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Driving growth through adaptability

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Powering South Africa’s Infrastructure Developments construction firm situated at the heart of the country in Centurion.

Operating largely in Gauteng that subsumes both Johannesburg and Pretoria, Tri-Star has evolved over the past 39 years to become an industry specialist operating across Writer: Jonathan Dyble the commercial, industrial, retail and residential sectors, building anything Project Manager: Eddie Clinton from data centres, to hospitals, to churches. wave of economic prosperity “We have a very hands-on is expected to hit South management philosophy and a Africa in 2018. mindset of problem solving,” explains The country’s newly Tri-Star Construction CEO Derek appointed President, Cyril Ramaphosa, Wheals. “This ethos, reflected in our has targeted economic growth of multi-disciplined approach, allows us three percent for 2018 and five percent to adjust to changes in the economy to for 2023, a policy that the construction take advantage of new opportunities.” industry is expected to be a lynchpin Tri-Star originated as a painting and within. renovations business, broadening Whilst the sector has struggled its horizons in 1993 where it began across South Africa since 2009, undertaking larger scale construction as has been outlined in PwC’s SA projects.

Construction Fourth Edition report and In the 25 years since, the Company further demonstrated where industry has built more than 25,000 homes, confidence plummeted to a 17-year low poured more than 1.6 million square last year, a new sense of confidence is metres of concrete and laid over 250 now sweeping across the country. million bricks, propelling infrastructure developments across South Africa.

A multi-disciplined approach “What differentiates Tri-Star is not Poised to benefit from this projected only its experience, but its unrivalled upturn is Tri-Star Construction, a ability to adapt to new market highly successful, multi-disciplinary requirements,” Wheals adds.

Derek Wheals, CEO of Tri-Star Construction, reveals how the Company is making strides across South Africa

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Tri-Star by the numbers Completed projects:

367

Concrete poured:

1.6 million metres cubed Bricks laid:

250 million Homes Built:

25,000 Total area built:

2.35 million metres squared

Man-hours created:

6.5 million

Powering development

Of the total 367 projects that Tri-Star Construction has completed, one of its most notable achievements is the completion of the Wits Junction student village.

Completed in 2012 and featuring state-of-the-art facilities and modern amenities, Wits Junction stands as a luxury accommodation block for students of Wits University in Parktown, Johannesburg, offering a range of housing options from studio apartments to four-bedroom communal flats.

“Wits Junction was the biggest single capital project ever undertaken

by Wits University,” Wheals reveals.

“We were proud to have been the contractors to successfully deliver 1,200 student beds along with shared spaces, parking garages and other onsite facilities.

“At any one time we had workforce of approximately 1,000 people alongside two tower cranes that had been deployed,” he adds. “In total, over four million bricks were laid.”

Additionally, the Company has a number of projects in the pipeline for the year ahead and beyond.

These include a six-storey 1,000 bed student accommodation project in Hatfield, a 12-storey block of flats in Bedfordview, and the construction of 1,080 affordable housing units in Johannesburg, amongst others.

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Pursuing improvement

In order to maintain the highest selfimposed standards across such a vast and diverse range of projects, Tri-Star ensures that it continually reinvests its profits, enabling the Company to leverage the latest technologies, equipment and procedures for its customers.

“We subscribe to sophisticated software systems including Construction Computer Software (CCS) and Buildsmart’s accounts package, providing us with the ability to offer leading services throughout the South African construction industry,” said Wheals.

By using the latest advanced services which have been built specifically for the industry, Tri-Star Construction is able to boost both its productivity and growth, whilst simultaneously providing a better service for its customers.

Further, having pursued a policy of expansion over the years, the

Company is now able to call upon its substantial in-house resource base, improving supply chain transparency and quality control.

“We have our own Plant and Equipment division that assists us extensively across all of our projects,” Wheals continues. “Formed in 2005, the unit looks after a range of the latest equipment that we have brought in-house including cranes, trucks, telehandlers, scaffolding and formwork.

“We are constantly investing in the latest plant and equipment to stay ahead of our competitors.”

Maintaining excellence

This emphasis on persistent improvement can be found throughout Tri-Star’s operations, as is again seen in the way that it values its staff.

“We pride ourselves on our talent retention methods, underpinned by offering growth and career

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Pronto/PPC serves the Gauteng market from its 12 operations and has vast experience in servicing its clients across all sections of construction; from small alterations at your home to mega projects like the Mall of Africa.

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advancement, inclusive management styles and extensive in-house training that give all our employees a sense of contribution and participation across the Company,” Wheals states.

Similarly, Tri-Star works with

local suppliers that have obtained a minimum level three Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) status to ensure quality is maintained throughout its supply chain.

Started by the government as a socioeconomic initiative, the longterm goal of the programme is to distribute wealth more widely across a broad spectrum, mainly for more disadvantaged individuals.

With such fundamental but key and ethical policies having been implemented throughout the Company’s structure, Wheals remains positive about the prospects for both Tri-Star’s internal growth and the current optimism surrounding the wider economy: “My aims in three to five years would be very similar to those right now – to maintain quality services for our customers and pursue our strategy of consistent and reliable growth. Moving forward, hopefully the South African economy will provide an enhanced platform within which we can work and enable us to improve value for all our stakeholders.”

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