December 2013
CONSTRUCTION WORLD
12
ConstructionWorld’s
prestigious Best Projects Awards was held for the 12
th
time on 29 October at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf
Club in Linksfield, Johannesburg. Sixty one entries competed in the
seven categories of the awards. The awards eveningwas attended by
230 guests, some of whom commented that these awards, the only
in South Africa that reward excellence across the entire construction
industry, are increasingly prestigious and popular.
Best Projects 2013
THEAWARDSARE INDEPENDENTLY
judged
by specialists who represent various profes-
sional bodies: Chartered Institute of Building
Africa (Rob Newberry), Master Builders of
South Africa (Naudé Klopper) and Consulting
Engineers of SouthAfrica (TruemanGoba) (all
were previous presidents of these bodies or
of their predecessors).
Afrisam has been the main sponsor of
this event from the start. This year category
specific sponsors were added. The specific
sponsors for each category are listed in the
overview of the winners.
Category A1:
Civil Engineering
Contractors
The judges remarked that both the
Civil EngineeringContractors andBuilding
Contractors categorieswere characterised
by many ‘firsts’ in the construction world.
Special Mention
Refurbishment of Island View
Berth 2 – Durban Port
Main Contractor
Stefanutti Stocks Marine
Highly Commended
Upgrading of National Route 2
Section 11: Coega to Colchester
Main Contractor
Concor Roads & Earthworks
Winner
Tweefontein Optimisation
Project
Main Contractor
WBHO
Category A2:
Building Contractors
Special Mention
Telesure Headquarters Project
(recently named Auto &
General Park)
Main Contractor
Aveng Grinaker-LTA
Highly Commended
Alice Lane – Phase I
Main Contractor
WBHO Construction
Winner
Portside
Main Contractor
Murray & RobertsWestern Cape
Category A3:
Civil Engineering and
Building Contractors
(outside South Africa)
This category was sponsored by PCBS.
Winner (Building
Contractors)
Fairscape (Gaborone,
Botswana)
Main Contractor
Stefanutti Stocks Botswana
Winner (Civil Engineering
Contractors)
Sendelingsdrif Project
Main Contractor
ADP Marine & Modular
Trueman Goba.
Rob Newberry.
Naudé Klopper.
The judging
Judging took place of 17 October.The judges
scored entries based on the criteria for each
category and these scores were adjusted on a
weighted average basis to ensure equitability
across all entries.
Criteria
Entries were judged according to the criteria
for each of the categories as set out in the
call for entries. Categories A1, A2, A3, B, C, D
and E shared the same criteria which were:
(i) Construction innovation technology,
(ii) corporate social investment, (iii) design
innovation, (iv) environmental impact
consideration, (v) health and safety, (vi)
quantifiable time, cost and quality, and
(vii) risk management.
Category B had four judging criteria:
(i) construction innovation technology,
(ii) corporate social investment, (iii) environ-
mental impact consideration, and (iv) health
and safety.
