PTS Solutions Newsletter Edition 02
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With the barrage of information and social media content available on the virus pandemic, one message that was posted recently resonates with us : “<em>Nothing should go back to normal, Normal wasn’t working, If we go back to the way things were we would have lost the lesson, May we rise up and do better</em>”. May we strive to achieve this.<br>
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In our first newsletter we mentioned that we would provide industry updates and to that end we asked Ian Massey of MDA to provide us with an industry overview in this edition, which we have included below (the message was pre-lockdown however is now, more-so-than-ever still valid).</span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080"><em>MDA STATE ON THE INDUSTRY ASSESSMENT – by Ian Massey<br>
(MDA are Construction and Technology Law Experts www.mdalaw.co.za)<br>
At the beginning of last year, I made a presentation at the Construction Risk Expo held at the Durban Exhibition Centre.<br>
In my presentation, I analysed the tender statistics for the previous two years, which made for sobering reading. The figures were:</em></span></span></span> <ul> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Tenders advertised: 2000 a month;</span></span></span></em></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Tenders withdrawn: 25 a month;</span></span></span></em></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Tenders cancelled: 125 a month, and the most important figure;</span></span></span></em></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Tenders awarded: 100 a month in January 2018 declining to less than 10 a month by October 2018. </span></span></span></em></li>
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<em> <span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">It seems to that in the intervening period, the situation has not changed. There is a lot of talk about contracts out to tender but not a lot about contracts awarded. Our state-owned infrastructure project teams seem to be optimistic in their planning, however not many of these projects are converted to reality, allowing Contractor’s much needed order books to be filled up. None of this is good news for the Industry.<br>
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This and the added unprecedented burden that COVID-19 has placed on our economy further threatens our industry. When and how will it end? <br>
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My hope and that of our industry can only be summarised as follows.:</span></span></span></em> <ul> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">That the promised billions by government to spend on infrastructure should be freed up;</span></span></span></em></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">That as the construction industry is one of the key markets for transformation job creation, it should be encouraged to flourish, doing away with red tape and rather be replaced with a ‘red carpet’ mindset as infrastructural development goes hand in hand with GDP growth;</span></span></span></em></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><em><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">That our local construction companies are encouraged and supported by government.</span></span></span></em></li>
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<em> <span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">In closing, 2020, despite its rocky start, can be the year where the government and state organisations finally mobilise and address the infrastructure back logs. This will in turn improve private company confidence, resulting in investment and building opportunities for our Country.</span></span></span></em><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Since our humble beginnings in August last year we have not only strengthened our preferred partner relationships and continued to connect with our stakeholders, we have also secured the distribution rights to the Macalloy range of products for Africa (www.macalloy.com). This allows us access to specific products that were previously not part of our suite and compliment what we already offer.<br>
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Macalloy have developed a range of bar and cable products to provide leading edge solutions to many structural applications. The high-strength chrome-alloy Macalloy Bar is used in post-tensioning and is a favoured brand name with construction companies around the world (View the <a href="https://pts-solutions.co.za/wp-content/uploads/PTSMacalloy.PDF" target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">Macalloy Company Profile here</a> for your information). <br>
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Following our last update PTS-S has been awarded a number of projects and continues to add value to scheme design and budgets for our clients. <br>
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In the remedial and structural strengthening sector, PTS-S has recently, successfully completed the structural strengthening of 85 Anton Lambede Street, an inner city building for the eThekwini Municipality, using the Sika CarboDur® Plate system and SikaWrap® carbon fibre. </span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">A letter of intent has been received for the structural rehabilitation to the Bell Administration building in Richards Bay, recently damaged by fire.<br>
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We are also proud to announce that we are a recommended (approved) applicator for the following Sika systems.:</span></span></span></div> <ul> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Concrete Repairs and Protection</span></span></span></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Grouting</span></span></span></li> <li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">Structural Strengthening</span></span></span></li>
</ul> <div><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">The Civils sector seems to be most active, with the continuation of work to the Umhlatuzana River Bridge for Icon Construction; and the award of the Musina Ring Road Bridges Post Tensioning for Raubex and the Vusi Mzimela Bridge Post Tensioning for Leek Construction.<br>
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We have recently purchased 12 no. 500t lock-ring jacks and a powerpack, thereby increasing our heavy lifting capability.</span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif"><span style="color:#808080">In the Building sector a letter of intent was received for the post tensioning to a large multi-storey building in the Eastern Cape and PTS-S is closely involved with various consulting engineers in providing scheme designs and budgets for additional projects in Durban and Johannesburg whilst on lockdown.<br>
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In the Industrial sector a letter of award has been received for the construction of a 5500 m2 warehouse floor in Johannesburg in partnership with Premier Concrete Floors.</span></span></span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--[if mso]> </td> <![endif]--> <!--[if mso]> </tr> </table> <![endif]--> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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