Cut Rag Tobacco Processors
Project Start: November 2022
Project Completion: June 2024
Project Key Metric: 43,000m2 of factory premises and 27,000m2 of warehousing / 4 million bricks
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
Project Type/Name: CRP Tobacco Processors
Scope of Work:
On a greenfield site, construct the largest tobacco processing factory and warehousing facility in Africa comprising storage areas, primary and secondary processing, offices, state-of-the-art energy centre, and infrastructure.
Interesting or Unusual Challenges Faced:
Due to the high plasticity of the in-situ soil on the site, piled and capped foundations were necessary for the entire project. Additionally, the soil conditions necessitated the casting of one of the main floor sections as a fully suspended slab. This specific slab, spanning over pile caps, amounted to over 3,500m3 of concrete.
Motorcare
Project Start: April 2022
Project Completion: March 2023
Project Key Metric: 4000m2 footprint under roof
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Project Type/Name: New panel-beating workshop, offices and reception buildings
Scope of Work:
Demolition of existing structures and foundations, and removal of all spoil from the urban area. Construction of a purpose designed panel-beating workshop, reception and offices.
Interesting or Unusual Challenges Faced:
Situated in close proximity to sea level, the site's water table is just 0.5m to 1m beneath the natural ground level. This shallow water table posed significant challenges during the construction of underground services and pits. Coping with the substantial volumes of dewatering required, became a major challenge.
Halsteds Retail Centre
Project Start: April 2023
Project Completion: September 2023
Project Key Metric: 20,000m2 footprint under roof, 5 months
Location: Mutare, Zimbabwe
Project Type/Name: New industrial retail outlet for a hardware retailer, on a greenfield site
Scope of Work:
Construct a new industrial retail outlet, including shopfront, retail space, storage, offices, reception and staff facilities, to meet client brand-specifications.
Interesting or Unusual Challenges Faced:
The unevenness of the ground on this site proved challenging and required creative solutions from the engineers and RadX. Ease of access and safety was front-of-mind in ensuring that in the end customer access to all areas of the finished building from the parking area, is seamless and simple.
