MEC investigation committee

The fact finding committee that was sent by the MEC for education was taken aback by the work that Rammteck has done on the KZN schools where we have had the opportunity to build our green buildings

The group consisted of the Chief architect of KZN public works as well as the Chief architect for the DOE and
the KZN provincial director of education

The day started off with a technical meeting covering our soil mixing technique, Ramm process, community staff usage, raw material use, carbon footprint statements

A big thank you to the people that have fine tuned the rammed earth model  These are Ben Henderson,Rob Taylor,Peter Taylor and Mike Beukes

The so called rammed earth model is the way in which we start a project run a project and complete it using local staff and local material and maximize community involvement and minimize the effects on environment and carbon footprint

To say the least the delegation was blown away at what we have created with the local communities and the local materials and can see the possibilities that this type of building will become a norm throughout South Africa  and the spin offs are way more than expected
At the closing meeting they where very positive at the future prospects of Rammed Earth and where very eager to get the ball rolling in this Green direction

All in All the meeting was very positive with a lot of future prospects a reality in the New South Africa




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