The Civil Engineering Contractor March 2019 | Page 12

CONTRACTORS ON SITE
Arwyp Medical Centre is a private hospital in Kempton
Park, Gauteng.
department to the new pharmacy via the area that will be
the new procurement office. The old dining hall and the old
pharmacy are also now part of the new passage leading out
to the front entrance. Staff will be able to exit through the
sessional rooms.
A tender has been announced for the demolition of existing
structures and the construction of a new staff block with
piling and associated site works for Arwyp Medical Centre,
erf 2733 and portion of erf 2733 at 20 Pine Avenue,
Kempton Park, Gauteng.
Arwyp Medical Centre is a private hospital in Kempton
Park. The hospital has 343 beds, including 33 ICU beds and
10 neonatal ICU beds. Other features include 11 operating
theatres, of which two are dedicated to open-heart surgery, a
24-hour pharmacy, and a 24-hour casualty department with
a designated outpatient department.
This is part of major works at the Centre. Construction
on all the major renovations at Arwyp has always been done
in phases so as not to be too disruptive to the everyday
workings of the hospital. To facilitate this process, parts of
the area have been closed off and a temporary passage has
been created leading from the casualty department and the
radiology section to the front of the hospital. Part of the
casualty department has also been closed to create a link
to the new passage. The passage stretches from the X-ray
New staff block at Arwyp Medical Centre
The Sandton Gate Precinct will be done in six phases consisting of various components.
Sandton Gate infrastructure
Construction is under way of civils and services for the new
Sandton Gate precinct development situated on William
Nicol Drive, Sandton, Gauteng. Sandton Gate aims to be
an upmarket mixed-use precinct, offering a lifestyle of city
living with all the benefits of suburban life. The precinct
overlooks the Braamfontein Spruit, one of Johannesburg’s
longest natural greenbelts, while being on the doorstep of
South Africa’s financial CBD. The Sandton Gate Precinct will
be done in six phases, which consist of various components
such as premium office space, convenience retail, modern
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residential apartments, and a gym. This development
also includes features such as piazzas and walkways, fibre
connectivity, and state-of-the-art security.
Building A will comprise P-Grade office space of
approximately 13 000m² as well as a 2 500m² gym facility
situated in the building. The building will be surrounded by
a landscaped piazza with a coffee shop offering. The exposure
of this building is one of a kind, as it is positioned on the
corner of a new intersection that is being created on William
Nicol Drive.
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