Projects

• The new Ikusasa building in Johannesburg can now boast world class status in green building standards
• The Ikusasa building in the Oxford Parks precinct in Rosebank – completed by leading black-owned contractor Concor earlier this year – has just been given six stars by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)
• In both its construction and operation, Ikusasa reduces water use, energy consumption, process waste and pollution

• Technicrete’s internationally licensed Armorflex Erosion Control System was selected for upgrades to major stormwater systems currently underway in Mamelodi Extensions 4 and 5 north-east of Pretoria
• Based on a trapezoidal channel analysis of water volumes and velocity, Armorflex 140 was selected as the best system to install for the gradual channel to be constructed
• Part of the contractual requirement was to outsource 30% of the work to workers from the local community

• The 2022 Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) honoured both Rocla and Technicrete with Engineering Excellence Awards in the Infrastructure and Paving Categories
• Rocla, winner of the Infrastructure Category, supplied over 19kms of HDPE piping to Safcrete Construction for the Polokwane Waste Water Treatment Project which was commissioned by the Polokwane Municipality to upgrade an outdated sewerage system that serviced the Seshego area of Polokwane
• Announced as the winner of the Paving Category, Technicrete’s internationally licensed Armorflex Erosion Control System 140 was selected for upgrades to major stormwater systems in Mamelodi Extensions 4 and 5 north-east of Pretoria. Tefla, who undertook the project, said Armorflex’s easy installation enabled them to outsource 30% of the work to the local community enabling them to add a skills transfer element to the project.

• Gauteng Piling has secured a major contract to provide extensive foundation piling for Grand Central Towers apartment block
• The site is roughly triangular and covers 1 259 hectares. The property is bounded to the east by Diagonal Street, to the south by Exchange Street, and on the north and west, by Market Street
• Apart from the shallow rock, the main challenge for the Grand Central Towers project is the casting of column starter bars into the piles

• Repairs to the external façade of a commercial development in De Korte Street in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, has been successfully completed by Citi-Con, a leading concrete repair specialist
• It was an extensive and technically complex undertaking that entailed repairing many thousands of concrete panels that constitute the face of the building
• It involved repair of the joints, reaming out existing material and replacing it with an elastomeric sealant complete polyethylene foam rod.

• The site will be created by a team of world-renowned architects and engineers
• The Line will have an outer mirror façade, and is only 200 metres wide, 170 km long and 500m above sea level
• The development will run on 100% renewable energy

• Construction company Aveng’s subsidiary McConnell Dowell has been awarded a A$600-million contract
• The contract is for a new, modern bridge spanning 1km over Tasmania’s Derwent River
• The team includes international partners, local construction companies and contractors to leverage the economic opportunities for Tasmania stemming from the project

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• SANBS in KZN appointed WSP as the Environmentally Sustainable Design consultant and Green Star Accredited Professional to help guide the professional team to develop a holistic design
• This resulted in the conversion of a shell industrial building into a sustainable, light-filled space that now accommodates the head office, laboratory, and a public-facing area
• The headquarters now includes an auditorium and upper level from which visitors can see into the laboratory, to engender greater interest in the SANBS’ work

• Addressing the ageing building stock, and ensuring green building principles are applied to new developments, is a key area in terms of cutting emissions
• Governments and municipalities must work with reliable professional partners to analyse the planned development through a low-carbon lens and evaluate which new urban or infrastructure development will create the most benefits
• Replacing carbon-intensive construction materials with low carbon alternatives can play a key role in reducing the construction industry’s overall carbon emissions contributions

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Leading black-owned contractor Concor is engaging on a 17-month project to construct a new pollution control dam at De Beers’ […]

• The Department of Home Affairs plans to issue a public request for proposals “in a few months’ time” for an ambitious R6 billion project
• The planned border post upgrade project is linked to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to ensure the border posts have appropriate infrastructure.
• Frontrunner for some of the contracts is Raubex which in November 2020 was awarded a two-year R2.4 billion lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract by Zim Borders

• Eye of Africa Golf and Residential Estate has been developed to offer a lifestyle with quality residential finishes
• Technicrete and Rocla are supplying paving, manholes and stormwater pipes for Phase One of the project
• It will be supplying a further 18 900m2 of its DZZ’s to the second phase of the Eye of the South project

• When one thinks of precast concrete culverts one imagines them installed under bridges and roads enabling stormwater to flow freely and preventing the destruction of bridges and roads
• Customised culverts were designed to offer operators at the smelter plant a safe passage
• Sometimes one size does not fit all

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• Concor has met another tight deadline with the handover this February of the Ikusasa building in Rosebank, Johannesburg
• Among the innovations we employed to cut the construction time was the use of larger foundation piles
• The building’s four levels make up over 7 500 m2 GLA, while the three basement levels cover more than 10 300 m2. The structure consumed about 8 700 m3 of concrete and over 800 tonnes of reinforced bar

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• Deconstruction potential in the urban environment is limited due to the fact that most urban structures are brick-and-concrete hybrid structures
• Deconstruction relates to the total or partial removal of structures or equipment, with the main focus on beneficial reuse
• It is tempting to opt for a salvage and deconstruction option, with the end goal being the potential resale of structures and equipment

• Belo Transact is currently involved in a major refurbishment of the gym at a tertiary institution in Gauteng
• This and other projects are currently plagued by a shortage of materials – for example, acoustic tiles and many fittings
• Perhaps a more pressing problem is that smaller companies are crippled by a lack of the working capital they need to complete projects on time, and banks and the financial sector as a whole simply do not have a solution for them.

• Phoenecian is working under Mbongiseni General Services cc to not only implode the five-storey building, but also to prepare the site for its proposed redevelopment. This is quite an old building that has also had some issues in the past with illegal tenants, resulting in the structure being condemned due to its structural defects.
• The implosion will make way for a new Vertical Mixed Use (VMU) housing development that will accommodate 2 000 households as part of the larger precinct development. The VMU housing development, which includes a commercial and retail element, will create jobs during and post construction.
• Phoenecian had to carry out minimal ‘soft’ work within the building itself from a structural perspective, as another sub-contractor that is part of the professional team cleared out all of the internals

• The conversion of commercial spaces into residential units is nothing new to the South African property sector
• Lockdown forced companies to accept that a remote workforce is not only viable but can also deliver improved cost and productivity efficiencies
• On the demand side, banks are also largely coming to the residential property party

• Tanzania expects to conclude LNG talks by June, president says
• Nation weighs higher output from proposed plant, Hassan says
• The second phase of negotiations with a group of companies led by Equinor ASA and Shell Plc for building the long-delayed LNG terminal are expected to conclude by June

• Concor worked with developers to push the boundaries of sustainable design and construction, with a 6 Star Green Star SA Office V1.1 (recognised as World Leadership) and a Net Zero Carbon Level 1 Base Building certification imminent at its latest project in Rosebank’s Oxford Parks – the four-storey Ikusasa office block
• Its commitment to Zero Harm and sustainability ideally positioned Concor to complete the Ikusasa office block in Rosebank’s Oxford Parks precinct to 6-Star SA Office V1.1 green standards
• In terms of the materials category, for instance, the Green Star rating rewards developers and contractors for reducing the amount of natural resources used, and for reusing materials wherever possible