The Civil Engineering Contractor May 2019 | Page 21

The impact on a construction project of a contractor
going into business rescue, is devastating.
On 19 June last year, Civil
Engineering
Contractor paid a site visit to and reported, in the
October issue, of a 17-floor building rising at that
time from its basement. We attached a caveat to
that article that since that visit, contractor Liviero
Building had gone into business rescue. The
building was to provide student accommodation
and was sited on prime land on the corner of
Jorissen Street and Bertha Avenue in downtown
Braamfontein, adjacent to the precinct of the
University of the Witwatersrand.
In March this year, we decided to pay another
visit and see what the impact had been on the
works. In June last year, work had been taking
place in the basement; by March this year, it had
progressed to the second floor (of 17).
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