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March | April 2017
new projects awarded
Building
GEA Workshops and Offices
Brackenfell
R70.5 mil
safety stats | February 2017
SUMMARY
INJURIES
Eye
Shoulder & Arm
Hand & Fingers
Leg & Knee
Foot & Ankle
Head
Upper Body
Pelvis
Unclassified
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Near Misses
Damage
First Aid
Medical Cases
Lost Time
Public
Environmental
88
6
36
7
1
2
1
Oudtshoorn - De Rust road project
opens local job creation opportunities
Upgrade in three phases
Oudtshoorn (km 1.9)
and De Rust (km 35.4)
EnviroServ, a reputable waste management
company has been sub-contracted to separate
and sort waste on site, in order to reduce the
amount of waste sent to the landfill. categories; paper,
plastics, cardboard,
glass and cans.
There are clearly
marked “bins” set up
around the site to
e n s u re t h a t
everyone working on
or visiting the site is
responsible in their
disposal of waste on
site.
All general waste on site is sorted into two major
categories; non-recyclable and recyclable waste.
Non-recyclable waste is sent to landfill and
recyclable waste is sorted in the following In addition, builders
rubble is also sorted and stored in separate skips.
Clean rubble is sent to CDEL Crushing where it is
crushed for re-use.
Silo 6, located in the V&A Waterfront precinct, is
aiming to achieve a 4 star Green Building rating.
One of the elements needed to meet the Green
Star requirements for the project is effective
waste management. The target for this
requirement is that a minimum of 70% of all waste
generated on site be recycled.
Silo 6 under construction
The NMC Construction Group currently has three
Green Star rated building projects under
construction in the Cape Town area, namely;
KPMG Place, V&A Waterway House and Silo 6.
Paper recycling bin