With several prominent construction projects in progress, Murray & Roberts Western Cape has demonstrated to the market that it is capable of offering the major project management and implementation skills critical to the local building sector.

“We’re keen to ensure that we have continuity of work to safeguard these skills into the future,” says Dave Heron, managing director at Murray & Roberts Western Cape. “Our company is in a good position, having entered 2014 with a positive outlook on our future order book. Our mood is definitely more positive than in previous years, despite the fact that there has been a lull in the recent tender market. We remain optimistic that there will be new opportunities to be engaged going forward.”

According to Heron the company’s focus in this market is on the longer term projects, underpinned by the relationships being forged with key customers in the market place through the provision of consistently world class services.

The company is currently busy with several prominent construction projects in progress, notably the landmark Portside building in Cape Town’s city centre. The final handover of the prestigious Portside building will take place in March.

Another sizeable contract being executed in the Cape Town CBD is the refurbishment of existing tower blocks and the establishment of a new car park between the towers at Merriman Square, formerly the Standard Bank buildings. Here Murray & Roberts Western Cape is adding completely new glass and aluminium façades to both tower blocks and refurbishing certain areas of the internals.

At Century City the company has been contracted to build a new office development and car park for the Rabie Property Group, in a joint venture with Growthpoint Properties. Construction began in December 2013 and is on track for completion in early 2015.