Magnaclad opens new Technology Centre in Pretoria

By Tiaan Grobbelaar

31 January 2010

Magnaclad has moved into its new permanent home in Pretoria – a 10,000 square metre facility which has been completely refitted to accommodate the company’s growing team. The newly opened Magnaclad Technology Centre houses one of three automated roll-forming machines used for the manufacturing of building frames. Each machine has the capacity to manufacture 2000 to 3000 metres of steel-frame buildings per daily shift. This capacity translates into 2 to 3 100sqm houses.

According to company president Jacques van den Berg, the focus of Magnaclad’s Technology Centre is to provide integrated support services.  "By locating our sales and marketing, quantity surveying, architectural, engineering, manufacturing, procurement and logistics teams under the same roof, we can provide comprehensive support services. We now have a multidisciplinary professional team available on site to assist clients and business partners with all aspects of building design, structural engineering, costing and project management.”

Magnaclad signs construction contract for
Bela Vista Rice Project, Maputo, Mozambique

By Tiaan Grobbelaar

18 November 2009

Magnaclad has concluded a contract with LAIP/Ubuntu Mozambique for the construction of residential and commercial buildings for the planned Bela Vista Rice Project. Construction will commence in January 2010.

According to sales director Tiaan Grobbelaar, Magnaclad was selected because their steel frame construction technology lends itself to cost-effective building in remote locations. Magnaclad will deliver a turnkey solution including architectural designs, quantity surveying services, procurement, project management and construction.

The five-year, 30 million US dollar Bela Vista Rice Project was launched in August 2009 by LAIP/Ubuntu Mozambique, a consortium formed by Libya Africa Investment Portfolio (LAIP) and Mozambican company Ubuntu SA. Initially rice will be grown in an area of nine hectares, with an expected annual harvest of 40 thousand tons of rice. Within 3 years, the project is expected to meet at least 20% of Mozambique’s rice needs.

Steel Frame Construction Staff Wanted

By Lilla Pepler

15 October 2009

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We are expanding throughout the African continent and we can use your valued experience in all aspects of steel frame construction.

We are currently looking for individuals with the following skills:

• Steel frame assembly and erection
• Drywalling, cladding and finishing
• Roofing
• Site management

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Timber Frame Building Professionals are welcome too.

Work starts on 10 plantation houses in Mozambique

By Eben Rootman

15 September 2009

Magnaclad has deployed its first mobile manufacturing unit from Pretoria to the Nampula district in the north of Mozambique. Ten 230 m2 plantation houses will be fabricated on site for a Banana Plantation.

Work is scheduled for completion at the end of 2009. The mobile facility is fully equipped to fabricate buildings in remote sites.

Magnaclad acquires 2000 m² facility

by Jacques van den Berg

1 September

Magnaclad has acquired a 2000 m² facility in Pretoria, South Africa intended to be a training centre for Light Steel Frame Technology in support of its remote site operations.

The facility will be undergo extensive renovations and is expected to be ready for use by the end of 2009. The facility will also be used for short production runs to satisfy the needs of small projects and continuous research and development.

Magnaclad invests ZAR 4.5m in roll-forming plant

By Johan Morgan

26 May 2009

Magnaclad has ordered 3 specialised roll forming machines for a total value of
ZAR 4,500,000.

One of the machines will be deployed to Magnaclad's Training Centre in Pretoria, while the remaining two will be configured as mobile fabrication units that can be deployed anywhere on the African continent.

Show house in Lubumbashi

By Maria-Anna Deroukakis

25 January 2009

The first of 50 houses is completed at the prestigious Aramis Housing Estate on The Plateau in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.

The economic meltdown and the subsequent mass closure of mines in the area will hamper the development, and work on the estate is only scheduled to commence in 2010, subject to the mines resuming their operations.