NEWS FLASH: Silver Heights Secondary

Focus Project Management and Loliwe Rail proudly hosted the principal, his vice, the governing body representative and 14 students from Silver Heights Secondary School today at our Durban Office. We are delighted to hold a long term association with the school which is publicly funded and founded in a community that faces numerous social challenges yet managed to achieve a 98.43% pass rate in 2017. In order to uplift these bright-sparks and lessen the burden on the parents of these future stars, Focus PM and Loliwe Rail sponsored 21 bursaries (school fees) and provided 14 sets of school uniform comprising of 2 sets of uniform each, school shoes, socks, school bag & some stationery to indigent learners. These were handed out at our offices.

Amongst the speakers was the inspirational Mr Qwabe (Community Leader) who offered the children advice for their student life, personal life and their futures. He said we all must continually seek to improve and Push Until Something Happens (PUSH).

To reiterate Mr Qwabe’s speech, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr: If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Focus and Loliwe wish our bursars the best of luck for their exams and the next year of studies! We are routing for you!

#Focuspm #Loliwe #corporatesocialresponsibility #communityorientated #educationforthenation

Park Square Changes the Umhlanga Ridge Skyline

Park Square (developed by Nedport Developments (Pty) Ltd) is one of Durban’s newest and interesting developments which combines a world class one-stop retail commercial offering. As an iconic building in the heart of the new uMhlanga Precinct, it has changed the skyline and landscape of the Umhlanga ridge.

FOCUS are proud to announce that the project is open and trading to the public from 1st November 2018.

Some impressive building stats include:

  • Gross Building Area: 86 000m²
  • Gross Lettable Area: 40 000m²
  • 32 000m² of office space
  • 4 000m² of retail space
  • 4-star green star design rated building

The Team comprised of :

  • Project Management: Focus Project Management
  • Architect: MAP Group
  • Engineering: Arup
  • Quantity Surveyor: Mbatha Walters & Simpson
  • Principal Contractor: Stefstocks Building (KZN)

Congratulations to the developer and entire project team on a remarkable achievement, as a project of this scale and complexity is not constructed in 2 years without a huge effort of all parties

#parksquare #nedport #focuspm #arup #mapgroup #stefstocks #mbathawalterssimpson #successfulproject #projectnew

Photography and Imagery Credit: Carmen Bodmen; Mbali Mpofu

Saulsville Intermodal and Retail Centre Development

FOCUS, on behalf of the client PRASA, were instrumental in the Design and Construct as a Turnkey Service provider of the Saulsville Intermodal and Retail Centre Development, which is located in Pretoria West.

In November 2018, the R80 million project successfully achieved completion and the following outcomes were realised:  

  • An Upgrade of Saulsville Station with the introduction of retail and office space
  • 23 new shops including 2 anchor tenants and 3 offices in the newly constructed double-storey admin building.
  • A new bus and taxi rank which provide an overarching intermodal facility together with the existing train station.
  • Total development size: 3400m2

Hats off to the entire team!! An upgrade of this stature provides first-time opportunities for our communities…

#Focuspm #Loliwerail #anothersuccessfulproject #projectmanagementspecialists

FOCUS -SAPOA COCKTAIL FUNCTION – 2018

The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) Annual Convention & Property Exhibition was held at the Durban International Convention Centre from 19 to 21 June 2018. Focus/Loliwe are avid supporters of the event annually. This one was no different – having attended the talks, debates and exhibition, our staff was able to take away valuable insight into the industry.

The SAPOA Convention also allows FOCUS to embrace industry peers and partners through hosting our infamous annual ‘FOCUS SAPOA AFTERPARTY’. This year saw us host over 100 guest from all over South Africa at the S43 Distillery. The venue, food, vibe and crowd made for an unforgettable evening of creating memories outside the boardroom and forging ideas for the future of the industry.

To everyone who attended, thank you for joining us and we look forward to hosting you again in 2019.

#Focuspm #SAPOA2018 #Focusafterparty2018

Nobilatus Group (Focus /Loliwe) – KZN Mandela Day Initiative – 18 July 2018

There is no doubt that this vision is heralded upon the foresight of the nation’s most lauded citizen…In celebration of his 100th birthday, as a Group we remember the Father of the Nation through his love for children as he famously said:

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”

Our staff, assembled hampers for the babies that were born on Tata Madiba’s birthday at the King Edward Hospital, South of Durban. These hampers were received with joy and appreciation second to none from the nurses and doctors at the hospital. It was an enlightening and rewarding experience for us.

We hope that the impact of our initiative has the power to transform the lives of these babies. They certainly were the cutest part of our day.

#Focuspm #mandeladay #67minutes

FOCUS/LOLIWE SAICE Mobile Labs Initiative 2018

Physical Science is at the heart of engineering…yet our future engineers are sometimes robbed of the opportunity to have their practical’s completed in preparation for their exams – the Midlands College in KZN provides mobile science laboratories and qualified technicians that offer the ability to carry out these experiments.

Focus /Loliwe provided funding and successfully collaborated with the SAICE(South African Institution Of Civil Engineering) KZN branch to offer the Grade 12 Physics students in the various schools in Umhlazi, south of KZN, practical training during their mid-year break

In 2017 we launched the project with 5 schools and are proud to announce that we doubled the reach in 2018 to more than 10 schools.

Whilst Physics was the main order of the day, the SAICE committee members and Focus/Loliwe Team provided the students answers to their questions regarding career choices, options for tertiary education and bursary information. All in all, this initiative always gives us more than we bargain for…looking forward to keeping this initiative going with SAICE in the years to come.

#futureisconstruction #givingback #Focuspm #SAICEDurban

News Flash: Life Suikerbosrand Hospital Completed

A New Look to the Life Suikerbosrand Hospital – Heidelburg

The scope resolved around an extension to the existing A&E and doctor rest room upgrades

This included a new and larger A&E drop off/entrance, new reception and storage areas. The doctors rest room was a conversion of one of the consultation rooms into a rest kitchenette Construction which started in June 2017 and was completed at the end of September 2017

The facility was re-opened to the public on 09 October 2017