AUTO & GENERAL
AUTO AND GENERAL HEADQUARTERS Steyn City
CLIENT Telesure Investment Holdings
DEVELOPER Steyn City Properties
ARCHITECT dbm Architects
PROJECT MANAGER Metrum Project Management
QUANTITY SURVEYOR QS Bureau Quantity Surveyors
CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Bigen Africa Group Holdings
CIVIL ENGINEER TEKCIV Consulting Engineers ( Steyn City Bulk Services )
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Aftek Consulting Engineers
MECHNICAL ENGINEER Spoormaker & Partners
WET SERVICES GK Pereira Consulting
FIRE ENGINEER SFT Consulting Engineers
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT SEF ( wetlands )
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT Pro Acoustic
LIFT CONSULTANT Techassign
WATERPROOFING Teckspec
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Insite Landscape Architects Patrick Watson
TOWN PLANNER Plan Enviro
MAIN CONTRACTOR Aveng Grinaker-LTA
PHOTOGRAPHY dbm Architects
The site for the new Auto and General Headquarters for Telesure Investment Holdings is located at the junction of the William Nicol Highway and the Helderfontein Spruit , a tributary of the Jukskei River , 4km north of Fourways and 5 km south of Diepsloot . It is bordered to the west by Dainfern Estate , to the south by the river , to the east by William Nicol and to the north by the upcoming Steyn City development .
In terms of topography , the site is characterised by a steep north to south slope of approximately 25m , and several excavated pits that are the remnants of sand mining that took place in years gone by . Along the eastern edge of the site is an erosion donga caused largely by unmanaged storm water runoff from William Nicol .
The aggressive fall across the site and the concentrated storm water runoff along the eastern boundary has led to the lower regions of the site developing an early wetland character . The remainder of the site is unremarkable in terms of flora and fauna . The outstanding feature of the site is undoubtedly thus a particularly attractive section of river and flood plain .
Client ’ s Brief The client requested a 24,000m 2 office building with substantial parking , in which they could consolidate their current business units previously housed in 6 separate buildings across Johannesburg and Pretoria .
From the outset , the client made it clear that the building should allow for maximum flexibility – in terms of the internal layout of the office floors ; in terms of the ability to sub-let portions of the building should the need arise ; and finally , in terms of the ability to expand should the need arise .
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