Construction World December 2021

BUILDING CONTRACTORS

100 WIERDA RD EAST O n 7 November 2019 WBHO establ ished site in the suburb of Athol in Sandton and started construction of 100 Wierda Rd East. The building consists of a dining area, meeting rooms, gym, spa and 69 three-bedroom serviced apartments spread over five floors. The structure is supported on load bearing brickwork from ground floor up which posted its own challenges during the structural phase. Due to this WBHO had to lay 16 000 bricks a day to make programme. This was a major challenge as the company had very l ittle laydown area and also only had one tower crane to support the structure. This resulted in a minimum of 75 l ifts a day to supply bricks, mortar, rebar, scaffold and staging for WBHO to stay on program. Another governing factor was that WBHO was only allowed to work from 6:00 till 18:00 daily as it is a residential area, thus preloading during night shift was not an option. It therefore had to work a full Saturday every week to make the production rates on the tight program. The company’s structure team did an excellent job with giving good access for the finishing team to follow on, placing tremendous pressure on the architect and consultants to issue finishing drawings on time as per the Info Schedule. As this is the biggest development that the developer has done it came with a lot of challenges and redesigns pushing the envelope of what was possible in the time allowed for in the finishing program. WBHO also had no electrical nor mechanical engineers on the project, instead it had design and supply subcontractors who were appointed for the respective works. This made coordination a challenging task but the company had a good team to make it work at the end of the day. 

• Company entering: WBHO • Project start date: 7 November 2019 • Project end date: 15 April 2021 • Client: 100 Wierda Rd East • Main Contractor: WBHO • Architects: Miguel Cardoso & Associates • Principal Agent: Davidoff Project & Development Managers • Quantity Surveyor: Tricolt • Consulting Engineer: DSGN Consulting PROJECT INFORMATION

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