Cape Town Commercial Consultants

CTCC Linked Profile - Click here to go there ROLE : Managing Director SCOPE : •Voortrekker Sentrum - Villiera, Pretoria •House Ncokazi - Phillip Nel Park, Pretoria •House McMaster - Cornwall, Pretoria •House Du Preez - De Wijnlanden, Stellenbosch •Hannover Park Solid Waste - Hannover Park, Cape Town •Mine Health and Safety Council - Woodmead Office Park, Johannesburg •Repairs & renovations of Police Stations - Hermanus, Greyton, Ashton, Napier & Stanford •Banghoek flat development - Stellenbosch •Quendon Road Retirement flat development - Bantry Bay, Cape Town •Royal Maintland Group Housing - Maitland, Cape Town •House Edridge - Newlands, Cape Town •Steenberg Social Housing Project - Steenberg, Cape Town •Development of affordable housing - Paarl, Cape Town •Cape Town Church of Christ Building - Parow, Cape Town SKILLS : •Estimate : Alterations & Renovations - Garage •Estimate : Redo putty & paint 5 storey flat •Check QS bill of estimates, 51 flat development, Stellen

King Court - Port Elizabeth - Click on link to go there SCOPE : -AMALINDA Eastern Cape Commercial -ARLINGTON no 1 Eastern Cape Res Units, Town Houses, Group Houses -ARLINGTON no 2 Eastern Cape Res Units, Town houses, Apartments, Retail/Creche -HUNTERS RETREAT (Spar) Eastern Cape Existing Spar Upgrade -HUNTERS RETREAT (Spar) Eastern Cape Commercial -HUNTERS RETREAT (Units) Eastern Cape Res Apartments -ALBUCA / STERLITZIA Eastern Cape Res Apartments -MILKWOOD / WINTERHOEK Eastern Cape Res Apartments -HERITAGE HILL erf 927 Gauteng Retail , Res Units -HERITAGE HILL erf 1080 Gauteng Res Units -HERITAGE HILL erf 1082 Gauteng Res Units -HERITAGE HILL erf 1087 Gauteng Res Units -OLIEVENZICHT (KOSMOSDAL) Gauteng Res Units, Res Apartments -CARLSWALD 856 Gauteng Retail, Apartments -CARLSWALD 90 Gauteng Res

http://greenpointstadium-and-capetown.blogspot.com/ ROLE : Managing Director SCOPE : •Green point stadium – Check concrete final account (R 4,2 billion) •Paarl – Mixed use development (R 50 million) – BOQ •Shopping Centre – USAVE (Moreesburg) •Alteration & Renovations – House (Newlands) •Resort 26 flats & 58 double storey units. •George – 14 Residential Units development •Leisure Island – 2 x Houses for Alterations and renovations •PE house – Alteration & renovations •Pezula – Residential House - http://www.pezula.com/ •Pinnacle Point – Residential House - http://www.pinnaclepoint.co.za/ •Thesen Island : 2 x Luxury 3 Storey Houses / Business Development - h http://www.theislands.co.za/ •41 Light Industrial Units, George, South Africa •32 Cluster Homes – Civil infrastructure – Oaklands - http://www.knysnaproperty.co.za/developments/default.asp •OCGT Mosselbay – 3 New gas turbines civils infrastructure ( R 110 Million) - http://www.eskom.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=655 •P

http://www.thesenisland.co.za/drymill/index.html ROLE : Senior Quantity Surveyor SCOPE : •Phase 1: 30 Apartments, wet works (R 50 Million) for luxury apartments. •Phase 2: 20 Apartments wet works (R25 Million) for luxury apartments. SKILL BASE •Main contractor: Setting up claims, fortnight payments of direct sub-contractors, new rate submissions, procurement of suppliers, negotiating discounts and payment terms, placing of orders, invoice reconciliation, re-measure and final account. •Sub-contractors: Setting up a claim certificate (31 Contractors), setting up Nominated / Selected sub-contract documents & attendance on variation orders.

