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Local construction company Aveng Grinaker-LTA took top honours at the Construction World Magazine’s yearly Best Projects Awards ceremony, in Johannesburg, earlier this month.
The company’s 300 m Majuba incremental launch bridge project, over the Vaal river, was awarded first place in the Civil Engineering Contractor category, while its Sasol process water cooling towers project received a special mention.
The bridge formed part of the larger R1.2-billion Eskom Majuba rail project, which aimed to enable the change from road to rail transportation of coal to the utility’s power stations.
Aveng was, in October, honoured at two other industry functions.
Aveng was named Best Contractor of the Year at the Eighth Annual South African Construction Industry Awards ceremony on October 2.
At the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) – South African Forum Civil Engineering Contractors Awards Gala Event for the Most Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievements for 2014/15, Aveng Grinaker-LTA’s Department of Environmental Affairs head office project, in Pretoria, was awarded the Best Project Management and Construction Award in the Saice Technical Division and in the Specialist Contractor category.
“These awards seek to recognise outstanding achievement in the construction of buildings, taking into account a range of factors including architectural and engineering design, delivery to time and budget and client satisfaction.
“Winning these awards is testament to the quality of our workmanship and the project management capacity that is within Aveng Grinaker-LTA,” operating group MD Chris Botha said.