Construction World December 2023

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Environmental Authorisation to be obtained. As such, there was a detailed Environmental Management Plan (EMP) drafted for the development and the requirements therein were strictly adhered to mitigate any adverse environmental impacts. 

of the reinforcing in order to coordinate the anchor points through the steel plates to avoid clashes with reinforcing post plate and epoxy application. Back propping and structure temporary support designs were a crucial part of the demolition works. Once the existing structure had been sufficiently supported on all floors, contractor and engineer had to do a full/detailed inspection to ensure supports were placed correctly as per detailed design to avoid any collapse of the existing structure. Investigative measures were implemented ahead of full demolition by means of coring into concrete elements, scanning of concrete elements and isolated demolition of part of an element to ensure the structure remained stable at all times and the employees within the structure were safe at all times. All new interior walls were constructed from Everite Hebel lightweight blockwork due to the limited loading capacity that the existing structure could hold. Primedia was a Greenstar project and required

PROJECT INFORMATION

• Company entering: WBHO Construction • Client: Zenprop • Main Contractor: WBHO Construction • Architect: Paragon • Principal Agent: Morta • Project Manager: Morta • Quantity Surveyor: Schoombie Hartmann • Consulting Engineer: Sotiralis

36 22 nd Best Projects Awards 2023