http://www.debeersgroup.com/debeersweb SCOPE : •Schroda Dam, an alteration and renovations job on a ground wall dam for De Beers Venetia mine (R 3.5 million). •New fine residue dam for Finsch De Beers mine (R15 million). •Activity based costing for Lonmin, Karee mine. http://www.lonmin.com/ •Ngodwana Effluent Reduction Project for Sappi (R 200 million). Scope changes and bills of quantity - http://www.sappi.com/SappiWeb/default.aspx •Vanchem slimes dam deposit. ( R5 Million) •Venetia Raw water dam De Beers mine (R 20 million) •Western deep mines – Tautona – Anglo Gold Ashanti. Man and material decline shaft steelwork. ( R2 million) •Ngodwana May shutdown at Sappi. (R 60 million) •Venetia De beers Primary crusher SKILL BASE •Bills of quantity: Schroda dam, Finsch fine residue dam, Vanchem slimes deposit dam, NGOdwana Effluent Reduction Project and Venetia Raw water dam. •Activity based costing: Lonmin Karee mine •Monthly certificates: Tautona mine •Final accounts: Ve

Walters & Simpson Quantity Surveyors - Click here to go to their website ROLE : Senior Quantity Surveyor SCOPE : •Developing a new shaft and infrastructure for Impala Platinum - http://www.implats.co.za/ •Vertical development ( 90 Million ), Winder house ( 12 Million ), Bulk Air cooler ( 5.2 Million ), Headgear ( 15 Million ), Brattice wall ( 2.5 Million ), Bulkhead Steelwork & Conveyors. •Vertical development – Cementation Mining / SKANSKA •Bulk Air Cooler – Murray & Roberts •Durban Roodepoort Deep – (R 22 million) SKILL BASE •Feasibility Study / Class II & I estimate for Cullinan a few Billion Rand mining project giving feedback on Alliance’s cost contract. •Class II estimate for Durban Roodepoort Deep. •Bills of quantity: Shaft sinking, Bulk Air Cooler, Winder house, Vent Shaft Substation, Conveyors, Transformer Bays, Cooling Tower, Elution Building, Rail loading Silo, Shaft Rail offloading bin, New Silo including Mechanical, Rail – tip Conveyor, Leach Tank Modifica

Role : Commercial Manager / Project Manager SCOPE : •OCS & Lighting Installation. (1.6 Million). Client: Eurotunnel, Contractors: Balfour Beatty / ETI / Mowlems / Systra , Sub Contractor: PB Electrical Ltd •Helmont House, Cardiff – Tenant Installation (1.2 Million). •Achieved a 10 % saving on original budget •BAGLAN BAY - CCGT POWER PLANT (18 Million) – Client: General Electric, Contractor: Nuttalls •As the Consultants we managed to get 70 % of the over 300 variation orders claim back off GE for Nuttalls SKILL BASE •Drawing up the NEC contract •Negotiating fees and overhead. •Writing compensation events. •Monthly certificates – Overhead Cantenary System & Tenant installation. •Variation Orders – For GE using Class II estimate to finalize 300 variations.

L Lynch - Click here to go to company website Role : Quantity Surveyor (Ireland) SCOPE : •Projects: Elan Pharmaceuticals (Athlone), Finlaters Wine Merchants, St James Hospital, Lucent Technology (Blanchards Town), Blanchardstown Carpark, Bishops Court (Kevin St), Royal College of Surgeons & Portlaoise Hospital. SKILL BASE •Class I estimate for Portlaoise Hospital & Royal College of Surgeons. •Contract Management - Elan Pharmaceuticals (Athlone), Finlaters Wine Merchants, St James Hospital, Lucent Technology (Blanchards Town), Blanchardstown Carpark & Bishops Court (Kevin St). •IR £ / m2 rates on Mechanical Engineering Installations. •Comparative analysis on GB vs. Copper

IST Energy - Click here to go to website Role : Projects Administrator (SA) SCOPE : •Working with Swaziland Electricity board. •52 Electricity substations integration to a National Control Center. •Remote Terminal Unit (RTU’s), VHF, UHF, Fibre Optic, Satellite & Analog links. SCADA integration. EMS Control. •Project Cost: 45 Million. •Other Projects: Germiston 2nd Input, Sastec, and George Municipality. SKILL BASE •Monitoring Project Budget •General Project Administration •Producing Project Plans •Payment milestones and invoices •Management reporting on progress & financial report. •Projects hand-over.

