Tensile Cables
Steel Structures in Cape Town

Tensile Cables specialises in the designing and supplying of.
quality Marine Grade 316 stainless steel cable at competitive prices,.
technical support to keep our customers confident in our brand.  Using only the highest.
distribution.  We pride ourselves in excellent customer service and.
architectural and structural cable systems for international.
Tensile Cables strive to remain a market leader in the cable sector.

In 2004, Tensile Cables was formed within its sister company Tension Structures, which was founded in Tension Structures is practiced and adept at working as a key member of a client’s building team, to design and build long-span and large custom tensile fabric structures. In 2009, Tensile Cables expanded to form our own company and became the market leader in designing and supplying architectural and structural stainless steel cable systems in Southern Africa. Tensile Cables has established our expertise in the construction, architecture, design and landscaping industries, specialising in balustrading, cables trellising, bracing and suspension cable systems, among others. Still working very closely with Tension Structures’ specialist engineering team on all technically challenging projects for engineering analysis and input, our years of experience in the industry and constant pursuit of industry leading innovation provides our customers with the highest quality product and service. Using these expertise, Tensile Cables is able to optimise the design of every cable system. After completing his PhD at Imperial College in London, and gaining work experience in the UK, Kenya and Australia, Ken returned to South Africa to continue his career in structural engineering. In 1993 Ken established Tension Structures introducing the concept of Tensile Fabric Structures to South Africa. He has 40 years of experience in the field of Structural Engineering and is our head design engineer for all projects. Ruark is the Sales & Marketing manager and he has been working with Tensile Cables for the past 7 years. He has always enjoyed working in people facing roles. At Tensile Cables he ensures that all the client technical sales enquiries are assisted in a speedy manner. We pride ourselves in understanding our clients’ expectations and providing fast & efficient service. Craig Shepherd is a qualified rope access technician who started with Tension Structure’s sister company, Tensile Cables working in procurement and the factory. He now works with Tension Structures managing fabric and steel manufacturing and installation. He is able to absorb the pressure of challenges and looks forward to those which may present in new projects ahead.