CESA Aon 2019

PROJECTS BETWEEN R50 & R250 MILLION: DOCKLANDS APARTMENTS

WINNER

PROFESSIONAL TEAM Client

FWJK Developments

Architect

FWJK Architects

Project Manager Quantity Surveyors

FWJK Project Management FWJK Quantity Surveyors

Structural and Civil Engineer

Aurecon

Fire, Mechanical and Wet Services Engineer

Ekcon

Electrical Engineer Piling Contractor Main Contractor

Converge

Franki Afrika

JLK

Structural Steel Contractor

LJ le Roux Steel

S ituated in the scenic De Waterkant in Cape Town’s sought after Prestwich Street and located less than 200 m from the V&A Waterfront Marina, The Docklands is a nine-level, mixed-use building that consists of 200 m² of retail, 134 apartments and 160 parking bays. Aurecon was appointed as the structural engineer to help realise the client’s vision for an affordable yet upmarket apartment building within walking distance of the prestigious Cape Town V&A Waterfront. The site housed an existing office building with one level of

semi-basement parking, ground floor parking and three levels of offices above that. The proposed new development required three levels of parking and six levels of apartments over the full footprint of the property. Tight budget and time constraints meant the construction programme had to be fast-tracked, which negated the option of building from scratch. In response, the project team came up with an innovative conceptual design that incorporated the existing building. The solution required an additional two basement levels to be constructed below the existing four-storey structure, while simultaneously constructing four levels above. z

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