With some important road contracts already secured for this year, building materials company AfriSam notes that it is well placed to bring more capacity on stream as and when there is an upswing in South Africa’s roadbuilding sector. “The construction materials market is now only about a third of its 2012 level, when roadbuilding in the country was at its peak. The whole construction sector is looking forward to the release of more road upgrade projects this year, especially on the N2 and N3 national highways,” says AfriSam Construction Materials executive Avi Bhoora.