African Design Magazine June 2016 | Page 20

THE STEELWORK PROJECT TEA ARCHITECTS: ARCA Architects & Designers CLIENT: Buscor QUANTITY SURVEYOR: D&H Associates Quantity Surveyors ENGINEER: AECOM Consulting Engineers STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATOR: Quality Steel Construction CONTRACTOR: Breet Construction GROSS BUILDING AREA: 6 162m² SITE AREA: 35 303m² Quality Steel was selected as the Structural Steel fabricator for the new Buscor Passenger Terminus in White River. Buscor is the primary passenger bus operator in Mpumalanga. Quality Steel came up with an award winning steel detailing design. The brief from the client was for a utilitarian building with little expectation beyond meeting the physical requirements. The resultant building ticks all the utilitarian boxes but provides a whimsical wide open expanse reminiscent of the drama of large-volume transport terminals of bygone eras to create a relaxing and enjoyable experience for the end-user. The Buscor White River Terminus is a proud milestone in Quality Steel’s more than 20 year track record of setting the pace in the structural steel industry. Quality Steel Construction, is a structural steel company based in the Mpumalanga Lowveld capital Mbombela. It supplies the services of designing, detailing, fabricating and erecting any form of structural steel work for the process, mining, retail, construction and related industries in South and Southern Africa. While the company’s services focus on any form of structural steel it also includes conveyers, piping, sheeting, turnkey projects, and civils. The company has the capacity to fabricate and supply 400 tons of structural steel per month. The company is active in the provinces of Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa. It has, in recent years also completed successful projects in Mozambique for, amongst others, WBHO and US Aid. 20 africandesignmagazine.com