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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).
“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
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.