Construction World February 2015

PROJECT PROFILE

A PERFECT FIT

The new office for the Department of Environmental Affairs entailed a Public Private Partnership between Imvelo Concession Company and the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) for the new head office accommodation of the Department of Environmental Affairs in Arcadia, Pretoria. The project consisted of a design, build, finance, operation and maintenance contract of which the Aveng Grinaker-LTA Keren Kula DEA JV was appointed as the design and construct contractor.

esign and construction comprised of a three storey office building including basement parking, minis- terial suites, conference facilities, with landscaped cafeteria areas totaling 44 539 m 2 in size. It had to take

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into account the energy reducing measures and state of the art building management systems to maintain a maximum overall energy consumption of 115 kWh/p 2 /annum. Strict contractual requirements were adhered to and limited resources care- fully managed in order to ensure delivery of an innovative and sustainable designed building within fixed price, fixed duration and to deliver a building of highest quality. The building received a 6 star Greenstar (Office Design v.1) rating from the GBCSA, and boasted sustainable innovative tech- nology such as green concrete; solar energy harvesting; water saving techniques as well as receiving full five credits in the innovation category by the GBCSA. Achieving a six-star rating Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Vehicle Charging The DEA has provided the project with the opportunity to showcase an advanced Concentrated Photovoltaic based elec- tric car charging system. The CPV system

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