Architect and Builder August 2016 | Page 42

Opening Doors for You FROST INTERNATIONAL, the leading Entrance and Security Solutions company in Southern Africa, recently completed the installation of 3 x Boon Edam Tourniket revolving door installations in time for the opening of the prestigious Mall of Africa, in Midrand north of Johannesburg. T he FROST team was prominent during the entrance design phase of the project and worked tirelessly and closely with the designers, MDS Architecture, to ensure the client received the perfect entrance solution for their requirements. This installation adds to the already long list of major retail centres that have utilised the Frost International and Boon Edam revolving door combination- in fact 95% of all major retail centres across South Africa have Boon Edam revolving doors installed at their entrances. Coming out of Jack Frost Cape Town (est.1970), a well respected and established name in the construction industry, Frost International has concentrated on establishing itself as a “Specialist Contractor” since 2001, dropping its initial core work of ceilings and partitions, and pushing the specialist products that it now markets and installsBOON EDAM revolving doors, FROST 40 AUTOMATIC sliding door operators, HUFCOR acoustic operable walls and more recently the SIS/BRT Solutions it is able to offer, it has the new FROST INTERNATIONAL security Turnstile range, as well as a range of low level security pedestrian lanes, and high level security booths. The Frost team have supplied and installed their uniquely South African designed and developed Station Interface System (SIS) to both the Cape Towm MyCiti and Tshwane A Re Yeng BRT’s currently in operation, enabling a complete solution to their clients, to manage and monitor the various components linking the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations to the relevant buses. As this successful application has become well known amongst the consultants and clients, Frost International are proud to announce the receipt of the order for the 1st phase of the Ekurhuleni BRT currently under construction. The FROST AUTOMATIC sliding door operator is the only automatic sliding door on the market that is designed, developed and manufactured by a South African company. Creating local employment the company will look to the export opportunities that exist in the market, and have already supplied operators to the UK, Mauritius, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Nigeria and Namibian markets“but we need to expand on this with the current exchange rate conditions that favour this- so an expansive drive in 2017 will commence to offer the rest of Africa, via distribution agreements, the FROST AUTOMATIC,” explains Sales & Marketing consultant Graeme Stevens. “Already supplying and installing throughout Africa will make this expansive programme a little easier, but we need to have a sales presence like we have in Zambia and Zimbabwe, instead of doing the one-off installations that we currently attend to elsewhere.” Frost International, a South African company with South African shareholders is an owner managed family company, and is proud of its history and the loyalty shown by its employees- Office Manageress Avril Karriem has been with the company for 37 years, just one of the many employees that has been employed for > 10 years. She had this to say: “We strive to uplift and train from within and a large percentage of our techn icians have been trained in-house, receiving on the job training and various workshops organised by the company. Starting out as technician assistants, we have found that given opportunity, most will strive to learn and often excel given the chance. This creates an environment of commitment and loyalty, and the company rewards those that prove themselves. Promotion from within is the 1st thought.” Frost International - your Entrance & Security Solutions Specialist. www.frostint.com Advertorial