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Saturday, October 31, 2009 |
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Need offices? We’ll travel
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Source: Dries Goetz
Stefanutti Stocks Building Gauteng has been expanding it’s areas of operation and exploring new markets, one of these being the town of Ermelo, where they are currently constructing new offices for the Gert Sibanda District Municipality.
The project, undertaken in joint venture with Khumbula Property Services, consists of two phases. Phase one, which the team is currently busy with consists of a 6-storey main building and two 4-storey office blocks. Phase two, which is scheduled to commence on 1 September 2010 consists of two 3-storey and two 2-storey office blocks.
We have a batching plant on site and place the concrete utilising two tower cranes. To date we have placed 4 500m3.
Once complete the main building will have a massive concrete dome as part of the roof slab. The dome will be cast in-situ and in layers making it a time-consuming process. Formwork will be erected on purpose-made trusses and the shutter board will be cut by laser to ensure a perfect fit.
“Working in a location that does not have readily available resources meant we had to plan carefully prior to
commencing work on site,” says Dries Goetz, contracts manager. “There are however also advantages to working in quieter localities,” continues Dries. “One that comes to mind is the two minute journey to site in the morning!”
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