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Only the best for Karan Beef abattoir
accommodate a herd of over 150 000,
situated on 2 330 hectares of farmland,
making it the largest feedlot in Africa.
Based on the comprehensive controls
that they have implemented at their
feedlot and abattoir, they are able to
offer customers full traceability on all
meat purchases.
The majority of their product range is
distributed directly from their abattoir in
Balfour to customers throughout South
Africa and abroad. They also distribute
to their sales depot in City Deep to
focus on delivering smaller quantities
to local customers and to encourage
direct pickups.
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DESIGNING A FLAGSHIP
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aran Beef is a proudly South
African company that uses the
country’s rich natural resources
to produce quality, Class A beef. The
Karan Beef abattoir, located in Balfour
(Mpumalanga), has been upgraded to
comply with the strictest international
standards. It was the first abattoir in
South Africa to be hazard analysis and
critical control points (HACCP) certified
and has been awarded the prestigious
FSSC 22 000 certification. It is also Halaal-
approved and has export status (ZA-71).
From their humble beginnings in
1974, managing a herd of less than
100 head of cattle on the Karan family
farm outside Heidelberg, they now
Karan Beef’s wish for this project was
to build a flagship facility that would
be the first of its kind in South Africa.
As such, WSP Industrial was appointed
as the mechanical consultant by GCP
Projects in March 2016 for the project
that continued until September 2017.
WSP offered the client the following
engineering services:
• Insulated panelling layout and
detailed design
• Refrigeration plant detailed design
• Facility ventilation detailed design
• Product transfer tunnel detailed
design
• 2D CAD drawings and 3D
modelling
• Specialist studies on product
freezing
• Tender documents and
specifications for the refrigeration
plant, insulated panelling, and
automatic carton freezer
• Engineering management of the
above scopes.
1. ACF valve stations, -10°C accumulator
drum, and high-stage compressors.
2. Evaporator coils inside ACF.
3. Outside of the high-rise facility.
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