Construction World December 2019

AXIS Residential development Axis is the latest addition to blossoming Bridgeways Precinct in Century City, Cape Town. Designed by dhk Architects for Rabie Property Group, the complex occupies a prominent corner position in the precinct boasting enviable views of the entire Table Mountain range, Robben Island and the Atlantic Ocean and forms a striking front face for the suburb. The building comprises 85 luxury residential apartments and penthouses, supplemented with small-scale commercial and retail space at ground level. E lements of Axis are embedded in abstract narratives paying KRPDJH WR FODVVLF OLWHUDWXUH IURP WKH FURZQ VKDSHG FUHVFHQGR WR WKH ̴WKUHH XUEDQ FRXUWV ZKLOH FRQYHUVHO\ UHVSRQGLQJ WR WKH WKHLU H[DFW SRVLWLRQ &RQWULEXWLQJ WR WKH FRQWHPSRUDU\ DHVWKHWLF RI WKH EXLOGLQJ GKN XWLOLVHG PP [ PP VKHHWV RI VDWLQ RII

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• Company entering: dhk Architects • Client: Rabie Property Group • Start date: March 2017 • End date: 1RYHPEHU • Main contractor: :%+2 &RQVWUXFWLRQ • Architect: dhk Architects • Project manager: Rabie Property Group

• Quantity surveyor: RLB Pentad • Consulting engineer: Aurecon

BARLOWORLD EQUIPMENT CAT SHOWROOM Barloworld Equipment currently operates out of various sites and offices across sub-Saharan Africa. It was decided that the corporate head office in Sandton, Johannesburg be relocated to the Isando site. Here the building had to provide sufficient space to consolidate all corporate staff, while promoting employee well-being.

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PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: Paragon Architects South Africa

• Client: Barloworld Equipment • Developer: Eris Property Group • Start date: September 2018 • End date: December 2019

• Architect: Paragon Architects South Africa • Civil & structural engineer: DG Consulting Engineers • Quantity surveyor: Matla Quantity Surveyors • Main contractor: Trencon Construction • Main civil contractor: Phoenician Earthworks 'HPROLWLRQ

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