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PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS
Following a major investment in
AfriSam’s readymix capacity across
its plants in this geographic region,
it now boasts a combined capacity
of approximately 300 m
3
per hour thereby
ensuring that customers’ concrete needs are
met with continuity of supply.
Growth across this geographic area can
be attributed to various factors including
the decision by a significant number of
large corporate organisations to either
upgrade existing buildings in the Sandton
CBD or construct new modern facilities. The
general upgrade of the Sandton inner city
area will not only dovetail with a number of
high profile new-build projects such as the
Discovery Head Office, Alice Lane Phase III,
Mall of Africa and the new PwC headquarters
in Waterfall Estate, but will also see transfor-
mation of the transportation systems within
the area.
Some other notable projects are the
Waterfall Estate project and the development
of the vacant land in the immediate vicinity
of AfriSam’s Jukskei Construction Materials
operation, as well as ongoing office building
and mixed-use developments in Centurion.
In addition to being able to provide readymix
concrete solutions, AfriSam’s strategic foot-
print of its aggregate operations is also well
positioned in this corridor.
Quality and
speed
An important advantage
for all AfriSam customers
in these growth nodes
is that all its plants are
equipped with genera-
tors. This will ensure that
should there be power
outages the supply of
readymix will not
be interrupted.
Many of the recent
and current projects are
characterised by their
fast track nature, so in
order to meet production
schedules, the delivery
of readymix concrete
needs to be perfectly
timed. “A reality in the
current market climate
is that customer service
and the ability to supply
are equally as important
as the quality of the
readymix concrete being
delivered. Another reality
is that the larger projects demand reputable
suppliers for their needs as they require
assurances with respect to both the quality of
the concrete mix as well as the continuity of
supply,” says Amit Dawneerangen, national
sales manager of AfriSam.
AfriSam has a very interactive rela-
tionship with both its customers and the
industry in general. This level of involvement
and in-depth understanding of the chal-
lenges faced by contractors and developers,
allows the organisation to proactively and
strategically implement plans that cater for
increased demand.
AfriSam, with its proven track record
for innovation, supplies specialised con-
crete solutions to meet project specific
design requirements using elements such
as fibres, waterproofing admixtures and
superplasticisers. Its technical teams are
cognisant that product needs to be delivered
on schedule to ensure both concrete strength
and workability.
Jukskei operation
As a long-standing supplier of concrete
solutions in Africa and South Africa, it is
significant that AfriSam’s Jukskei operation is
one of its older operations. Established as a
quarry in 1956, the facility now offers the full
concrete supply spectrum.
As AfriSam expanded its market offering,
it constructed readymix plants across all
major locations and the readymix plant at
Jukskei went into operation in 1992. This
plant has serviced customers across a broad
range of project applications with some of
the more noteworthy including the Gautrain
Rapid Rail Project.
While the Jukskei operation is most
ideally positioned in the centre of this
growth node, AfriSam has a number of other
readymix plants that ensure continuity of
supply to customers. There are two readymix
plants at its Wynberg, Sandton facility and
AfriSam operates another strategically
situated new readymix plant in Laezonia,
just off William Nicol Road and the N14. This
is a good location from which to service
customers whose contract sites are north
of Sandton and offers AfriSam the option of
additional future capacity expansion.
AfriSam emphasises that while the
individual plant operations are different,
the batching interface is identical across all
its plants. Use of the same interface ensures
consistent batching, minimises errors and
provides the ability to deliver supply backup
from various locations. In this way customers
have the absolute assurance that any poten-
tial disruption to an individual operation will
be minimised.
INCREASED
CAPACITY
AfriSam, a supplier of concrete solutions, has increased
its readymix supply capacity to cater for an increased
customer demand for concrete in the burgeoning
Sandton/Midrand/Centurion corridor.
In a major capital
investment AfriSam
recently commissioned
what is deemed to be
their single largest
stationary readymix
plant in operation in
South Africa at its Jukskei
operation.
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