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Durban Harbour

Construction

Construction is the largest cluster in Group Five. It includes the business segments of Building and Housing, Civil Engineering and Engineering Projects.

Click to expand/collapse the table Building and Housing
Building
  • Education and healthcare facilities
  • Public buildings and infrastructure
  • Large commercial and residential complexes
  • Retail shopping centres
  • Industrial premises
Housing
  • Large-scale residential and building contracts for the mining and industrial sectors
  • Corporate and private/public sector housing developments
  • Low-cost and affordable housing schemes

Recent key contracts

  Contract   Description   Location  
  King Shaka
  Construction of international airport   KwaZulu-Natal  
  International Airport          
  Nedbank Phase 2   Construction of bank office building   Gauteng  
  Moses Mabhida   Construction of a 70 000 seater stadium   KwaZulu-Natal  
  Stadium   including athletic track, sports field, basement      
      parking and external works      
  University of   The upgrade of existing campus buildings   Gauteng  
  Johannesburg   including two new generic buildings and      
      sporting facilities      
  Brandvlei Prison   Demolition of existing prison and construction   Western Cape  
      of 1 000 inmate prison      
Click to expand/collapse the table Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering undertakes a broad range of heavy civil, infrastructure, roads and earthworks contracts for both public and private clients, operating in South Africa, the rest of Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands and the Middle East.

Key services include:

  • Fluid distribution and storage
  • Mining civils
  • Milling plants, material handling, silos and storage
  • Power stations and industrial structures
  • Port and marine facilities and airports
  • Roads, bridges and interchanges
  • Dams, canals, pipelines and rail contracts

The business has an established local and international footprint and is recognised as one of the leading South African firms in marine construction and water treatment structures. We have a large, competent and multi-skilled workforce that allows flexibility in the selection of contracts and an ability to easily adjust to the changing needs of the markets.

In the Middle East, the primary areas of activity are:

  • Infrastructure development, primarily for transport contracts
  • Multi-disciplinary industrial contracts
  • Public sector low-rise real estate

Recent key contracts

  Contract   Description   Location  
  NMPP Pipeline   New multi-product pipeline designed
  From Durban  
      to convey various petroleum products   to Gauteng  
  Siyavaya highway   Gauteng road upgrade including lane   Gauteng  
  construction   additions and improvements to      
      interchanges as part of Sanral’s      
      Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project      
  Durban Harbour entrance   Durban harbour widening by 100m.   KwaZulu-Natal  
  widening   Removal and replacement and extension      
      of existing breakwaters and deepening      
      of harbour entrance to a depth of 19m      
  Koeberg Interchange   Expansion of the Koeberg Interchange   Western Cape  
      between the M5 and the N1      
  King Shaka International   Construction of international airport   KwaZulu-Natal  
  Airport          
Click to expand/collapse the table Engineering Projects

Structural, mechanical, electrical and piping (SMEP) contractor

  • Total plant builders, with specialist skills, including:
    • Co-ordination and management of site wide services, logistics and construction.
    • Supply and installation of structural steelwork and plate work for mining, industrial and power plants.
    • Installation and commissioning of heavy mechanical and electrical equipment, such as mills, crushers, furnaces, refrigeration plant, transformers, generators, vessels, towers etc.
    • Rigging studies and heavy lifts.
    • Fabrication, supply and installation of high and low pressure piping systems for the mining, power, industrial and petrochemical industries
    • Electrical Instrumentation and control installations
    • High and Low voltage reticulation (overhead and underground), including substations

Key contracts

  Contract   Description   Location  
  Kinsevere Copper Project   Services, piping, structural, mechanical, electrical   DRC  
      and instrumentation contract      
  Ayanfuri Gold Project   Development of an opencut mining operation,   Ghana  
      process plant and related infrastructure to the mine      
  King Shaka International   Construction of international airport   KwaZulu-Natal  
  Airport          

 

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Moses Mabhida Soccer Stadium
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Durban Harbour entrance widening
Durban Harbour entrance widening

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Ruashi Copper Mine
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