NEWSWORTHY
ROMANO SIGNS
AND PSA MERGE
Premier
Sayina
a manufacturer
of branded
Africa
and
(PSA),
supplier
corporate
signage
(PSA), and Romano Signs have
merged,
creating
the
largest
corporate signage company in
sub-Saharan Africa.
Sean Rogers, managing director
of PSA, said: “PSA and Romano
CONCOR BUILDINGS DELIVERING FAST TRACK STUDENT
ACCOMMODATION PROJECT
Concor Buildings is synonymous with delivering fast track projects to the desired quality,
on time and most importantly within budget.
Martin Muller, contracts manager at Concor Buildings, ascribes this characteristic as
one of the reasons why the company secured the contract to construct the new student
housing accommodation in Streatley Avenue, Auckland Park.
Being developed by Century Property Developments, The Campus, when completed at
the end of 2018, will provide accommodation for 800 students predominantly from Wits and
UJ. This will mitigate some of the shortages being experienced with student accommodation
close to the tertiary education institutions.
Designed with an industrial look and feel, The Campus is a four and six storey building
with two basement levels. The multi-storey structure will house several communal areas
including study rooms, computer labs, conference rooms, a games room and a gym facility.
“Fast track projects are challenging at the best of times but with these logistical factors
at play we have had to pay even more attention to detail in planning,” Muller says. “It is
critical that materials are delivered at the correct time to the correct location as there is
no space for the stockpiling of materials on site. This means delivery of all bulk materials
must dovetail accurately with the construction programme.” He explains that during the
detailed planning process, the team used resource linking to the various activities to ensure
sufficient resources are available when and where needed. In this manner, the company
has been able to mitigate most issues.
“It is this level of planning and the control of information flow that makes a fast track project
a success, and it also calls for close communication between the client, the professional
team, us and the many sub-contractors that are on site,” Muller says.
Construction work started in January this
year and practical completion is targeted for
November 2018. This will allow the finishing
trades access to ready the apartments for
occupation in early 2019. www.concor.co.za
currently have the largest and most
comprehensive manufacturing foot-
print in the corporate signage
industry in s ub-Saharan Africa
with manufacturing facilities in
both the Gauteng and the Western
Cape. Rogers went on further to
say that “PSA and Romano have,
as part of their commitment to
increasing
their
manufacturing
capacity, invested in a new best-
in-class manufacturing facility in
the Cape into which the current
Romano operations will relocate
when it comes on stream in
July 2018.”
“The combined companies have
localised service hubs in KwaZulu
Natal
and
the
Eastern
Cape,
and co-operative manufacturing
arrangements on the east and
west coasts of Africa. Our footprint
will fully support our customers’
expansion
into
new
markets,”
he said.
Mr Romano added: “The com-
bining of the resources of PSA
and Romano will see the business
and our customers benefit from
the
enhanced
industry
expertise
experience
and
embedded
in our personnel in the technical,
design,
development,
project
management, manufacturing and
operational teams.”
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