Construction World May 2018

Rancor Charl van Zyl (CEO and Founder of Rancor) has more than 25 years of international business experience and has been specialising for the last 10 years in the Light Steel Frame Industry. He started his own company in South Africa in 2007 beginning with delivering roof truss systems to the local market. Within eight months his business became the largest LGS roof truss business in the province. After specialising in LSF roof truss systems, Van Zyl developed his business to residential and commercial building projects with much success. Van Zyl started Rancor after selling his previous com- pany in 2016 and brings with him the experience of more than 500 individual projects in LSF, where he has been involved in all aspects of design, project management, pre-planning, and the construction of projects – always with a hands-on approach to projects, leading to successful completion. Kaap Agri Kaap Agri began formally with the establishment of De Westelike Graanboeren Koörporatiewe Vereniging (Wesgraan) in 1912 as a cooperative. Over the years the company expanded in the neighboring towns and areas. In 1981 a large amalgamation took place when Western Province Fruitgrowers and Wesgraan joined forces to form WP Beperk. In 1995 it was converted to a public company, WPK Landbou Beperk. The current Kaap Agri had its origins when WPK and Boland Agri amalgamated in 2005. Today the Kaap Agri area of operation includes the Swartland, Boland, Wyn- land, Overberg, Langkloof, Namaqualand, Orange River, Sundays River Valley, Na- mibia, and the areas in between, as well as Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng.

- ly fixed to the structure, serving as brandering to fix the external Diamond Deck pre-painted profiled sheeting, thus providing a durable and robust external skin. Glass wool Cavity Bat insulation, supplied by Isover, installed in the wall cavities created by the LSF, provides the required thermal insulation (R > 2,2 m² K/W). The internal lining consists of 15 mm thick fire rated Marley Gypsum boards. Light steel trusses were used for the roof structure, spanning 17 metres, with wide openings onto the front deck over the exterior stagger glass doors. Top hat cold formed steel sections, 40 mm deep, were used as purlins to which the pre-painted Diamond Deck profiled steel sheet was fixed. "The LSF shell of the project (floor, walls and roof) was completed in three months with internal finishing taking a further three months. The client moved in to his new head office on the planned date with great enthusiasm – another satisfied customer," added Van Zyl.

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