Concor Holdings
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| Concor Holdings Logo past and present | |
| Industry | Engineering, Civil Construction, Commercial and Green Buildings, Roads, Harbour Development, Opencast Mining and Bulk Material Handling |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Main delivery centres in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia |
Key people | Dr F. Piccini, M. Barnabo, B. Chiozzi, U. Mantelli and V. Cini |
| Revenue | ZAR 1.6. billion Rand 2005 |
Number of employees | 3400+ |
| Website |
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Concor Holdings Ltd. is a South African construction company. It is active throughout southern Africa, involved in mining, civil engineering, building and road projects. It was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange and, for the year ended June 2005, Concor's last year as a listed company, had an annual turnover of 1.6 billion Rand.
Origin
Dr F. Piccini, the original founder of Construction Corporation, registered the company in Johannesburg on April 28 1948. The other four founding members were M. Barnabo, B. Chiozzi, U. Mantelli and V. Cini. The original name Construction Corporation was finally shortened to CONCOR. Dr Piccinni was originally a chairman of Ferrocemento, an Italian construction giant and the emerging CONCOR received it technical support initially from there.
The company's first major project was the construction of the Rand Sports Stadium in Johannesburg followed by contracts for the Pretoria and Johannesburg power stations. Another initial iconic project was the Storms River bridge which was designed by Dr. Riccardo Morandi of Rome, this bridge was for many years the highest and longest single span bridge in South Africa.
Purchased by Murray and Roberts
Concor Holdings was delisted on 30 June 2006 when 100% of its share capital was purchased by the Murray and Roberts Holdings.
Purchased by Southern Palace Group Consortium
The Concor and Murray and Roberts construction divisions were sold to a black owned consortium in late 2016 and renamed Concor Construction in May 2017.[1][2]
Current Operating Divisions in the Group
- Concor Infrastructure
- Concor Buildings [3]
- Concor Western Cape
- Concor Opencast
- Concor Plant
- Concor Botswana
- Dynamic Concrete Namibia
Timeline of notable construction projects
Some of Concors' iconic projects include:
- 1953-1956: Storms River Bridge, South Africa,
- 1961-1963: Kyle and Bangala Dams in Zimbabwe,
- 1966-1969: Standard Bank Center in Johannesburg,[4]
- 1970s: Phalaborwa Copper Mine development in South Africa,
- 1970s-1990s: Multiple Concrete Headgears for various mining clients,
- 1970-1973: Naute Dam in Namibia,
Bird's eye view of Naute Dam (Picture from May 2017) - 1980-1983: Bloukrans River arch-bridge,
- 1980-1984: Steam Plants for SASOL 2 and 3
- 1982: Majes Irrigation Project in Peru[5]
- 1984-1988: 4 Kilometre long road Huguenot Tunnel
View of constructed highway leading into Huguenot Tunnel - 1984-1988: Hugos Valley Viaduct[6]
- 1985-1988: Johannesburg Academic Hospital,
- 1986: Usutu Pulp Mill in Swaziland,
- 1986-1988: Sasol 3 steamplant with 300 metre high chimney
- 1988- : Injaka Bridge, which collapsed during construction, killing 14 people[7]
- 1988-1993: Matimba Power Station Main Civils,
Matimba Power Station - 1993-1996: Katse Dam, Lesotho JV with Hochtief, [8]
Aerial view of the completed Katse Dam - 2002-2004: Katima Mulilo Bridge, between Namibia and Zambia[9]
- 2002-2009: Port of Ngqura, Coega, Port Elizabeth, New Port construction consisting of: eastern breakwater, 2.7 km in length extending into Algoa Bay to a maximum water depth of 18 metres. A secondary western breakwater 1.125 km in length to a water depth of 15m. Five berths (initially) totalling 1,800m of quay wall - two for containers, two for dry bulk and breakbulk cargo and one for liquid bulk cargo. JV with Hochtief,
Completed Port of Ngqura - 2002-2009: Port of Ngqura, Container Terminal Civil Works Phase II, Coega, Port Elizabeth, Extension of the container terminal and quay walls to make provision for two more ship berths. JV with Hochtief [10]
- 2005-2007: Durban Harbour Tunnel New 515m service tunnel underneath Durban Harbour entrance. JV with Hochtief[11][12]
- 2007-2014: Ingula Power Station Bulk earthworks and storage dams,
- 2008-2014: Medupi Power Station Chimneys contract. Two way joint venture with Karena Africa,
- 2008-2015: Kusile Power Station Chimneys contract. Two way joint venture with Karena Africa,
- 2008-present: Medupi Power Station Main Civils contract. Three way joint venture with Aveng and Murray and Roberts,
- 2015-present: Grayston Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge
- 2016-2017: Menlyn Park Mall Rebuild,[13]
- 2016-2017: Century City Urban Square, Cape Town, [14]
- 2017-present: Khobab Wind Farm,[15]
- 2017-present: Mtunzini National Road Upgrade,[16]
References
- ↑ http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/southern-palace-group-led-consortium-acquires-murray-roberts-infrastructure-building-businesses-2016-11-01/rep_id:4136
- ↑ http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/southern-palace-outlines-vision-for-radically-transformed-mr-infrastructure-unit-2017-05-19
- ↑ http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/murray-roberts-buildings-secures-skukuza-safari-lodge-project-2017-02-28/rep_id:4136
- ↑ http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/famous-hanging-building-78-fox-street
- ↑ http://www.proyectosapp.pe/modulos/JER/PlantillaProyecto.aspx?ARE=1&PFL=2&JER=6039
- ↑ http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/civeng/30/4/16341.pdf?expires=1499761092&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=6FB329B6FD3CF56166D5D2A11482E451
- ↑ "Injaka Bridge Collapse: Lessons Learned".
- ↑ http://www.dwaf.gov.za/orange/up_orange/katsedam.aspx
- ↑ http://www.ecnamibia.org/docus/Review_Nov.pdf
- ↑ http://www.civildesigner.com/press/ngqura_aug1.pdf
- ↑ http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/challenging-durban-harbour-tunnel-project-2006-04-28
- ↑ https://www.saimm.co.za/Journal/v108n01p001.pdf
- ↑ http://www.sacommercialpropnews.co.za/property-investment/7003-r2bn-menlyn-park-shopping-centre-redevelopment-moving-forward.html
- ↑ http://ccconferencecentre.co.za/story/r43-billion-development-boom-at-century-city/
- ↑ https://khobabwind.co.za/
- ↑ http://zululandobserver.co.za/123895/r946-million-n2-upgrade-one-of-sanrals-biggest/