OTHER NEWS Police earplugs on Jaffna phones New restrictions at duty free shops Riverina Hotel in Sri Lanka Offers Guests New Reservation System Which Guarantees Instant Confirmation CCI to publish “Construction Industry Trade Catalogue 2008”    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend GTB launches TMT STEEL BARS in SRI LANKA 12-05-2008 GTB is set to lead the industry with new generation Reinforcement Steel Bars by introducing Thermo Mechanically Treated Bars with superior mechanical property and economy is use over conventional Reinforcement Bars. Thermo Mechanically Treated Bars are recognized through out the world as superior construction material as compared to conventional cold twisted deformed steel bars on account of distinct advantages of Higher Bond Strength, Excellent Bendability, Superior Weldability, Higher Corrosion Resistence and Superior Seismic Resistance. GTB had used THERMEX thermo mechanical process developed by M/s QEK, Germany which enabled the production of high strength deformed bars that meet all the requirement of civil engineering industry viz. minimum yield strength, ductility, weldability and higher elongation value. Advanced technology from Thermax, Germany, is used for the first time in Sri Lanka, produce GTB TMT 500. Thermax process imparts high strength to the bar using the latest technique of thermo mechanical treatment as against cold twisting, which is used to manufacture traditional reinforcing bars. The micro - structure of the bar consists of a combination of strong outer layer of tempered martensite and a ductile core of ferrite pearlite. This is what give GTB TMT 500 an excellent combination of strength and ductility. GTB Colombo Corporation sources finest steel billets manufactured by prime mills using captive raw material in state of the art facilities like blast furnace, Ladle Refining Furnace and continuous Billet casting process. Billets thus produced contain no harmful residuals assuring consistent and predictable quality of GTB TMT 500. Yield point of minimum 500 gives to structural engineers an opportunity to design RCC structures. Using 8% lower quantity of steel in the RCC Structure. Rib pattern of GTB TMT 500 has been specially designed using automated milling machines, resulting in uniform and precise ribs profile through out the length of the bars ensuring excellent bond strength between the bar and the surrounding concrete. While the specification stipulates that bond strength should be 40% higher than that of mild Steel plain bars, GTB TMT 500 has typical values which are higher by as much as 100%. This leads to increased safety and durability of the structure even in the most hazardous environments. Print Version | Email to friend

Police earplugs on Jaffna phones Sun, 20-07-2008 08:00:00 Users of CDMA and mobile phones in the Jaffna peninsula have been asked to obtain a police clearance certificate for the use of the phones from this month, an official said yesterday. For the past two months, CDMA phones have been barred while the use of hand phones is restricted to a few hours a day in the peninsula. The police have already sent a printed application form to the Jaffna Telecom office to deliver it to phone users along with their telephone bills for this month, Region... |FULL STORY|

New restrictions at duty free shops Sat, 19-07-2008 18:00:00 Items like large TVs, fridges, air-conditioners, washing machines, etc will not be sold at Airport Duty Free shops from August under a new circular-Customs Chief. ... |FULL STORY|

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Riverina Hotel in Sri Lanka Offers Guests New Reservation System Which Guarantees Instant Confirmation Sat, 19-07-2008 17:00:00 Reserving a room is now easier and fuss-free thanks to Riverina Hotel's new reservation system which guarantees immediate confirmation. Guests can simply log on to the hotel's official website http://www.riverinahotel.com and book rooms in the convenience and safety of their homes. This new addition to Riverina Hotel's customer service offerings is their way of ensuring that guests are serviced as early as the booking process. With a 14-day view of room availability shown in real ti... |FULL STORY|

CCI to publish “Construction Industry Trade Catalogue 2008” Fri, 18-07-2008 13:00:00 Chamber of Construction Industry which represents all stakeholders of the domestic construction industry drawn from both public and private sectors ranging from large multinational corporations to micro enterprises, satisfied a long felt need of the industry by publishing the first ever construction industry catalogue. This was another initiative launched by the Chamber towards enhancing the capacity and competitiveness of the domestic construction industry. The construction industry t... |FULL STORY|

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