Opportunities aplenty for S Africa-based contractor.
African buildings manufacturer Kwikspace Modular Buildings will supply a construction camp and site offices valued at R20-million for a Guinean gold project by mid-2017.
Kwikspace business development executive Nick Alexander says the 1 400 m² project includes accommodation for 120 personnel, male and female ablution facilities and site offices.
The buildings supplied by Johannesburg-based Kwikspace are assembled using fully insulated polyurethane-injected panels. The mobile units are fully prefabricated off-site, while the site-erected units – such as those used in the Guinea project – are constructed using modular components. “Kwikspace components are manufactured in a standardised factory environment, allowing for rapid assembly on site, thereby reducing the number of hours contractors spend on site,” Alexander comments.
He tells Mining Weekly that one of the most challenging aspects of the project was the average temperature in which construction work needed to take place, noting that this was partially mitigated by employing and training a local workforce, thereby ensuring that the site team was already acclimatised to working conditions. “It is a priority that we take care of our employees and contractors and make sure that they have a safe and well-resourced work environment.”
This story is from the Mining Weekly 31 March 2017 edition of Mining Weekly.
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