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ENGINUITY
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Words From The Chairman
Since our last edition of Enginuity much has happened within
the group and I would like to share some of these milestones
with you and which I believe will enhance our ability to improve
our collective and individual specific offerings.
Our “BOSCH” rebrand had successful national launches in May
and continues to be rolled out. Feedback has been positive and
most of our stakeholders now have a clearer vision of us as an
integrated, multi-company group working synergistically and
seamlessly together. Equally we have seen that our employees
feel more a part of a group that is internally as well as externally
committed to a collective approach to people management and
service delivery.
We combined our 50th anniversary celebrations with our brand relaunch and our ”Walk Through The Ages” DVD illustrated well our
achievements and growth over the years. It was pleasing to see
our longstanding and new Clients celebrating with us, together
with past Executives and current staff. There have been only 3
Chief Executives since our founding – Bill Bosch, Robin Boustred
and myself – and it was good to reminisce over the changes that
have transpired over the years.
As a group we are ambitious to grow, not only in capacity, but also
from a quality perspective, through diversification both in location
and in products and services. Our Vision remains being World
Class and Innovative. Our culture, supported by competent and
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energetic management and staff,
together with excellent systems will
ensure that we achieve these goals.
It is noted elsewhere that we
have retained our ISO 9001-2008
accreditations and we are all proud
of this continued recognition in
achieving Client satisfaction. We
have also been successful with
our BEE Ratings having achieved
– Holdings (Level 3), Stemele (Level
2), Projects (Level 4) and Munitech
(Level 4) – on the Construction
Charter. Besides scoring well on
all 7 elements of the Balanced
Scorecards, we are particularly proud of the growth of our BEE
Trust, which has close to 15% shareholding in Bosch Holdings
and 36no. (and growing) employee beneficiaries. Our challenge
remains with the various and conflicting preferencing models
being used primarily by Public Sector Clients and are hoping that
standardisation will prevail with upcoming legislation.
In closing, I trust that you will enjoy reading this rebranded edition
of Enginuity and will find something of interest. Please contact
those named for further details, or visit our new websites to get a
fuller appreciation of our collective capabilities.
Clive Swaisland
RDS Warehouse
Extended platform area with steel structure for roof
Rennies Distribution Services (RDS), a member of the Bidvest
Group of Companies, is a national supply chain and logistics
specialist in warehousing and distribution.
Bosch Stemele were appointed to assist in increasing storage
and operating capaci ty in both the container and pallet based
components of their Lansdowne Road facility in Durban.
The project entailed work in two separate areas of the facility.
The first was to extend the refined paper handling operation area
by raising an adjacent disused rail siding area (± 2 000m²) to the
same level as the existing platform and surfacing with concrete.
The raised platform was then enclosed by extending the existing
steel roofing structure and fire sprinkler system. Two dock levelling
bays were also constructed to provide access to the re-modelled
storage area.
Ubombo Diffuser
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Work in the other container based operation area included
providing three dock levelling bays and three raised container
packing stations, along with the resultant re-grading of a portion
of the existing block paved container yard (± 2 100m²) to facilitate
the height differential necessary for the dock levellers.
The level of the foundations for the dock levelling bays and
container packing stations were in a low area less than 10m above
sea level, requiring dewatering during construction to ensure the
new foundations were cast on dry ground. An extensive web of
subsoil drains were installed to ensure adequate performance of
the newly graded roadway areas.
Various areas of the existing concrete roadways were also
repaired, and a new weighbridge was also constructed to double
the throughput of outgoing vehicles.
The Lansdowne Road facility operates 24 hours a day, 365 days
a year and this challenging project was carried out in parallel
with normal operations. Careful planning in conjunction with RDS
ensured that disruption to operations was minimised.
Contact: Cary Kroeger - [email protected]
Bosch Projects Accelerates Transformation Drive
Bosch Projects’ B-BBEE rating improved from a Level 6
Contributor status to a Level 4 Contributor status through the
following initiatives:
Ownership: With the steady increase in the number of black
professional shareholders, Bosch Projects now has over 14% black
ownership.
Management: Black representation was boosted by the
appointment of a black Non-Executive Director and SHERQ &
Transformation Manager.
Ubombo Sugar Managing Director, Simon Cleasby cuts the ribbon to mark the opening of the Chainless Diffuser while Bosch Projects Sugar Equipment Director, Ivan Voigt looks on.
The Ubombo Chainless Diffuser, Bosch Projects Equipments’
multi-million rand turnkey appointment, started operations in
Swaziland in April 2011.
contractors. Under the management of Ryno Eksteen, the diffuser
construction was completed almost one month before the project
deadline.
After seven successful installations in Brazil and two in India, it is
the first of this type of cane diffuser to be installed in Africa and
will process 300tch.
In addition to the 10 diffusers currently operating, there are still a
number of Chainless Diffusers under construction: two in Brazil
and one in Bolivia. Bosch Projects has also received an order
from Austcane Bioenergy for a 275tch diffuser for their project in
Queensland.
The project which kicked off in December 2010, was Bosch
Projects’ first major design project to be carried out using 3D
design techniques and involved over 20 suppliers and sub-
Contact: Ivan Voigt - [email protected]
Employment Equity: Black people currently represent over 31%
of Bosch Projects’ workforce with black women representing 8%.
Skills Development: Bosch Projects has trained 18 candidate
engineers with an annual average intake of three candidates.
Preferential Procurement: Bosch Projects has invested 49% of
its procurement spend in black suppliers.
Enterprise Development Achievements: Bosch Ulwazi Academy
extended its enterprise development contracts with three
black-owned companies. It also invested more than 1% of the
companies’ leviable annual salaries through development grants
and transferring skills.
Bosch Projects EIT team
Socio and Economic Development: Bosch Projects extended
its mentoring program to those who require in-service training.
The company obtained maximum B-BBEE points in the Enterprise
and Socio-Economic Development categories.
Contact: Mandla Ngema - [email protected]