ON THE COVER: Keller Geotechnics SA has recently completed the Enablement Works Contract for the Cape Town Station Student Accommodation Project for the Eris Property Group. The site is located on the corners of Strand, Adderley and Old Marine Drive in Cape Town.
The R1,3bn development will include a 3 085-bed purpose-built student accommodation, 6,700 m2 of modern retail space and a new world-class public square. This new retail precinct will be known as Cape Station.
Build more capability to underpin transformation
Sub header: To ensure that Mining Charter directives on procurement and enterprise development lead effectively to economic transformation, a better planned approach to capacity-building is needed.
“While South African mining companies are complying with the charter’s requirements, it is clear that this process can raise costs and performance risks to unsustainable levels,” said Steve Bartels, partner and civil engineering technologist at SRK Consulting. “This can occur particularly in large, complex projects where specific expertise and experience is scarce.”
CHRYSO’s history of innovative chemistry for sustainable construction
As it is for its parent company, Saint-Gobain, the environment, sustainability, safety and quality are key drivers for CHRYSO. Locally CHRYSO Southern Africa is ISO certified for quality, safety and its environmental impact. Hannes Engelbrecht, CHRYSO’s Concrete Unit Business Director says that climate change, waste and water management are KPIs for this focus. At its production plant in Jet Park it uses solar power to reduce its carbon footprint. He reminds <i>Construction World<i> of CHRYSO’s commitment to sustainable and innovative construction while simultaneously using examples to show that CHRYSO has done just that for many years.
CHRYSO technical experts are aiming to facilitate the development of innovative materials through the optimisation of concrete formulations to achieve low CO2 cement, concrete and energy savings. It has, through strong R&D, enabled low-carbon concrete admixtures by giving access to new performance levers that creates such solutions. The range of admixtures that CHRYSO developed are for use in existing low-carbon cements such as those where fly ash and slag are used.
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