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NELSON MANDELA SQUARE : HONOURING AN ICON
By Pat Burke , outgoing chairman , RPM Engineering Group .
Four years after final completion , RPM Consulting Engineers has taken the opportunity to review their most noteworthy project to date .
Their observations concur that a project unencumbered by unrealistic budget restraints , together with a client possessing the appetite for an efficient , high quality and longterm solution , will produce an end result worthy of respect and appropriate acclaim .
In the heart of the Sandton CBD lies the iconic Nelson Mandela Square precinct , a mixed office , retail and entertainment destination .
Developed in the early 1990s , the original HVAC system comprised a conventional water-cooled direct expansion
Photo by Anagoria via Wikimedia Commons
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