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28/06/2018 /

SAISC Commentary June 2018

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STEEL AWARDS 2018 SPONSORS

Steel Awards 2018

We’ve received an impressive 74 entries for this year’s SAISC Steel Awards! We will be featuring all entered projects below on our website, so keep visiting for fresh content! As always, we are delighted to have support in the form of sponsorship from companies in the industry, and look forward to celebrating the tenacity, ingenuity and excellent work produced by the steel construction industry of Southern Africa!

A big thank you to our sponsors: Pro Roof – Main Sponsor Gauteng Aveng Trident Steel – Main Sponsor Cape Town, Beverage Sponsor (National) ArcelorMittal South Africa – Digital Trailblazer Cadex Systems SA – Photo Competition ASPTM – Tubular Category Safintra SA – Factory and Warehouse Category Global Roofing Systems – Metal Cladding Category Safal Steel – Innovation Category NJR Steel – Partner Sponsor Macsteel – Partner Sponsor Stewarts and Lloyds – Partner Sponsor KRU Detailing – Gauteng photobooth sponsor

FEATURED STEEL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Libertas Office Park

The project was originally put on tender for Timber trusses and due to the large span and HVAC services the LGS Ultra Span System was introduced to be a more viable solution and came out to be the more cost effective method.
Kusile power station: absorber strakes: specialised fabrication and transportation

The largest components to be moved were 120o segments of a 20m diameter, 9m high, circular absorber tower section, fabricated from 14mm steel plate.
JRA Gantry

Once the main gantry was assembled it was moved into place with a truck and dolly and the erection began in the allocated 1 day road closure.
Inoxa Manufacturing Facility

The end result of this project is a landmark building on the KZN North coast, which is both functional and aesthetically pleasing externally and internally.
House Wolhurter

The client put their full trust in our team to run and implement and complete the project with minimal involvement from any other parties.
House Matthews

The brief to the architect was to ensure that steel remains the dominant element in the design, creating strong features yet also a light quality due to the slabs and walls sitting within the webs of the I beams.
House Eagle Heights

The majestic house rises up from a beautiful portion of land with views in all directions. The soft curves of the building as well as the material palette allows the building to gracefully blend into its surroundings.
Hirt and Carter

The factory was moulded with an off-centred curved barrel shape spanning 290m along the profile and 598m along the front. Steel was the construction material of choice to achieve the spans required for the design.
Heineken Warehouse

The approximate 18 800m2 of warehouse area was constructed to provide the client with additional storage capacity for finished product due to increase demand and new logistics strategy implemented by the client.
Gibela New Manufacturing Facility

A +-50 000m² industrial facility designed for the manufacturing of 580 trains for PRASA (Passenger Rail Association of South Africa). Most of the structures need to accommodate overhead cranes ranging from 2t to 2x10t tandem cranes.
Corruseal Warehouse

The 135 000m2 site is situated in Croydon in Cape Town and is bounded by the R102, the Eerste River, the railway line bordering Stellenbosch and the Steyne Road.
Cornubia Mall

Cornubia Shopping Mall is an 85 000 m² regional shopping centre that offers a mix of food, fashion, lifestyle and sports, which are all integrated into an outdoor family-orientated shopping experience in KwaZulu-Natal.
City Logistics Ceiling

The steelwork was used to both strengthen the existing structure and provide a solution to the client/tenant’s need to successfully achieve the desired result and make this facility unique and superior to both parties.
Gibela New Manufacturing Facility - Dunnotar

A +-50 000m² industrial facility designed for the manufacturing of 580 trains for PRASA (Passenger Rail Association of South Africa)
Hoopstad WestFert Fertilizers

The large-scale dome in Hoopstad that was built is described as the biggest in the southern hemisphere.
Nike - Pulse

Several weeks of extremely detailed planning coupled with many hours of highly intricate detail drawing saw over 400 completed parts arriving at the fabrication shop.
Stortemelk Hydropower

Situated in the rolling foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains, along the banks of the Ash River, the Stortemelk Hydroelectric Plant attempts to celebrate the importance the plant holds in producing clean, responsible electricity in South Africa.
Sun International Time Square Main Arena

The geometry of the cladding of the Sun Arena is particularly interesting because the roof was designed as a series of wedges.
Graskop Gorge Lift Structure

The exquisite setting of the lift shaft structure opposite the Panorama Waterfall forms a truly aesthetic pleasing view from a distance.
GO DURBAN INTERGRATED RAPID PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORK (IRPTN)(BUS STATIONS)

The project does not consist of any radically new innovation, but rather a creative way of using some common construction materials to create a homogeneous and appealing structure, which involved the erection of a structurally stable steel frame, which was then covered with steel roof and clad with a glass façade.
New Facilities Centre for Durban Girls High School

