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Imison built a crèche in De Rust

Written by Imison™ | 28 July 2010

A group of 21 motorbike riders left the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg on the 13^th of July 2010 on a six-day road trip to Cape Town in support of Mandela Day. Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman, participated in the events along this trip. At each of the following destinations the bikers, including Jack Devnarain, Jeremy Mansfield, Lehlohonolo Saint Seseli and Hanna Grobler, helped with the completion of projects contribution to Mandela Day - Khuma township, Lebone House outside Bloemfontein, De Rust, Barrydale, Robertson, Wellington, and Khayelitsha. Imison built a crèche in De Rust near Oudtshoorn. See images.

Imison wins ABSA housing competition : Affordable Housing Innovation!

Written by Imison | 20 May 2010

On Thursday the 20^th of May 2010 Imison™ was announced as overall winner of the ABSA Bank International Innovative Housing and Sustainable Energy Efficiency Competition. In addition to being awarded the evening’s highest honour - Affordable Housing Category for Innovative Housing, edging out 18 other building technologies, Imison™ under the leadership of Fred Weitsz also bagged two 3^rd place prizes for Energy Efficiency, one award each for the BNG and Affordable Categories. In addition to South African companies, international participants came from countries such as Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Kuwait and Namibia.

This competition was launched in March 2009 and physical construction commenced in Wellington, Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape at the end of that year.

Committed to a greener construction process

Written by Lindsey Berry | 23 October 2009

Fred Weitsz, of the Patented alternative construction technology company Imison reports that a number of factors in its manufacturing and supply chain processes contribute to a greener construction process.

The company uses a technology that creates buildings with panels that are made from expanded polystyrene (EPS) and have a light-gauge steel core. The walls are coated with a spray-on fibre cement plaster.

Construction technology tackles housing backlog

Written by Carla Thomaz | 31 July 2009

With a construction time of between 66% and 75% faster than regular bricks and mortar construction, Fred Weitsz of the patented alternative construction technology company Imision reports that it is able to provide a solu- tion to meet the country’s current housing backlog. It aims to successfully tackle the previously insurmountable challenge in this sector to give alternative technology houses a brick and mortar look and feel.

STRONGER SMARTER FASTER

Written by SA Affordable Housing | 10 March 2010

Volume 1, no 6

Using technology to build better buildings, in a better way, for a better quality of life, and for more than a decade thereafter Imison was a boutique alternative construction company focused almost exclusively on building luxury homes in and around Cape Town. During this time enormous strides were made in the continual improvement of all facets of the technology cementing its suitability to all aspects of structural design.

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