2022 FULTON AWARDS
Ingenuity , innovation and the highquality workmanship of the South African concrete industry were distinctive features of all 24 entries in the 2022 Fulton Awards , says Bryan Perrie , CEO of Cement & Concrete South Africa ( CCSA ). The prestigious Fulton Awards recognise and honour excellence in the design , use and innovation in concrete .
Perrie says he and his fellow judges , Stephen Humphries , director of consulting engineering company , Nyeleti Consulting ; and Daniel van der Merwe , founder member of LEAF Architects ; were immensely impressed by how the entrants for the Fulton Awards overcame the odds during the Covid-19 restrictions . “ Included in some of the challenges were screening up to 400 workers daily on very congested sites , and having to deliver 150 cubic metres of ready mix concrete in one cubic metre loads due to congestion in an inner-city location ,” he states .
CATEGORY WINNERS Infrastructure of over R100m The winner is the new Ashton Arch in Ashton , entered by AECOM S . A . The client for the project , hailed by the judges for its “ unique bridge engineering technique ”, was the Western Cape Government ’ s Department of Transport and Public Works . Stretched 22m above Ashton ’ s Main Road , the spectacular bridge features five 15.5m overhead wishbone beams . The main contractor was Haw & Inglis Civil Engineering .
Infrastructure of under R100m The winner in this category is the modification of the Umhlatuzana River Bridge in Durban . Entered by the eThekwini Municipality Roads Provision Department ’ s Structures Branch , the bridge won the judges ’ praise for “ the unique solution that overcame extensive challenges to save a large part of the bridge while causing limited damage to the existing habitat ”. The road bridge ,
Ashton Arch
severely damaged in KZN ’ s 2019 floods , links Seaward Road in Clairwood with Sarnia in Pinetown .
The Onyx
Buildings of more than R50m Top honours in this category have gone to The Onyx apartment block in Johannesburg . The 13-storey structure in the Jewel City condominium precinct in Fox Street , was entered by Engineering Design Services ( EDS ). The judges were impressed by “ the innovative design of the building which has provided a very cost-effective structure in a part of the city that is being transformed ”. The client for this project is Divercity Urban Property Fund , Ithemba Property , and Atterbury Property Fund .
Buildings under R50m The judges were intrigued and impressed enough by the quaint KleinJAN Restaurant , in the vast Tswalu Private Game Reserve in the Kalahari , to make it the recipient of the Fulton Award in this
category - not so much for its “ objective visible concrete interventions but rather its concealed , hidden innovation in the vast open Kalahari Desert ”. The unusual project was entered by Kobus Duvenhage Bouers . KleinJAN , owned by Michelin Star Chef Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen , was created on the site of a century old farmhouse and is one of the smallest concrete structures to win any category in the Fulton Awards history . The restaurant features an underground dining room .
Innovation and Invention in Concrete The Old Cape Quarter , an apartment building in the trendy Cape Quarter Lifestyle Precinct in De Waterkant , Cape Town , harnessed the Fulton Award in this category . The judges ’ citation hailed the many and “ hugely innovative ” techniques employed in the redevelopment of an existing Heritage building by adding four storeys while still preserving and protecting the outer walls of the historic structure . AfriSam SA entered the project , owned by The Cape Quarter Property Company ’ s Tower Property Fund .
In an exciting addition to the biennial Fulton Awards , the winners in all categories have been entered into the American Concrete Institute ’ s Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards . CCSA , as an International Partner of ACI , was invited to nominate Fulton Award winners for the awards which honour exceptional concrete construction internationally . www . cemcon-sa . org . za
Umhlatuzana River Bridge KleinJAN Restaurant
Old Cape Quarter
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