On the cover: Komatsu South Africa offers a full range of exceptional high quality internationally engineered construction products, but it is the strength of a growing suite of value added support solutions that is reinforcing its reputation as a dynamic business partner of choice.
Two new value adding options which underpin the original equipment manufacturers (OEM) arsenal of customer-centric offerings are KomRent and a highly beneficial servicing and maintenance programme, both of which have been created by Komatsu as a proactive response to user calls for innovative solutions to address the economic challenges of 2016.
The environment
South Africa’s traditionally ‘cheap and plentiful’ electricity in the 1990s led to a lack of investment in generation and transmission infrastructure over the past few decades. This has resulted in a highly constrained electricity supply situation since 2008. Juwi’s Matthew Turner investigates.
WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff Africa has achieved a six star rating for its Nobelia Office Tower in Kigali, Rwanda. This is not only the first Six Star rated green building in Rwanda, but on the entire continent outside of South Africa.
Chevron Century Boulevard is a R200-million, 9 000 m2 head office with a difference. It is a water-positive building, collecting more water than it consumes.
Both rain water and air-conditioning condensate is harvested from the roof and balconies and stored in a tank below the basement.
From left: Matthew Turner, juwi’s business development manager; an artist’s impression of Rwanda’s first six star green building and Chevron’s head quarters.
Property and development
Abland is developing the 35 000 m2 A-grade office park development in Parktown called Hill on Empire. This is the first new office park development to be constructed in this Johannesburg node in more than 10 years.
Despite South Africa already having the sixth most shopping centres in the world, there is room for more – so say Gavin Tagg, managing director of Retail Network Services.
Murray & Roberts Buildings has commenced work on the Menlyn Park Reconfiguration Phase II project in Pretoria. Originally opened in 1979, the Menlyn Park Shopping Centre is undergoing a major redevelopment that includes a massive expansion and refurbishment, adding approximately 45 500 m2 to bring its retail space to approximately 170 000 m2.
From left: Hill on Empire; there is still room for the construction of shopping centres and work has started on the reconfiguration phase II of Menlyn in Pretoria.
Project profile
The Horizon project in Maputo comprises a 19 storey apartment tower and a 15 storey office tower that is positioned above a four floor mixed use podium.
With the main contract value of USD90-million, the contract had to be built in 24 months. To meet the very tight programme, SS Construções opted to precast the curved shaped concrete balustrades and cast them into the edge of the in-situ coffer slabs.
The Horizon project in Maputo is not only iconic but benefitted the community.
