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Open for retail therapy I’Langa Mall!
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Source: Kevin Paton
To construct a shopping centre covering a total area of 105 000m2, with 129 tenants, 47 000m2 of retail area and 58 000m2 parking… in a mere 14 months, is no mean feat!
The Stefanutti Stocks, Vlaming, Norse Joint Venture took possession of the site on 21st January 2009, with the opening date of the I’Langa Mall scheduled for 29th April 2010.
Despite delays totalling 34 working days and severe flooding of the centre, just over a year after project commencement, in January 2010, the first shops were handed over to tenants Edgars and Milady’s for beneficial occupation. Game, Foschini, Truworths, Woolworths, Mr Price Home and Pick ‘n Pay followed soon afterwards. Of the 47 000m2 of rentable area, these
eight retailers take up 23 000m2. In mid March, another 46 shops were handed over for Beneficial Occupation so that the tenants could commence with their internal fit outs.
Impressive quantities of materials have been consumed. In excess of 34 800m3 of concrete has been cast, 48 000m2 of coffered slab formwork, 33 400m2 of flat slabs formwork and over 2 000 columns were erected. Over 4 500 000 bricks were used and 51 580m2 (seven rugby fields) of plaster completed.
The milestones achieved during this three way joint venture project were as a result of the commitment and willingness of the teams to work together and successfully deliver on this fast track programme. “There is no doubt that the I’Langa Mall will occupy a place of pride in the profiles of each of the companies involved,” says Kevin Paton, contracts director.
The Stefanutti Stocks Geotechnical division undertook the piling at I’Langa Mall. “The geotechnical conditions of the site varied significantly, which meant each pile position was designed and assessed on an ad hoc basis” said Petrus van Straten, technical director for the division. “The soil conditions and varying water table on the site resulted in just over three kilometres of piling, or a total of 707 piles. The structures are founded on temporary cased straight shafted, temporary cased auger cast in situ piles, carrying their loads in a combination of side shear and end bearing.”
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