TAL CHOSEN FOR PRESTIGIOUS FNB HEAD OFFICE PROJECT

The headquarters of First National Bank recently
benefited from an extensive refurbishment project which entailed the
resurfacing of 28,000 m² of flooring.

This R236-million project was enhanced by the use
of TAL Screedmaster Industrial for the installation of flooring undertaken by
Top Carpets and Floors Pretoria.

The FNB Head Office Building is located at 1099
Corner Pritchard and Harrison Streets in Johannesburg’s CBD and the entire
22-storey, four-basement office building underwent redevelopment and
refurbishment.

Surface preparation necessitated lifting all old
carpeting and removing residual carpet glue using a concrete floor grinder.
Because this process left the existing substrate too uneven to receive new
carpet tiles, TAL Screedmaster Industrial, was specified for smoothing and
levelling the surfaces. Levelling uneven substrates prior to installation of
new floor coverings is integral to the underlayment process and must be managed
professionally using the correct floor-levelling compound, tools and expertise.

Manufactured from shrinkage-compensated cement and
selected aggregates, TAL Screedmaster Industrial is a single-component, high-performance
heavy-duty, self-levelling and smoothing underlayment compound. TAL
Screedmaster Industrial is VOC compliant. When added to water, its high flow
properties require minimum installation time and produce a smooth, flexible and
durable floor surface prior to fixing floor coverings. TAL Screedmaster
Industrial is trafficable after three hours and sufficiently cured to receive
floor coverings after 24 hours.

Screed buckets, each filled with the specified
mixing ratio of 2 x 22-kg bags of Screedmaster Industrial and ten litres of
water, proved physically challenging for applicators working throughout the
multi-storey building. TAL solved this by providing two-wheel trolleys for
easier mixing, transportation and pouring of the product at points of
application, reducing screed application times by approximately 40%.

Further challenges included site accessibility for
large deliveries and lack of storage space for the quantity of product
required. By using a crane truck to deliver no more than three to four days’
worth of TAL Screedmaster Industrial, off-loading was accelerated and lack of
storage space was eased.

Thanks to the partnering of TAL and Top Carpets and
Floors Pretoria, the results of this extensive project proved highly
successful.

About TAL

TAL, a division of Norcros SA, has been a trusted
manufacturer and supplier of the highest quality materials to the construction
industry for more than 40 years. Their range of tile adhesives, grout and
waterproofing materials, as well as their range of specialized functional and decorative
floor coatings and construction chemicals are manufactured and tested in
accordance with the most stringent standards of quality and performance.

TAL products are manufactured and tested to TAL
procedures which are maintained in accordance with Quality System Standard ISO
9001:2015, Environmental Management System ISO 14001:2015 and Occupational
Health and Safety Management System OHSAS 18001: 2007. The TAL laboratory is an
ISO 17025:2005 accredited testing facility for 1348:2007 (Tensile Adhesive
Strength of Cementitious Adhesives). As a member of the Green Building Council
of South Africa, TAL is committed to designing and manufacturing their products
in an environmentally responsible manner.

View www.tal.co.za to find out more about TAL products, specifications and value-added on-site service offering. Alternatively, contact TAL Technical Advisory Service on 0860 000 TAL (825)