The Legacy Group has awarded Aveng Grinaker-LTA with the Leonardo Building contract which comprises the construction of a four-level basement and a 150 m high-rise building at 75 Maude Street, Sandton. The new building will include retail, office, a 4 000 m² garden terrace with a gym, spa, crèche and restaurant above, with luxury apartments and penthouses and is within walking distance of the JSE, the Sandton Convention Centre, Nelson Mandela Square and the Gautrain station to be developed on a phased basis.
Construction activities for the duration of the basement development include pouring and placement of 17 500 m³ of reinforced concrete, 1 380 tonnes of reinforcing, 40 000 m² of formwork, the laying of 350 000 stock bricks, 8 000 m² of plaster and 2 000 m² of screed.
“Aveng-Grinaker-LTA is building a strong presence in Sandton with a number of prime construction projects underway in the area,” says Marc Meire, managing director of Aveng Grinaker-LTA’s building division.
Aveng Grinaker-LTA offers multidisciplinary services across the construction and engineering value chain to its clients in South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius and other selected markets in the rest of Africa. It offers a range of standalone or integrated services which range from building, civil engineering and earthworks, to mechanical and electrical engineering.