Role : Project and Portfolio Manager (SA) SKILL BASE •64522-m² Floor space tenant installations. •Moving 4391 people. •Working with 6 buildings in Pretoria CBD comprising of a 25,26,17,15,4 and 3 storeys respectively. •Working with 12 buildings located over the whole of Pretoria, managing: Glen Galleries, Attebury Park, Brooklyn Gardens, Telkom Towers South, North, East, Sammy Marks & Highveld Techno Park. •State of the Art Technological tenant installations (fibre optic links for telephones & data transmission and LAN distribution, microwave link, telephone PABX’s, power supply upgrade & UPS installation). •Power Supply Upgrade cut over. •Project Cost: 66 Million excluding telephones, LAN & building management. •Final Account : Brooklyn Gardens & Highveld Techno Park •Project Cost: 5 Million for Highveld Techno Park and 2,5 Million for Brooklyn Gardens respectively. •Consultation with client, attorneys, quantity surveyors, architects, contractors, land lord, teleco

Role : Student Quantity Surveyor SKILL BASE • Estimates: Maputo Chalets, Wildernis holiday home, Pretoria Home, Potchefstroom clinic, Tecnicon Drama hall, Heidelberg Hospital, ISCOR Civil work in Empangeni and Pretoria Works and Rayton Shopping Centre • Billing: Wildernis holiday home, Tecnicon Drama hall, Rayton Shopping Centre, ISCOR Civil work at Pretoria Works and Heidelberg Hospital • Certificates : Tecnicon Drama hall and ISCOR Civil work at Pretoria Works • Final Account: Tecnicon Drama hall, ISCOR Civil work at Pretoria Works and Empangeni Hospital

Click on link to go to Google Sketchup SKILL BASE •Re-measurement on site for 60-cluster housing project. •Productivity manager : Student Centre •Writing a program for measuring plaster, feasibility study and estimates for houses in Excel.

Waffleraft Marketing - Click on link to go to owners website Role : Quality Assurance Inspector (SA)(Student) SKILL BASE •Final Inspection on houses. •Quality Assurance on Waffle rafts. •Worked on the following projects: Rooikop, Fairbridge, Lanasia, St Michael’s Mews – Alberton, Mamelodi, Sunninghill

QUANTITY SURVEYING • Estimating, of all classes from factorised to rough quantities • Feasibility studies • Contract advisory service including negotiation and drafting: • Bills of quantities of all classes from Schedule of Rates to fixed Lump Sums; • Commercial tender evaluation; • Contract negotiation and administration • Cost engineering including cost planning, cost budgeting and cost control; • Procurement and expediting; • Facilities management; • Settlement of final accounts • Evaluation, negotiation and settlement of contractual claims • Recruitment and secondment • Project Management and Administration, • Financial model for Plant shutdown monitoring based on SAP CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT • Preparation of tender documents and pricing BOQ’s local and different locations. • Estimating building costs. • P&G calculations. • Maximize profit calculations. • Setting up Bill of Materials. • Advise on suppliers as well as improving profitability. • Advising on Tendering strategies. • Su

Johannesburg, Dec 7 (I-Net Bridge) - Nominal year-on-year house price growth in the South African housing market picked up further in November 2009, with the prospect of price deflation of less than 0.5% for the full year, Absa’s House Price Index revealed on Monday. (Read the full story)

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With economic fundamentals improving slightly, as measured by recently released GDP data, commercial property investors may be beginning to breath a small sigh of relief: Reason being that, notwithstanding the normal planning/completion lag, commercial investment activity as at 3rd quarter 2009 is still relatively robust and as such questions around oversupply were no doubt being posed more frequently. Click here to read rest of article

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Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s spending to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the world’s most-watched sporting event, and a rebound in manufacturing may have pulled the economy out of its first recession in 17 years in the third quarter. Click here to read rest of the article Kind Regards Francois

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