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how we can improve our skill set to enable us to entertain any market condition. In addition, in a dynamic environment like this, a certain degree of agility is important.” Danoher says that even though good control is a key concept for the company, the industry has various aspects that cannot be controlled. “Trying to forecast the market can be a little bit of a mug’s game because there are so many factors at play such as the slow (and at times erratic) rate by which government is spending.” He says that Danoher’s supply to the construction industry – based on the number of projects - is as buoyant as it has ever been specifically referring to road infrastructure. The company is currently working on projects in the Free State, Mpumulanga, Gauteng, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal while it also has commercial quarries in Bloemfontein, Gaborone and Francistown. “There are a number of reasonable projects in the pipeline and we are fortunate that we are working at full capacity,” concludes Danoher. l

Diversify to weather storms Because it is difficult to predict what will happen in the industry, Danoher diversifies. “We diversify ourselves so we are not exposed only to one industry. We don’t keep ourselves awake at night trying to forecast a specific industry. We keep ourselves awake at night with

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