This week Rolkon completed their 2nd project at King Shaka International Airport, this time in Dube Tradeport Tradezone 2 where our team drilled for the installation of a 315mm diameter…
New Sewer Sleeve In Sizela
In our first big project of 2022, we put in the hard yards, testing horizontal drilling technology and the skills of the Rolkon team. This project for Bloc Contractors…
We are 2022 Ready!
According to stats from Market Reports World on the trenchless construction industry, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa lead the African continent in a Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) market, a market…
New Machinery Added To Our Fleet
As part of our efforts to grow our business and the trenchless construction sector in KZN and the country, we recently added some new machinery to our fleet. This includes:…
SAICE Talks Trenchless
Trenchless Construction and Rolkon’s approach to its projects and the industry itself is featured in the October issue of Civil Engineering magazine, Magazine published by SAICE (the South African Institute of…
The Benefits of Trenchless Construction
In those parts of the country where modern conveniences such as plumbing, electricity and internet are services we take for granted, trenchless technology is critical in being able to maintain…
No Wriggle Room
On a recent job for Bloc Contractors, our team was faced with very limited space to drill under the concrete entrance to the Fry Foods building. Despite the lack of…
Location & Length For This Fibre Job
In a fibre installation project for MTelecoms, the Rolkon team focused on length and location as they drilled under the R102 in Verulam. Given the tight location on the edge…
Edendale Sewer Sleeve – Pietermaritzburg
Railway lines, vegetable gardens and tight community living Rolkon faced a tricky drill site during a 2-day project in Edendale in Pietermaritzburg for Bloc Construction. Before the new sewer sleeve…
Anton Lembede Aqueduct – Durban Inner City
Rolkon started the month of August with some heavy lifting….11 tonnes to be exact! This job in the inner city of Durban involved horizontal drilling under an existing stormwater culvert…
