9/2022 – Sitting down with Terraforce 4×4™ Step block

Terraforce 4x4 Step block seating, St Cyprians School, Cape Town

Ever since humans started walking the planet, they felt the desire to gather around a focal point to relax, negotiate and entertain each other – while sitting down. Today, these practical seating structures are still very popular, while the method of construction has become more user-friendly and building materials more varied and versatile. Download the…

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7/2021 – Free standing stairs made easy

The completed steps. See step by step photo story below.

Staircase DIY Need a neat and easy to install staircase? The Terraforce 4×4 Step block, a light, dry-stack concrete unit is ideally suited for efficient and economical steps, either in combination with the Terraforce L range blocks or for free standing staircases.

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5/2019 – Moving mountains with Terraforce

4x4 Step block seating along the new hockey field

Seating and earth retaining at Somerset College, Western Cape For South African educational campuses, sports facilities are always a top priority, and when Somerset College, one of the co-educational private schools in South Africa, was faced with a large, steep hill standing in the way of expanding their existing sports campus, major earth moving was…

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2/2019 – From hard ground to playground with Terraforce

4x4 Step block steps and seating instead of hard concrete paving

Versatile step block creates safe space for play In July 2018, Eikestad Primary School Stellenbosch in South Africa, decided to transform a bland, paved space into a place for play for their students. Find out more about the 4×4 Step Block.  Installed by Decorton Retaining Walls.

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3/2017 – School seating with the 4×4 Step block system

The Terraforce 4 x 4 multi seating system

Attractive and affordable school seating with Terraforce When it comes to sitting down, we all want to do so comfortably. Unfortunately, public or community seating solutions are often expensive and time consuming to install, leaving such spaces underdeveloped due to lacking funds. Contact us for more information on the 4×4 Step Blocks. As a result, there…

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1/2017 – IRDP housing gets facelift with CRB blocks

Terracrete stormwater channels between RDP housing units

Walls, stairs and stormwater channels in Botriver Retaining walls are often used to create more usable, durable areas for building homes and roads on land that would otherwise be inaccessible. They also lend themselves well as a cost-effective and versatile method for creating building platforms, access steps and road support for low-cost housing, or as…

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2/2016 – A place to gather with Terraforce, Doha

A place for visitors of the souq to gather at this 4x4 Step block seating arena

Revived in the last decade as the social heart of Doha, Qatar, Souq Waqif, a historic shopping hub, is a must-see highlight of the city. There has been a souq on this site for centuries; the Bedu would bring their sheep, goats and wool here to trade, and the entire market area has been skillfully…

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7/2015 – Pitch and viewing perfect!

The term amphitheatre is derived from the Greek language, meaning roughly: viewing from two sides. Open air theatres have been in use for over two thousand years, mostly in ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, with some of them able to seat up to 60 000 spectators.

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