Construction World December 2023

BUILDING CONTRACTORS

SKY PARK OFFICES

S ky Park Offices, situated next to OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, is a Green Star office building. The project commenced on 13 May 2022 with practical completion being on 14 December 2022. The completed office block offers 6 650 m 2 of gross leasable area. Sky Park was an intense project to carry out as the project duration was only limited to seven months due to tenant occupation dates which had already been arranged and agreed to. With this in mind, a team of highly competent, committed and driven young professionals was allocated to the project. This team quickly realised that due to being in such close proximity to the airport, approval from the South African Civil Aviation Authority was needed for the erection of a tower crane. The necessary application was made and approval was obtained in time. One of the biggest wins on the project in terms of allowing early access for finishing trades was the ability of the structural team to complete the entire concrete structure in just six weeks. This allowed the project to be slightly ahead of programme. The structure of the office block consists of reinforced concrete with a total volume of 4 222 m 3 , including 400 m of 1,5 m high off-shutter concrete retaining walls constructed around the site perimeter. The building also consumed a total of 503 546 tons of reinforcing steel bars. The finish on the office block includes combed plaster, stucco and rigitone cladded walls. The building also features rigitone cladded ceilings, aluminum slatted ceilings as well as exposed soffits. The outside finishes are a combination of glazed faÇades, painted facebrick façades and timber-finish off-shutter feature walls. This is indeed a sight for sore eyes, more especially during sun rise. A rather interesting fact is that all façade shopfront sizes were agreed to prior to casting concrete, this meant that the team had very little room for error, so as to avoid manufactured items being out of tolerance. With Sky Park being a green building, it was accredited for reuse of all timber and wood offcuts.

All site generated building rubble, metal and steel remains, plastic, paper and bottles were recycled. The subcontractor camp was adequately rehabilitated after de-establishment. 

• Company entering: WBHO Construction • Client: Truzen 105 Trust – Zenprop • Main Contractor: WBHO Construction • Project Management & Principal Agent: Morta Project Management • Architect: Paragon Architects • Structural Engineer: Sotiralis Consulting Engineers • Civil Engineer: Zutari • Professional Quantity Surveyors: MLC Quantity Surveyors PROJECT INFORMATION

44 22 nd Best Projects Awards 2023