August 2010
Construction World travelled to East London in the Eastern Cape for our project profile. Here Radon Projects is breathing new life into this city's Orient Beach esplanade with its landmark R250-million hotel and conference complex development. The East London International Convention Centre and the 261-room hotel hopes to attract investment and business travellers to this city.
Another very interesting project is the pedestrian bridge that was built as part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement project on the N1. AfriSam supplied self-levelling concrete for this project - it has a consistency like pancake batter and was chosen because it can easily penetrate the intensely congested spaces caused by the internal stressing ducts, reinforcing and attachments for cables.
Shopping malls and office developments
This month Construction World focuses on shopping malls and office developments. Apart from various developments and regeneration projects throughout the country, Franki's geotechnical work on the site of what was once beach slopes of Luanda (Angola), is laying the foundation for a major change to the Luanda skyline.
Franki Africa installing diameter 650 mm CFA piles for the Total Tower project with the Three Towers project recently completed using Franki driven cast-in-situ piles in the immediate background and the Intercontinental Tower in the far left background, also recently completed by Franki.
Precast concrete products
This focus gives readers their first taste of some of the entries in the biennial CMA Awards for Excellence. These awards, being held in November, is indicative of the very high standards in the precast industry and is illustrative of the role of South Africa's precast concrete industry in the broader construction industry.
Crown Publications, publisher of Construction World, will publish the winner's magazine. Contact Theresa de Jongh for advertising enquiries: 011-622-4770, 082 3317178 or theresadj@crown.co.za
The owners of this race-horse stud farm required a large rambling single-storey country house with a degree of European/North American traditional elegance.
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Cover story
Bosch is adding the angle grinder GWS 18 V-LI Professional to its 14,4/18 volt tool range with premium lithium-ion batteries. This new cordless angle grinder from Bosch is proven to be the most powerful in its class when it comes to grinding steel and aluminium profiles, cutting tiles to size, cutting pipes to length, or performing vehicle body construction work.
Greening it in Rwanda
Given the strong emphasis that is placed on environmental sustainability and the lowering of carbon footprints in the leisure industry, having an environmental accreditation is a powerful marketing tool which would influence discerning travelers when assessing their accommodation alternatives.
Medupi's chimneys
Construction of the two chimney structures for the 4 764 MW Medupi dry-cooled coal-fired generating plant, being undertaken by the Concor Civils and Karrena Africa Joint Venture, is well underway and progressing ahead of schedule.
The future is now
Consulting engineering firm, GIBB is pleased to welcome APS Planafrica to the GIBB Group of companies, offering its clients a holistic one-stop solutions.
Commercial property still under fire
While the commercial property market remains under pressure, there are signs of recovery in some of the sectors.
Helping to achieve ambitions
One of South Africa's pioneering owner-driver schemes is celebrating its 30th anniversary. It has put wheels under hundreds of drivers who it has supported with financial assistance of more than R38-million.
