Proposed Refurbishment

Adding a new solar screen and in the process a living breathing "lung".

 

"Grow-Wall"/lung concept section

 

 

 

 

Southdowns College, Irene

Project I Private College (Centurus Colleges)
Client I Centurus (Pty)Ltd
Architect I dg architects

Professional Team
Quantity Surveyor I LWA
Civil & Structural Engineering I Civil Concepts
Electrical Engineering I Plantech & Associates
Project Management I P3 Projects

Main Contractor I BoogertmanSmit & LC Projects

Tyger Valley College

Project I Private College (Centurus Colleges)
Client I Centurus (Pty)Ltd
Architect I dg architects

Professional Team
Quantity Surveyor I LWA
Civil & Structural Engineering I Civil Concepts
Electrical Engineering I Plantech & Associates
Project Management I P3 Projects

Main Contractor I LC Projects

Project I Private Residence, 2010
Architects I dg architects
Contractor I BPT Construction

Original article published in SA Home Owner I March 201
(Photography by Karl Rodgers)

Ampath Laboratory: Centurion

Project I Ampath NRL, Centurion Pretoria

Client I Ampath Trust

Architect & Principal Agent I dg architects

 

Professional Team

Quantity Surveyor I Davis Langdon (AECOM company)

Civil & Structural Engineering I Aurecon

Wet Services & Fire Safety I Aurecon

Mechanical Engineering I Whirlair

Electrical Engineering I Plantech

 

Contractor

LC Projects/Geneprop

 

 

 

 

Open Letter: representatives and citizens of Vietnam and China

SHOCKING and appalling, the audacity...."poachers fighting back"

An Open Letter to representatives and citizens of Vietnam and China   

On Saturday the 6^th of October, a group of us were walking the Olifants Trail in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. At about 07h15, we came across an adult white rhino cow, killed and dehorned.

We were told to keep our distance, as the poachers are ”fighting back” and booby trap the carcasses with Chinese hand grenades.

Being exposed to the subject of rhino poaching via the media, is upsetting, disturbing and angering. Seeing two tons of dead rhino first hand, is soul numbing, followed by uncontrollable rage and abject impotence . Blaming, catching or killing poachers is pointless -  there are simply thousands of desperate hungry wannabe poachers waiting to replace them. Throw in corrupt officials from SANparks employees, right through to the police and customs departments, and an unsolvable problem has arisen. The horns are simply too valuable.  The problem cannot be solved by force, policing or security measures.

Without you, the end user, this situation would not have arisen. You are the problem. Believing in the medicinal and aphrodisiac properties of a lump of compressed hair, is historically and genetically imprinted in your psyche – education over a period of generations might address this, but before then, you would have been the cause of the demise of the species.

Hopefully the authorities will allow captive breeding and harvesting of horns. Sure, it’s kind of infra dig, but at least poaching will be less attractive, ignorant Vietnamese and Chinese consumers will have a lump of useless hair, and the Rhino might stand a chance of survival. This is a desperate call for you to educate your people – before it’s too late.

Sure, it’s a pointless exercise, but I got it off my chest.

 

Sieg de Beer

 

4 days to Practical Completion

With an extension of time granted the new Practical Completion date is set for the 12th of October 2012.

Arcade Entrance - South

Norther Facade

Lift Lobby