Construction World December 2023

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This category was won by JG Afrika for their innovative ‘Harnessing energy from organic waste through engineering’ project. The category had three Highly Commended awards: ‘15 Fredman Drive’ (WBHO Construction), ‘Eastgate Sustainability Project’ (Concor Construction) and ‘Soweto Education and Technology Campus’ (Growing Up Africa). WBHO Construction’s ‘Stella P1 Basements’ and Concor Construction’s ‘Travenna Super Basement’ Project received Special Mention awards. Congratulations to all the winners. Enjoy this display of excellence.

Works Emergency Remediation Works’. The Architects category attracted 14 entries and was won by Roelof Rabe Argitekte for ‘The Biomedical Research Institute’. There were two Highly Commended Awards: Boogertman + Partners for ‘Varsity College – Pretoria Campus’ and AVNA Architects for ‘Space Weather Centre for the South African National Space Agency’. The category also had two Special Mention awards for ‘Thaba Eco Village residential, lifestyle centre and Montessori School’ (Boogertman + Partners) and Messaris Wapenaar Cole Architects for ‘Cavgold’. AfriSam is not only the main sponsor of Best Projects, but also sponsors the AfriSam Innovation Award for Sustainable Construction, one of the first awards for sustainable construction in the country.

project’. This category had two Highly Commended awards: Sika South Africa’s ‘Infrastructure rehabilitation Sarnia Road Project’ and CHRYSO South Africa and OMV’s ‘Nancefield Bridge – Musina’. a.b.e. Construction Chemicals’ ‘Durban Heights Reservoir No 3 Umgeni Water’ project received a special mention award. In the Consulting Engineers category, Zutari was not only the winners with its ‘SKA MeerKAT Extension project’, but also received a Highly Commended Award for its ‘Groote Schuur Estate Refurbishment’ project. ARQ won a Highly Commended award for ‘Yusufeli Dam and two projects entered by Naidu Consulting received a Special Mention. These projects were 'The Construction of Shongweni Reservoir 6 Mℓ Reinforced Reservoir’ and ‘Tongaat Water Treatment

Wilhelm du Plessis Editor

THE JUDGES

Uwe Putlitz Retired professional Architect and professional Construction Project Manager

Lufuno Ratsiku President of the SACPCMP

Petra Devereux Regional Manager for the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) of the Sub-Saharan Africa region.

Musa Shangase President of Master Builders South Africa