The Original and Still the Best
Peter van Niekerk
Peter van Niekerk With over 30 years of experience in the paver industry, Peter has been instrumental in the design and development of many high profile paving projects in South Africa, New Zealand and through out North America.
For the past 15 years Peter has focused his energy on the development …
Consulting
Consulting – Over the years Peter has been involved in consulting work originally in South Africa and later in the United States, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the Far East. In South Africa his projects included major downtown and waterfront redevelopments and pedestrianisation in downtown Johannesburg, Cape Town …
History of joint stabilization
History of joint stabilization – Peter had for some time recognized that stabilizing the jointing sand had become standard practice on all residential, commercial and industrial concrete and clay interlocking pavingstone installations in Europe. Developers and designers had come to realize the benefits of ensuring the integrity of the pavements …
Relocation to the USA
Relocation to the USA – Peter moved to the United States in 1993 to joint what was to become one of the largest residential paving contractors in the country. He later worked as a consultant for a major pavingstone manufacturer from Israel who had previously met him at an international …
PROJECTS
Residential
We cannot ignore our thousands of little success stories that are out there in the form of residential projects. Many companies have included our sealers as a standard feature in all their projects with great success and for many companies it is the only product that they use because …
Fashion Island, Newport Beach California
Fashion Island, Newport Beach California – There is a new trend in paver use that is an indicator of the future potential of our industry. Fashion Island Mall in Newport Beach, one of the US’s most prestigious upscale malls, has started to replace all the hardscape in the mall with interlocking …
Wacker Street, Chicago, Illinois
Wacker Street, Chicago, Illinois – Cold weather climates provide some of the most difficult testing conditions that a pavement can be subjected too. This is certainly true for Chicago where in the winter of 1999 they had a record-breaking year in terms of freeze/thaw cycles. Unwittingly we were participating in a …
McKinney Ave, Dallas Texas
McKinney Ave, Dallas Texas – This high profile project was installed with large ¾’ joints and through correct application in less than ideal weather conditions, we were able to work with the contractors to get the correct results.
Pier, Huntington Beach California
Pier, Huntington Beach California – Another place where looks are everything is Huntington Beach California. One of the birthplaces of surfing hosts many events on the Pier from world-class surfing to weekly artist exhibits and flea markets. This are is subjected to some unique conditions. Food, vehicular, and all other imaginable …
University of Cincinnati Music Conservatory, Cincinnati Ohio
University of Cincinnati Music Conservatory, Cincinnati Ohio – We have always selected products that have good breathability. This feature proved it’s importance on one of our most well known cases at the Music Conservatory at the University of Cincinnati. The project utilized clay pavers for the majority of the project and …
Container Terminal, Colon Panama
Container Terminal, Colon Panama – Talking about large heavy-duty pavements, one of our most impressive projects as regards the stabilizing of joint sand is definitely the container shipping facility in Colon, Panama. This pavement is subjected to extreme loadings having 40,000 pound containers stacked as many as two high by fork …
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim California
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim California – One of our award winning sealer projects is Disneyland Hotel. The Disney Company took this opportunity to create something that was impressive in it’s beauty and functionality. IMA Architects have used yellows, blues and greens to enhance the area in and around this magical getaway to …
Queensway Bay, Long Beach, California
Queensway Bay, Long Beach, California – The City of Long Beach took a decision to upgrade the Boardwalk around the Aquarium, Marinas and Restaurant facilities. They elected to use a variety of brown and gray colored clay bricks manufactured in the Mid West and installed them in a runner bond along …
Angel Stadium, Anaheim California
Angel Stadium, Anaheim California – Another satisfied customer is John Drum of the Edison Field in Anaheim California, home of the Anaheim Angels Baseball Team. He reports that the maintenance of his pavement is going on without a hitch since interlocking pavers and our sealers were installed at his facility…
Legoland, Carlsbad California
Legoland, Carlsbad California – One of the attributes that Peter has always thought was vitally important to making an application easy was demonstrated on the Legoland Theme park in Southern California. The project was about 200,000 square feet in extent and due to time constraints, needed to be sealed in under …
L Ron Hubbard Way, Los Angels, California
L Ron Hubbard Way, Los Angels, California – Talking about success and ease of installation. One of our show projects was L. Ron Hubbard Way in downtown Los Angeles. This major street was installed using volunteer workers and because of the heavy traffic index on the street the Landscape Architect and …
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs, California – This was the first major project that used a joint stabilizing sealer in North America.
Alamo Car Rental, Las Vegas Nevada
Alamo Car Rental, Las Vegas Nevada – We were given a further opportunity to test the benefits of a joint stabilizing sealer on the Alamo Car Rental bus terminal at their Las Vegas Airport location. The pavement had been correctly installed, but due to some design errors, the incorrect thickness of …
Disneyland, Anaheim California
Peter van Niekerk first promoted a joint stabilizing sealer whilst working as a sub-consultant to the Architects who designed the interlocking concrete and clay block pavements at Disneyland Park in California. The design team wanted to use unit pavers, but the custodial department was concerned about the potential loss of …