A new steel manufacturing and galvanising facility is being built in Boksburg East, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, for Maxishare, a supplier of steel welded mesh.
“Located just off the main arterial of Atlas Road in Boksburg, Growthpoint’s new Maxishare development is in a strong, well-established manufacturing area. Its neighbours include PG Bison, Colgate, Unilever and Quality Beverages,” says Binedel.“At twice the size of its current premises, its new 8 400sqm building enables Maxishare’s growth, with the custom-built facility comprising 400sqm of offices and an 8 000sqm warehouse. It also features a large yard and offers future expansion capability of around 2 000sqm,” says Engelbert Binedel, Head of Growthpoint Properties Industrial Division.
“Located just off the main arterial of Atlas Road in Boksburg, Growthpoint’s new Maxishare development is in a strong, well-established manufacturing area. Its neighbours include PG Bison, Colgate, Unilever and Quality Beverages.”
He says the R70 million Maxishare project is the complete redevelopment of an existing Growthpoint site.
“We identified the strong potential of this site some time ago and rezoned it in preparation for the right project. We are thrilled to develop this made-to-measure property around Maxishare’s business goals and provide this company with a strong foundation to meet its specific operational needs,” says Binedell.
He says Maxishare is primarily a distributor of imported and locally-produced welded mesh. Its product range also includes diamond mesh, field fencing, hexagonal wire netting, galvanised flat sheet metal, stainless steel feeding bowls, binding wire, clips and pliers, stainless steel weldmesh, insect screening, swivel feeders, cage doors and wire cutters.
Growthpoint Properties Industrial Development Manager, Leon Labuschagne, says that to deliver a tailor-made property that supports Maxishare’s specific requirements, Growthpoint incorporated permanent cranes into the building’s design. The facility has a larger-than-normal foundation to provide the strength for the heavy machinery it will house.
Labuschagne says the property also provides Maxishare with the option of solar power, and it features a strengthened roof structure which can hold the extra weight of solar panels.
He says among the challenges the Growthpoint development team faced on this project was its tight construction programme.
“Keeping Maxishare’s time frames top priority, we investigated ways to match the construction timelines to meet their target dates. To achieve this, we applied the latest technology in tilt-up columns, which are built on the ground and then raised with a crane,” says Labuschagne.
In this way, he says Growthpoint could ensure the dedicated facility will be complete and ready to welcome Maxishare in July 2017.
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