Energy and EnviroFiciency
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uilding projects in the
Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ)
have injected over R1,2 billion into the Nelson Mandela Bay
construction industry over the past two quarters. Six major construc-
tion projects are currently underway in the Coega IDZ including the
erection of:
• Chinese car and truck manufacturer First Automobile Works’
(FAW) plant
• Famous Brands’ cold storage plant
• DCD Group’s wind tower manufacturing plant;
• the addition of Coega Cheese onto the Coega Dairy outfit;
• Agni Steels’ R400 M smelter facility
• Rehau’s extension in the Nelson Mandela Bay Logistics Park
(NMBLP)
Industrial gas company, Air Products South Africa, is also about to
begin construction of its R300 M state-of-the-art air separation unit
in Zone 3 in July, bringing the total number of projects being built to
seven. “The global economic climate is still not stable, yet investment
continues to flow into the Coega IDZ and is literally taking root in the
construction projects underway,” said AyandaVilakazi, Coega Devel-
opment Corporation (CDC) head of marketing and communications.
“We currently have 20 operational investors, and once these seven
construction projects are complete, we will be up to 27 operational
investors by mid-2014.”Vilakazi said the activity meant major spinoffs
not only for lead contractors, but also sub-contractors, suppliers and
the whole built environment supply chain: “At a time when there is
industry malaise at a national level, the Coega IDZ is experiencing a
construction boom to the value of R1,2 billion."
Enquiries: AyandaVilakazi.Tel. 041 403 0464 or email ayanda.vilakazi@
coega.co.za.
B
oogertman + Partners (B+P)
are proud to
announce that their new head office project
for the Department of Environmental Affairs in
the City ofTshwane has been awarded a Six Star
Green Star SA Office Design V1 rating by the
Green Building Council of South Africa. Although
the DEA had set their targets high in terms of the
energy usage of the building, capping the permis-
sible annual energy consumption at 115 kwh/ m
2
/
annum, the contractual requirement was only to
provide a four star green rating.Through a holistic
and teamoriented approach the six star rating has
proven that a greener building does not have to
cost more. Key contributing factors to this fantastic
result has been the extensive use of renewable en-
ergy, optimisedmechanical and electrical systems
design, harvesting of sunlight and rainwater. Get-
ting the basics right such as orientation, shading
and the iterative optimisation of the design were
pivotal in achieving the final outcome. In addition
to this the building envelope has been designed
to international standards of insulation and glaz-
ing, including a thermally broken double glazed
curtain wall system, designed specifically for this
project.The extensive use of BIM and a consider-
able amount of daylight and energymodelling has
gone in to proving and refining the design through
an approach of iterative optimisation.
Enquiries:Tel. 27 12 429-7300 or email mail@
boogertmanpta.co.za.
Coega… on the go!
Environmentally friendly DEA
A snapshot of the inside of the Agni Steelsplant in Zone 11 of the Coega
Industrial Development Zone.
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July ‘13
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