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"At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the innovative use of light steel framing in this field hospital in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, allowed for the addition of a significant number of hospital beds to increase existing capacity, using this speedy...

It was a big win for Futurecon at the SAISC Steel Awards! Hammanskraal Hospital, one of our flagship buildings in the 2022 Awards, won the award for BEST LSFB PROJECT!Furthermore, 108 Albert Road Woodstock received a special commendation. We are proud and honored for...

It’s all coming together and we are proud to see one of our buildings featured in the @Contruction World newsletter. The awards evening is around the corner with Futurecon being nominated as a finalist for two separate projects in the 2022 @SAISC Steel Awards! 108...

We’re excited and proud to announce that Futurecon has been nominated as a finalist for two separate projects in the 2022 Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) Awards! 108 Albert Road, Woodstock and Hammanskraal Hospital are our flagship buildings...

It is easy to forget the anxiety that prevailed some six months ago when the Covid-19 infections ran rife. It was during this time that it was decided to urgently add hospital beds…

108 Albert Rd, Woodstock gets new steel heart Click here to view the original article THE existing 3 storey building on the site has been re-engineered into a 5 storey structure, using heavy structural steel and precast concrete floors. It was decided that light steel...

LSF used to extend existing 3-storey building Click here to view the original article Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (Sasfa) director John Barnard explains that an existing three-storey building in Woodstock, in Cape Town, has been....

ABT used to build new house Click here to view the original article It is refreshing to encounter a home owner that is confident enough to specify alternative building technology for building their new house. Home owner Donald Keys appointed light steel frame...

Construction company Concor recently completed a fast-tracked Covid-19 facility at Jubilee Hospital, using innovative building technology…

Concor successfully completed a fast-track Covid-19 facility at Jubilee Hospital using innovative building technology. This was handed over on 27 November 2020, having begun work on site some five months earlier…

The turnkey project in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, handed over ten modular units to the Gauteng Department of Health, adding another 300 beds to care for Covid-19 patients…

There is a significant increase in the use of light steel frame (LSF) in construction – despite it still being a relatively new building material in the South African market…

On 8 June 2019, the BDI family gathered at our workshop at Gunner’s Park, Epping 1, Cape Town, to have a look at the project which has been unfolding in recent months. The first BDI PanGoPod is nearly complete! It is an eco-friendly, off-grid tiny home…

LIGHT STEEL CONSTRUCTION LEADING THE WAY Click here to view the original article. Quick to build, cost-effective and energy efficient – light steel frame structures are proving to be the “homes of the future”. “The benefits of a light steel frame build are...

PACKED FOR THE BUSH / SPECTACLE WAREHOUSE HEAD OFFICE Click here to view the original article. Packed for the bush Loaded and ready to depart on its six hour journey to a remote location in Botswana is this entire bush-lodge in light steel frame, packed onto one...

LSF STANDING TALL Click here to view the original article. Base Architects and Associates have recently completed a new Head Office for Spectacle Warehouse in Faerie Glen, Pretoria, South Africa, using the Light Steel Frame Building construction method. Base...