African Design Magazine June 2016 | Page 50

A PRACTICAL N A shortage of space and significant overcrowding in some schools is a prevale Education Minister of the Executive Council (MEC) Panyaza Lesufi has confirm (GED) domain have classroom shortages. Also, the GED has furthermore deduced classrooms are I n light of these circumstances, the GED recently contracted mobile buildings supplier Kwikspace Modular Buildings (Kwikspace) for assistance at Kaalfontein Secondary School in Tembisa, Midrand in the Gauteng Province. Kwikspace provided a permanent structure as an urgent solution that is a benchmark in the industry, providing functional, efficient classroom space for approximately 1 468 learners in a matter of weeks. The mobile solutions company erected a first-of-its-kind, double-storey unit using alternative building methods that consisted of a steel and concrete structural frame. The project included the construction of 32 classrooms, 10 ablution units, an 50 africandesignmagazine.com