African Design Magazine June 2016 | Page 51

African project Kaalfontein Secondary School – South Africa NEW SOLUTION ent concern in the South African education sector. Highlighting this matter, the med that 533 out of 1 856 schools within the Gauteng Education Department’s d, based on its survey of these regional schools, that an additional 1 069 ordinary e still required. administration building, a nutrition centre and landscaping of the existing school grounds. Comments Kwikspace Construction Projects Manager Con de Villiers: “The Kaalfontein project is a unique milestone for Kwikspace. We erected an alternative modular doublestorey building for the very first time in South Africa, with a concrete slab on the second floor. This double-storey structure included an additional ablution unit that represents a new design style and methods of construction, incorporating classrooms and ablutions within the same block.” The Kaalfontein Secondary School project activity in the local community has provided a much needed boost by creating 95 local jobs and employing five local sub-contractors who