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This required the employment of a full time Site Logistics Manager employed by Mace to manage the day-to-day site issues. The Team took on board the lessons learnt from the previous works to eliminate or minimise any residual risk carried over to the new works. In addition to this, various heritage elements belonging to the existing grain Silos had to be carefully dismantled, photographed and logged and removed from site to make way for the new works. Many of these items are to be refurbished, returned and re-incorporated in the
finished product upon completion. One item that could not be removed was the Dust House, which had to be braced and underpinned on a series of steel encased piles, braced to allow excavation 6 m below to facilitate the introduction of a lift serving the two levels of carpark below.
requirements for professional presentations both in house and for use by third parties and check the designs of the architects, interior designers and mechanical services engineers so that the acoustic specifications are met.
Acoustics Sound Research Laboratories SA were contracted to provide an acoustic environment that meets the requirements of this prestigious triple A grade office building while remaining within budget. This includes achieving both acoustic credits under Green Star Office (credits IEQ12) and providing a specification that encourages a productive working environment. In addition they are to design the auditorium to meet the client’s
Controlling noise transfer between adjacent areas in the building so that both can be used at the same time is also within their scope of work and this includes the open plan office environment, the open central atrium, as well as speech privacy between confidential client and staff meeting rooms. The emergency generators in the basement and the roof-top plant must also comply with the current Western Cape Noise Control Regulations. South Africa
level basement carpark, together with associated engineering, heritage, archaeological, existing live and redundant services, soil contamination challenges and issues in a working harbour, tourist and business precinct of the waterfront.
Gallo Manor Data Centre MTN’s systems upgrade and expansion ...Continued from page 65 The MTN Business Gallo Manor data centre has been designed to meet the ever increasing power requirements of modern IT equipment, governance and carbon emission management and provides customers with optimal power usage management functionality. Moreover, MTN
Business is now able to have a more accurate view of high consumption and impact areas, which will allow for more precise measurement and overall enhanced management of the facility. Carbon Emissions Management Data centres in their own right are high carbon emission buildings. As owners of Gallo Manor,
MTN Business recognized from the beginning that to minimize this effect, the refreshment must not only include electricity & water consumption improvements by design and type but must also include precise consumption measurements to all their customers.
Unit 1, Kellco Park Cyclonite Street The Interchange Somerset West 7130 P.O. Box 347 Somerset West 7129 EDC is a contracting company focusing on electrical installations that range from residential and commercial to industrial environments. Our primary focus is intricate and complex installations where experience, knowledge and capital capacity is a requirement. The ability of our expertise include basic residential reticulations, industrial and control applications, commercial and office buildings, distribution networks and grids, and communication and data centre facilities. In addition to our installation competence we are also in the position to offer services such as general project management, turnkey project installations and the supervision of sub-contractor services
Website: www.edccontractors.co.za
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