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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

**About Dr Concrete**Dr Concrete specializes in providing high-quality concrete repair products, cementitious coatings, and decorative flooring solutions. Our products cater to both small contractors looking to expand their expertise and larger construction companies seeking reliable and top-notch materials. **Our Expertise****Concrete Repair Products**:- **Polymer-Modified Repair Mortars**: Ideal for multi-purpose concrete repairs, ensuring durability and longevity.- **Adhesives and Bonding Liquids**: High-performance solutions for strong and effective bonding.**Cementitious Coatings**:- **Decorative Cement**: Versatile cementitious coating for various applications, ensuring robust protection and aesthetic appeal.**Decorative Flooring Solutions**:- **Quartz Carpet**: Durable and visually appealing flooring option for residential and commercial spaces.- **Decorative Epoxies**: Stylish and functional epoxy floors perfect for enhancing interior spaces.At Dr Concrete, we are committed to supporting our clients with expert advice and a comprehensive range of products. Whether you're a small contractor or a large construction firm, we aim to build long-term relationships and assist in growing your business. Explore our product offerings and discover how we can help you achieve superior results.**Contact Us**:Visit our website to learn more about our products or get in touch with us directly for inquiries. Let Dr Concrete be your trusted partner in delivering excellence in concrete solutions.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

We are now halfway through 2020.We’ve been lucky so far. Our focus on marketing remains big, and the result is a number of on-going projects as well as some stunning projects in the pipeline.During lockdown I doubled down to rebuild legacy systems that have been dragging along with the business over the last 20 years. I developed a huge streamlined quotation system coupled with a comprehensive database of available products which are combined to form the systems that we implement. This has enabled us to do more quotations faster, and therefore sell more effectively.Because of the economic downturn, I have revisited my strategy of 2008, thereby diversifying our flooring offering and selling rather aggressively into the residential space again. These smaller projects means that we are now installing about three low-risk residential floors a week while still continuing our industrial projects.This strategy means that we have been extremely busy since we were allowed to move around again.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

In 2019 I sold a specialised flooring system for Edward Snell Bottling Plant as well as the new Flagship 92 Rivonia Mercedes Benz Showroom.These projects, combined with a number of other fantastic projects meant that the company again had a record year.It is also during this time that I formed a partnership to start CT Mining, a coatings supplier focussing on the mining sector with super hydrophobic products to protect plant and equipment against dirt accumulation and chemical deterioration.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Increased R&D in technical protective coating solutions• Increased investment in automation machinery and technology• Intensified our online marketing drive as well as certain print publications• Closed sales with iconic projects such as the Lillian Ngoyi Woman's Memorial Monument, The Market Theatre, numerous Mercedes Benz showrooms, art galleries, electricity sub stations, food processing plants and more

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Drive to automate our installation work through heavily investing in technology and specialised machinery• Upskilled the labour force with the operation of the new machinery, thereby effectively streamlining our implementation work.• My drive to empower employees through education and training saw huge growth in performance and enabled us to do larger projects with smaller teams while still delivering extremely high quality projects.• Personally sold and oversaw Africa projects in Kenya and Tanzania.• New clients included multinational corporation facilities such as Mercedes Benz, Nike, Kingsley Beverages and Hilton Hotels

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Changed company direction from serving mainly residential clients to serving industrial and commercial clients• Merged the diversified devisions of Sandstone Creations, Painting Creations and Flooring Creations to fall under the Creative Touches Brand with one marketing focus and a multi-skilled team to do the implementation work.• I changed CT INDUSTRIES into a holding company and started the CT Floors brand that focussed specifically on Industrial and Commercial Seamless Flooring Solutions• Our residential work continued at a rate of at least two projects a month while I started closing sales with companies such as MTN, IS and Saint-Gobain

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Strategic focus on marketing our diversified offering ensured the survival of the company• I intensified our marketing drive through online channels and other affordable media channels• I deepened our drive to close sales and removed the bottom limit placed on the smallest size projects that we would be willing to take. • My exceptional focus on supplier relations meant that the business was able to bring in business through supplier referrals based on their recognition of our ability to deliver quality work with their products.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Establishing the CT INDUSTRIES Brand and identity• Developing a diversified offering through the formation of three new divisions: • Sandstone Creations • Painting Creations, and • Flooring Creations.These divisions were set up to market separately with separate implementation teams which enabled us to do focussed work while generating multiple streams of income.• Developing quality control measures to ensure that all the teams could deliver to client expectations.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Tasked with establishing the Creative Touches brand• Developing systems to lead implementation teams in the Creative Touches offering• Selling our new services to clients and leads obtained through trade shows• Financial management of the small business• Marketing and sales strategy.• Team development

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

CT Floors is a flooring technology specialist.Our focus is on providing flooring solutions to the industrial and commercial property owner who needs fast turnaround times for their, or their tenants’ specific requirements.With high technology products and the use of specialised machinery and equipment, we are able to achieve major speeds in implementation as well as durable finishes needed for any environment. We provide the following solutions to enhance your building projects:Through-coloured, cement-based, rapid-setting, fast-drying self-levelling screeds without- or with aggregate (Terrazzo – Polished concrete look) for all commercial-, speciality and retail environments.Industrial-strength, cement-based, self-levelling screeds for the rehabilitation of old and worn concrete floors when renovation time is limited in factories, production areas and warehouses.Epoxy, Polyurethane and vinyl floors for aircraft hangars, motor showrooms, warehouses, workshops, industrial kitchens, hospitals, ablution facilities and other commercial applications.Decorative concrete- and cement-based screeds for large commercial and leisure industry projects.- Floor preparation to receive final finishes and screeds- Underlay systems for vinyl and high-traffic carpeting- Concrete floor rehabilitation- High strength screeds- Floor maintenance- Polished concrete- Coloured concrete- Surface hardeners

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Serving the environment by ensuring clean water

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

CT Mining is a Hydrophobic coatings supplier serving the mining industry.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Gained Sales Experience by doing 5 trade shows a year• Follow-up on leads obtained from trade shows in order to close sales• Leading the installation team and ensuring quality control• Invoicing and following up on payments• Arranging inventory and logistics

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Activities and Societies: British Institute of Concrete Technology Testing concrete Specification of concrete Quality control and mix.

Sct 41 Concrete Technology - General Principles, Concrete Technology, Ict Stage 2

Activities and Societies: British Institute of Concrete Technology Materials, including aggregates, cements, water, admixtures.

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