Construction World August 2015

PROJECT PROFILE

Going for green at BRIDGE PARK Growing environmental awareness in the construction industry has prompted a trend for green buildings. Achieving such accreditation on construction projects requires particular expertise and experience on the part of the main contractor.

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Granvil Jacobs, contracts manager and Mark Fugard contracts director, Murray & Roberts Western Cape.

The project The 18 049 m 2 Bridge Park office development at Century City comprises two four-storey buildings, namely Bridge Park West and Bridge Park East, with a super-basement for parking. The structure is concrete framed with Aluminium Composite Panel (ACP) cladding for 60% of the building façade and 40% glazing. The third floor terraces have glazed balus- trades. The internal atrium of the buildings has glazed shop fronts and roof lights. A significant external element is the signage feature walls cast with Agilia concrete. Murray & Roberts Western Cape commenced with the project in January 2014, says Granvil Jacobs, contracts manager at the company. The project was divided into two phases, with Bridge Park East and the super-basement in Phase I and Bridge Park West in Phase Two. The approximate total construction area is 37 100 m 2 . “Bridge Park East is very advanced. We have already commenced with completion

A leading light in this sector is Murray & Roberts Western Cape, which has seen its Bridge Park project for the Rabie Property Group and Growthpoint Prop- erties at Century City awarded a 5-Star Green SA Office Design v1 rating by the Green Building Council of South Africa. The project is currently working toward its as-built rating status. Team is key Key to the success of the company is its depth of expertise and its extensive reference base. “We have a highly experienced team at Bridge Park. We also shepherded the Portside project, the tallest building in Cape Town, towards its 5 star design and as-built Green Star rating. Hence we have significant experience in such environmental certification, in addition to keeping abreast of the latest construction trends and developments,” Mark Fugard, contracts director for Murray & Roberts Western Cape, says.

inspections, while Bridge Park West will come up a little bit later,” Jacobs says. The former provides 3 000 m 2 of office space per floor for a total of 12 000 m 2 , while the latter is slightly smaller at 2 700 m 2 of office space per floor. Green features Bridge Park East and Bridge Park West each has an external garden area containing concrete planter boxes for six big trees that will be placed with a 50 t crane. A particular chal-

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