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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
MARCH
2014
COVER STORY
markets such as Angola, Botswana, Mozam-
bique, Zimbabwe and Zambia, plus new
regional markets opening up worldwide.
“Mozambique, for example, is a rela-
tively new revenue generator where we are
currently busy with a number of projects,”
says Bjorn. These include a 3 000 m² hotel
in Tete Province, northern Mozambique.
This structure will feature a mezzanine
floor, creating an internal double storey
layout, with an overall building height of
approximately 10 m.
Meanwhile, back in Colenso, the produc-
tion programme continues at an intense
pace, and as with any manufacturing
programme, mechanisation is the key to
efficient product throughput.
At Colenso, each steel section passes
through a series of production phases, and
at each stage Tugela’s Cat telehandlers
provide the materials handing interface,
culminating in the final loading of consign-
ment stock onto trucks for onward delivery
to projects. Some of these telehandlers
then switch from production to construc-
tion roles and are used for the erection of
Tugela’s building projects.
Expanding fleet
capability
Tugela Steel recently expanded its fleet
capability with the acquisition of five
new Cat telehandlers to perform these
multi-faceted tasks, one of which is a latest
generation Cat TH407 C-Series unit and the
1. An example of one of Tugela Steel’s
portal frame clear span steel buildings.
2. At any one time, Tugela Steel has over
100 portal frame buildings in stock
and ready for delivery at its Colenso
facility. Here one of Tugela Steel’s Cat
telehandlers loads a consignment for
onward delivery to site.
3. At the Colenso production facility, each
steel section passes through a series of
production phases, and at each stage
Tugela’s Cat telehandlers provide the
materials handing interface.
4. Tugela Steel founder, Knut Haug and son
Bjorn Haug at the company’s head office
in La Lucia Ridge, Durban.
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