24 PROJECT
GIBS gets dream loo
By
Eamonn Ryan
“They insisted
on the best in
all materials,
sparing no
expense for
their MBA
students.”
Many breakthroughs have been made in building water
systems for commercial buildings. Water conservation can
be incorporated into a design, even if it is just at the fixture
level. This was the goal set by Burgess Plumbing when client
GIBS (the Gordon Institute of Business Science) called it to its
Sandton’s Illovo Campus.
GIBS called in Burgess Plumbing to renovate and
upgrade their high-traffic bathrooms in a turnkey
solution. GIBS’ bathrooms serve between two and
three hundred students at any time, so energy- and
water-efficiency was critical to the design.
This involved not just plumbing, says Darryl Brainin, director
of Burgess Plumbing, but all construction, painting, tiling,
partitioning and electrical for a total cost of R1.1-million.
There were structural issues which required an architect,
JP Zeitsman of Hub Architects, to assist with the design.
Burgess Plumbing
Bathroom showing touchless mixer, close to soap dispenser, towel drier and disposal units.
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