Hi Lily,

1 - Start with South African Institute of Steel Construction info@saisc.co.za

2 - Google SANS, or look it up on White Pages (South Africa). Go to the Standards Index, and look for equivalent topics. But the SAISC will go a long way to help

Regards - John.rz

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Another source of information would be the Anglo Standards, if they still exist. I used them in the 1970's & they actually made sense, much later. They seemed over conservative, Anglo were obsessed with interchangeability. When I was in Zambia years later somebody jacked up the speed of a pre-Uhuhru belt & the idlers promptly fell apart. You might still be able to get a copy from Anglo in Market Street (Johannesburg) or even their Kent (UK) office. ■

Thanks maties,

Interesting thought. Them 1970s days were magic. They were the good old days, when we called them these trying times.

When I returned to Australia in the 1990s Western Mining used a swag of 1970s standards - and decided, hey we don't live in the sputnik era anymore. How about it boys. Let's update the lot. $3 mil AUD later they had a proud set of standards and documents. Just use the search engine, press 'PRINT ALL', and you could spit out a wheelbarrow full of documentation.

The idea was good, and some of the stuff was really well prepared.

Have fun - Sgt John ■