A large indoor, multi-function space as a major educational facility for a premier girls high school and to increase their hall accommodation from 400, built in 1938, to 1400.
Discovery Head Office

The Project entails the development of the new Head Office for Discovery Health in the Sandton Precinct and consists of three towers with glass façades and large skylight roofs on the two larger towers and required extensive steelwork support for the facades at roof level and between the three towers.
Club 2

One challenge that the design team encountered was cladding the curved radius of the large section I-beams.
Shoprite Climor Distribution Centre

The Shoprite Cilmor Distribution Park is the latest installation of the national distribution centre rollout for the owner/operator client, Shoprite Checkers.
Campus Square

Campus Square is a convenience centre situated on the corner of Kingsway and University Road, Melville. Anchor tenants include Pick ‘n Pay, Woolworths and a new Dischem, while the restaurant offering includes an upgraded Dros, RoccoMamas, enlarged Wimpy and a new Nandos. The Centre offers food, shopping, and convenience all under one roof and it is loyally frequented by students of the nearby University of Johannesburg.
Botswana Lodge

What is the purpose of the structure/ project? Main lodge and 5 sleeper units in private game lodge in Botswana
Bosch Warehouse

Bosch is a prominent supplier of home appliances in South Africa. The company required a new factory and warehouse facility and appointed Empowered Spaces to design a facility that would ‘wow’ their staff and guests. The brief to the architect for the new facility, which is located in Witfontein opposite the Serengeti Golf Estate, was to design a factory and warehouse that ties in with the company’s corporate standards.
BMW Paint Shop re-roof

Refurbishment of current BMW paint shop roof.
Ashgate

The development comprises of three separate warehouse structures for the storage and distribution of chemicals, ancillary structures for staff and maintenance, hardstands and drainage required within the Umbogwintwini Industrial Complex on a brown field site.
33 Baker Street

Baker Street at its core was an upgrade of a current concrete building that was to be equipped with new structural steel to accommodate impressive looking glass and facades with paneling on the exterior. Essentially the overall appearance of the building was to be modified. The problem was getting accurate and existing concrete dimensions from site to work with the new Engineering/Architectural changes.

WHAT DO WE DO?

Technical Support

The SAISC provides technical support to its members

With over 60 years worth of local, Southern African project case studies and access to experienced and qualified individuals, the SAISC is well placed to assist with technical queries relating to Steel Construction and Structural Engineering. Assistance with technical queries is a service offered to our professional individual members and company members.

Find out how you can become a member of the SAISC here.

If you’re already a member, please log in and visit our members-only Technical Hub to submit your query, or to view queries submitted by other members, which our team has already resolved.

Marketing and Publicity Support

The SAISC provides marketing and publicity support services to its members

Since the association’s inception in 1959 as the “Structural Steel Publicity and Advancement Association”, our primary objective has been to sing the praises of all players in the industry, while extolling the virtues of structural steel.

Our members are the kind of people who put their heads down and get on with the job. Their focus is completing a project with excellence, not necessarily on promoting their achievements. Using our Steel Construction Journal, our website, our social media platforms and press releases to other respected industry publications, we tell those success stories. Foundational marketing and publicity services are available to members as part of their annual membership fee. More comprehensive marketing services including video, photographic and audio recording services are available to members at a special discounted rate.

Find out how you can become a member of the SAISC here.

If you’re already a member, please log in and visit Support Services page to find out more.

Education, Training and Networking

The SAISC runs training and events for members and non-members

The SAISC has a wide range of CPD credit-bearing training courses aimed at young engineers. These courses incorporate face to face workshop sessions, video modules, and practical assignments. Public training dates are arranged based on the number of delegates interested in a particular course. If you have 8 or more delegates interested in a particular training course, an onsite course can be held at your premises on a date suitable to you. Download our course catalog here.

In addition to our training courses, we host business breakfasts, networking cocktail events, golf days and of course our annual Steel Awards gala events.

While all events are open to the public, special discounted rates are enjoyed by our members.

Advocacy and Lobbying

The SAISC voices the concerns of all of its members when lobbying government, policymakers and industry stakeholders

As a neutral party with members in all functions and levels within the Southern African steel construction industry, the SAISC strives to achieve its goal of a sustainable, healthy and wealthy industry for all players. This is sometimes a challenge as well as a delicate balancing act, as members are likely to have opposing views and objectives. We endeavor to facilitate opportunities for members to engage in an open, respectful and robust discussion where the end goal is for the industry as a whole to survive and thrive.

We invest great time and effort in engaging all levels of government on behalf of the steel construction industry to ensure that our members’ concerns are escalated and that policymakers are made aware of practical implications.