Construction World February 2016

ABOVE LEFT: The I-CAT warehouse has supporting columns only along its perimeter to allow for interior flexibility. ABOVE RIGHT: Special recessed patterns form part of the office building’s facebrick façade. LEFT: The interior floating concrete staircase with structural steel frame, pictured here with the eco-friendly spruce plywood used for the office partitions and ceilings.

Professional team • Client: I-CAT Environmental Solutions. • Main contractor: J.C. van der Linde & Venter Projects represented by Pieter Venter (contract director), Hermann Post (associate), Pieter Eloff (junior site agent), and Bob Kreder (Senior foreman) • Architect: Earthworld Architects & Interiors, represented by Rudie Botha and Braam de Villiers • Consulting engineer: DLF Consulting Engineers • Quantity surveyor: Jan Pienaar & Associates • Health & Safety Officer: Philip Liebenberg (I-CAT) • Landscape/Environmental consultant: Leon Janse van Rensburg (I-CAT) • Water & Solar energy consultant: Morné van Wyk (I-CAT).

new offices for I-CAT Environmental Solutions. “J.C. van der Linde & Venter Projects under- stood the vision of the project right from the beginning, and involved themselves - even on a conceptual level – to ensure a good final product. The performance of Bob Kreder, the contractors' Senior Foreman, was a revelation. He is certainly one of the last Baumeisters,” Botha added.

“The new I-CAT campus incorporates a solar photo- voltaic system on the roof of the office building to generate electricity, making the complex largely independent of the national electricity grid. “These are just some of the factors Earthworld Architects & Interiors specified to optimise spatial use and minimise the negative impact on the environment while still creating a visually attractive

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