Project
This project , comprising a location for the manufacturing of bumpers and associated products for a large global vehicle manufacturer , is located at the Tshwane automotive special economic zone in Rosslyn , Pretoria .
The same team was involved in Phase 1 of this manufacturing plant , that took place back in 2011 , and then 10 years later were fortunate enough to again be a part of the expansion and major plant upgrade .
The cooling towers ( back view ) as seen from the street .
The project conception and planning started in early 2019 . Breaking ground took place in March of 2021 and the project was completed in January 2022 for wet trials . It was expected at the time of publishing that the project would be handed over fully to the customer by July 2022 .
DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS / CLIENT BRIEF OF THE PROJECT The design called for a water-cooled chilled water plant to supply the paint shop air handling unit ( AHU ) and moulding machine section - also known as the Chilled Circulating water ( CCW )
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The upper level of the plant room had to be extended to allow for service access .
This photo illustrates that narrow space that had to be negotiated for the plant room .
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