RammTeck. Bringing the past into the future

  Rattray foundation head office O ur most challenging project yet where we had to build on a gradient and the base was all clay Obviously rammed earth adds some additional challenges to this type of construction Embedded in the clay was huge granite rocks that had to be burnt and cooled to break before we could get Down to foundation level All foundations in the basement are reinforced 1m x 0.8 with 16 mm rebar Olso tied to these vertically where tie bars for the retaining wall  this had to be done as  three sides of the wall are holding back the clay The vertical bars that will run up the retaining walls to create a stressed member Shows the bars that will run all the way through the wall to the top of the slab Then two lines of bricks 300 mm apart with our Steal  in the cavity we can lift three lines at a time and then Fill with concrete The following pic shows how the s

n Tswinga village  This was going to be a challenge with no local knowledge a totally new crew Very bad soil conditions as there was only a clay type of soil to be found I only put two of my experienced staff onto this project.  With my two site leaders so far from home for so long they became  Very friendly with the locals and that lead to a management breakdown Wich was costly to the business Some nice coloring in the wall panels The soil problem lead us to import a lot more soil than we thought necessary We had to breakdown the clay as much as 75 percent this we did with a blend of riversand and cement to achieve the desired hardness issues Getting the patching right on any rammed earth wall is an art but really makes or breaks it  with all the pin holes there are a lot of these visible marks I have a secret remedy for that but drop me a mail After a long ramming process and a lot of intricate brickwork on the ins

Projects that RammTeck has consulted and worked on Mablomong pilot project admin block             Mablomong phase 2 three classroom block    Buthlebamangwe 4 classroom building            Mamphunga admin offices and 3 classrooms   Chebelihle admin offices and 4 classrooms     Ntalantala school 3 classrooms and computer room   Mamphunga full service building Rattray head office building Buffels hoek trust  staff accommodation Hoyo hoyo curio shop Nourish library Thorny-bush group packing house Nedbank ablution block Funani creche classroom Backup water project for Buffelshoek Trust  Funani Crèche Ablution blocks for Aspringofhope of hope

  Mamphunga full service building coming to completion Having two rammed earth buildings next to each other very unique Another beautiful building built by the community for the community some finishing touches inside the building  Above the entrance to two consulting rooms The activity room  Storage area Kitchen with serving hatch into open area  Building conventional building into Rammed earth is a challenge as the rammed earth is always moving so there is no keying into the rammed earth  When joining up against a rammed earth wall  we make a very clear brake point or join The join should be cleaned out with a bolster chisel making a nice clean movable join And showing the plaster where to crack So the end result a complete building with 400 m2 of space tiled with bathrooms completed for less than 1.5 million  try and beat that anyone Another David Rattray inspired building by Rammteck  completed

Mamphunga full service school building This building the first of its kind it is a new government initiative  to have one of these types of buildings in specific areas throughout  the country  Well here it is ...... This building is unique in that it uses passive heating and cooling   to control the temperature internally  a lot more brickwork was used internally to divide up the rooms  In all our other buildings we have just divided into class rooms This building comprises of    Entrance hall and reception area Large open plan admin office space A 80 m2 activity room 2 large consulting rooms   30m2x2 1 x sick bay Male and female toilets Disabled toilet with a shower A strong room and large document store Once again built by the community or the surrounding unemployed  people We try To employ a good balance between men and women  We have trained over  one hundred people so far in the three years we have been busy