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SBS manufactures flexible liners at its Durban facility for specified lined steel storage tanks. The liner forms the liquid-contact barrier while the steel shell carries structural loads. Materials and documented approvals must suit the actua...

SBS steel water tank walls are made from engineered Galvalume steel panels rolled to the required tank radius. Water pressure increases with depth, so panel thickness and reinforcement vary by design. Manufacturing checks help each panel matc...

SBS Tanks manufactures core steel water tank components in its ISO-managed Durban facility. Rolling forms steel wall panels, liner manufacturing creates liquid-containment barriers, fabrication produces structural and functional parts, and Bo...

SBS Tanks has announced the appointment of Matthew Cole as Chief Executive Officer, effective 12 October 2026, marking an important milestone in the company’s leadership journey. At the same time, long-serving CEO and founding member Delayne ...

Safe Installation Starts Before the Build Large-scale steel tank installations require careful coordination between planning, logistics, installation methodology and SHEQ. A recent SBS Tanks project demonstrated how integrating these discipli...

Project Scope: Manufacture, quality release and factory dispatch of an ST35/08 modular water storage tank with a capacity of 3,745 kL. The Challenge The project required strict quality control and detailed documentation. Multiple stakeholders...

A water tank can be standing, roofed and connected and still not be ready for operational handover. Physical completion is an important milestone, but project quality is only closed when the final installation has been inspected, outstanding ...

Work-at-height risk is not controlled only by adding more PPE once people are already working above ground. One of the most effective to reduce exposure is to examine the construction method itself and ask whether more of the work can be comp...

The safest installation day is usually the result of decisions made days or weeks earlier. By the time an installation crew reaches site, many of the conditions that will influence risk have already been set: access, foundation readiness, del...

Catching a Labelling Error Before It Reached Site Quality is about more than manufacturing a product to the correct specification. It is also about ensuring that every product is correctly identified, verified and released in accordance with ...

A factory inspection is most useful when everyone knows in advance what is being inspected, when it must happen, who needs to be involved and what evidence is required before the work moves on. Without that structure, inspection can become re...

A modular steel water tank arrives on site as a coordinated set of components, but the quality story begins long before packing and delivery. Galvalume structural steel panels, high tensile grade fasteners, nozzles, multi-layer woven PVC blad...