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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JUNE
2016
ROADS AND BRIDGES
The judges had no hesitation in
awarding the concrete cladding
of No. 1 Silo at Cape Town’s V&A
Waterfront the Aesthetics Commer-
cial Trophy. Besides its striking visual appeal,
which showcases the beauty of precast
concrete construction at its best, the project
also involved high levels of skilled precast
concrete engineering.
Similarly, the judges were unequivocal in
nominating the Gouda Wind Farm concrete
tower project for the Technical Excellence
Trophy, which again reflects substantial levels
of technical engineering input. It is a project
with a pronounced innovative bias, being
the first time that a South African wind
farm used precast concrete segments in
the construction of its towers, which in this
instance were 100 m high. Not surprisingly,
the project was also entered into the
Innovation category where it prevailed as a
Commendation Winner.
Judging
Entries closed on 16 October last year and
the judging took place on 23 November at
the Johannesburg offices of PPC Cement, the
main sponsor of this year’s event. The five
judges, all leading professionals in the field of
construction, comprised:
• Landscape architect and director of Arla
Consulting, Antoinette de Beer
• Architect and media manager of Paragon
Architects, Hugh Fraser
• Civil engineer and president of the South
African Institution of Civil Engineering
(SAICE), Malcolm Pautz
• Civil engineer and a director of Nyeleti
Consulting, Abe Thela
• Quantity surveyor and managing director
of Bert van der Heever Bourekenaars
Ingelyf, Bert van der Heever.
Interest in this year’s completion was far
greater than in 2012 when the CMA was cele-
brating its 40
th
anniversary. This was borne
out by the number of entries which spiked
from 77 in 2012 to 117.
Precast for roads
Three of this year’s trophy winners were roads
or people traffic related: the paving of gravel
roads in Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth; the
Castle Bottom Kerb and paving blocks for the
Waterfront at Knysna Quays project
in Knysna.
Trophy winners
This year’s five trophy winners were as
follows:
• Concrete Units – the Aesthetics
Commercial trophy for casting the precast
concrete panelling for No. 1 Silo at Cape
Town’s V&A Waterfront.
• Shukuma Bricks – the Community
Upliftment trophy for providing concrete
pavers for the paving of gravel roads in
Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth.
• Concrete Units – the Technical Excellence
trophy for manufacturing 782 precast
concrete wind tower segments for
the Gouda Wind Farm project in the
Western Cape.
• Bosun – the Innovation trophy for
introducing the Castle Bottom Kerb.
AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE
The results of the CMA
Awards for Excellence
competition, announced
at a gala dinner function in
Johannesburg on 23 April,
suggest that advances
in precast concrete
technology were significant
influencers in this year’s
judging process
.
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COMMUNITY UPLIFTMENT
TROPHY WINNER
Walmer Township, Port
Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
This Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan
Municipality project formed part of the
Triennial Premix Tender Works Packages.
It involved upgrading roads in Walmer
Township, and in addition to creating
jobs, simultaneously provided local
community members with an opportunity
of learning valuable skills.
In total 25 people were hired and they
showed a tremendous willingness to learn
the following skills:
• Laying pavers, kerbs and channels
• Pricing bill of quantities for future
tenders
• Measurement
• Management of labour
• Invoicing
What were once dusty gravel roads were
transformed into aesthetically pleasing
and practical low-maintenance surfaces
using 80 mm interlock pavers manufac-
tured by Shukuma Bricks.
Judges’ comments
The depth of involvement by the commu-
nity beyond mere employment ensured
that valuable skills filtered down.
Product information
80 mm Interlock pavers class 40/2.6 (grey)
Project team
• Client: Nelson Mandela Bay
Metropolitan Municipality
• Engineer: Worley Parsons
• Main contractor: Rand Civils
• Manufacturer of precast concrete
elements: Shukuma Bricks