Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa May/June 2014 | Page 11

SIKA CHOSEN FOR KHI SOLAR POWER PLANT
Soaring 205 metres up from the arid landscape on the outskirts
of Upington, in the Northern Cape, is Khi Solar One (KSO), the
first solar power tower in Africa. It forms part of the Khi Solar
thermal power plant that covers an area of 140 hectares. Having
supplied numerous high quality products for the tower and its
surrounding concrete structures, Sika has played a significant
role in this innovative project.
The 50MW Khi Solar One power plant was developed by
Spanish company, Abengoa, a global leader in solar thermal
energy. It was this company that specified Sika’s products for
the project. www.sika.co.za

CENTURY CITY IS BOOMING WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT TOTALLING R4,3 BILLION
Century City is booming with new
hospitality, residential and commercial
developments
totalling
more
than
R4,3 billion recently completed, under
construction or in the pipeline.
These include a R1 billion mixed
use development, The Square, in the
Bridgeways precinct at the Ratanga
Road entrance to Century City which
will comprise:
• A 900 seat Conference Centre with 12
meeting rooms and a business class
lounge,
• A 125 bedroom hotel
• showrooms with residential apartments

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• An 8,800m2 office block with ground
floor restaurant and service retail
• A structured parking garage linked to the
Conference Centre
This is the largest development undertaken to date by the Rabie Property Group
at Century City and will bring to more than
R21 billion the value of development which
has taken place in the 250ha mixed use
precinct since the first sods were turned
in 1997. Work on this mega development,
which will be anchored by a multifunctional square, and will be set over a
super parking basement, has started with
completion due for end 2015.

John Chapman, a director of the
Rabie Property Group, which has been
responsible for the bulk of development
undertaken to date and which owns
the remaining undeveloped land and
associated rights, says Century City is now
home to more than 500 businesses and
3,000 residential units with an estimated
50,000 people now living or working in the
burgeoning precinct.
When fully developed, Century City will
comprise a total of 1,25 million m2 of bulk,
of which just over 1 million m2 has been
built or is in the pipeline, said Chapman.
www.centurycity.co.za

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