Civil Engineering March 2022 | Vol 30 No 2

oN THE COVER T RM piled foundations have been chosen, designed, and installed for road bridges, river bridges, high voltage power line pylons, silos, tanks, heritage buildings, mines (conveyors, processing plants, tanks, pipes), car dealerships, office buildings, residential blocks and several types of power plants. The modern TRM Piling System has been chosen and accepted by many highly regarded professional entities including ACSA, Arup, Zutari (previously Aurecon), BA Engineers, Bigen Africa, Greene Group, DRA Global, EDS Engineers, Eskom, Jones &Wagener, Kantey & Templer, MDCC, Moroff & Kuhne, Mosomo, Mott MacDonald, Pierre Badenhorst Engineers, PRASA, Royal HaskoningDHV, Sasol, SRK Consulting, VNA Consulting, Worley, and more. By exceptional performance on all projects, backed by a R180 million piling product insurance, the TRM Piling System has deservedly earned an excellent reputation for providing safe, dependable, fast, and high-quality deep foundation solutions, enabling many clients (and their professional teams) to unlock their full project potential. TIME IS MONEY Clients demand value for money, and time is money. Whether a project involves filling hotel bedrooms, selling or renting completed residential or commercial properties, opening new roads and bridges, or creating/expanding facilities to increase the productivity of a business, clients proceed on time-based financial models. Principal contractors choose the TRM Piling System to mini- mise risk of their project schedule overrunning and eroding their profit margin. Each advantage below brings significant time and/or cost savings, making TRM piles an attractive, dependable, and flexible solution. Q Q Remote sites: Q Q Mobilising compact TRM piling rigs is rapid and cost-effective Q Q Fewer piling personnel required on site Q Q Far lower concrete volume needed Q Q Piling in several phases (often not consecutive) via multiple site visits is cost-effective. Q Q Where piling must be performed within a narrow timeframe (e.g. fully operational sites such as mines, shopping centres, refineries, process plants, etc): Q Q Fast erection of the TRM piling rig (1 hour to commence TRM pile installation) Choose the TRM Piling System to unlock your full project potential The TRM Piling System has been helping to improve and modernise the South African piling industry from the time it was first introduced over a decade ago. Since then, the TRM Piling System has grown from strength to strength and has been successfully installed on many challenging projects throughout South Africa and across the African continent. 4 March 2022  Civil Engineering TRM piling works in a remote area, along an undulating road with no platform works