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SASFA SUPPLEMENT 2017
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Antigua Estate in Amanzimtoti was named
the winner in the Light Steel Frame Building
Category of the 2008 Steel Awards.
Typifying light steel frame construction’s
excellent attributes, Antigua Estate
demonstrated why this revolutionary building
system was fast becoming as recognised a
building solution in South Africa.
Antigua Estate is ideally situated, with
a view of the sea in the distance on the one
side and the rolling hills of Kwazulu-Natal
on the other. Started in August 2006, the
development was completed in mid-2010.
While similar in many respects to other
luxury developments in the vicinity, Antigua,
through its extensive use of light steel framing,
is a development with a difference.
The total floor area added up to 19 800 m²,
averaging about 300 m² per house. It required
6 000 linear metres of light steel sections per
unit, totaling 240 000 linear metres. Some 200
tons of steel was used for all the wall frames
and trusses.
The developer’s decisions about how to
build, clad and insulate the houses reflected
their quest for top end quality and they
reported that compared with similar up-
market finishes in houses built using more
conventional methods, steel frame houses
are only slightly less expensive than brick and
mortar, but extensive savings are made in
labour and speed of construction. The judges
were astounded by the fact that it is possible
to complete a 250 m2 double-storey upmarket
house in only 22 working days.
SHOWCASE OF EXCELLENCE
In 2008 a category for LSFB was established in the SAISC’s
prestigious annual Steel Awards. Nothing emphasises more
the coming of age of light steel frame building in South Africa than
the growing number of LSFB project entries for Steel Awards. In 2016,
LSFB constituted a third of the number of all the entries for Steel Awards.
This overview of the winner/s of each year illustrates the divergent range
of excellent projects.
AMANZIMTOTI
HOUSING ESTATE
2008