and service and to ensure fair conditions of employment for all employed in the industry. Good Detailing & Scheduling of reinforcement helps the construction process considerably by minimising costs, delays and disputes, by easing the steelfixer's task and by providing the contractor with a certain amount of flexibility both in fixing and construction staging. Correct cover to reinforcing steel not only affects the durability of the concrete but also the extent and severity of cracking under working loads. In conditions of fire the amount of cover also governs the time scale before damage to the reinforced concrete elements occur.