Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa July/August 2014 | Page 25

At 139m tall, with a gross
construction area of
114,547m2 over 32 floors,
Portside offers over
57,000m² of rentable area

Surveyors in the preparation of the Principal
Contract Conditions of Contract as well as
the selected subcontractors Conditions of
Contract, thus ensuring that all the necessary applicable requirements were clearly
identified in the tender documentation. This
provided the contractor with as detailed as
possible knowledge of the building in order
to allow a competitive tender outcome to
take place.
The progress made in relation to the
programmes was carefully monitored in order
to achieve the objective of the bulk earthworks
and lateral support commencement in August

Portside

2011, followed by the commencement of the
Principal Contractors works scheduled for
November 2011.
The client’s decision to proceed with
the Design and As-built Green Star
applications to the Green Building Council
South Africa required an approach by the
various consultants to address their designs,
informing the tender documentation at an
early stage. This was significantly ahead
of when the actual appointment of the
subcontractor would have been required
in terms of the construction programme,
this programming necessitated by the need

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