Mr Price Distribution Centre, Safintra Factory and
Warehouse Category Winner
The design of the new distribution centre for Mr Price was changed from tender stage
to suit material availability at the time of construction. This also gave the opportunity
for the steelwork contractor to get involved in the redesign and proposing alternatives
that would meet the fast track program.
Steel was chosen as it was the only option in construction for the size of the
warehouse and fast track construction program. The warehouse is the typical
distribution centre design, with eaves columns, internal main house columns with
girders spanning in one direction with trusses spanning at 90 degrees to the girders.
Instead of having small monitors on the roof it was decided that every alternate 30m
bay would be raised 2.5m higher than the adjacent bay to form very large monitors, or
simply a low bay, high bay design.
What makes this project special:
• 10 weeks fabrication lead time prior to erection commencement.
• ± 1 000 tonnes of fabricated material on site prior to erection.
• 14No. Cranes erecting steel + 4No. slave cranes.
• 2No. horse and trailers dedicated to moving steel on site.
• 90 day erection program
• 8 days of inclement weather – not claimable due to contract clause
• Actual erection days = 82 days including weekends and public holidays
• Total tons = 2 754 tonnes
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