Industrial, Logistics & Processing Sector

York Commercial Park - Lusaka, Zambia

Profica are appointed the Project and Development Managers for the development of this 44 hectare Logistics Park Development on Kafue road south of the Lusaka city centre. Profica managed this development from agricultural land to the construction of the services and infrastructure, including warehousing for this high tech logistics park.

GBA: Estimated at 22 000m2

MTN Business Park - Midrand

Profica were the project managers for the MTN fulfilment centre for a 5000m2 warehouse.  The facility is used for the packaging of MTN products. The packaging equipment and machinery was purchased in Germany and has been commissioned and tested prior to utilising.

Sandvik – Kumasi, Ghana

Profica was brought in a late stage to manage the team and contractor for the completion of the project. A new aftercare facility for Sandvik Mining. Encompassing a 2 storey office building, 5000m2 logistics building and a 4000m2 workshop as well as workshop support and total site development.

Sandvik – Kitwe, Zambia

Profica was appointed the Project Managers for the new build of the new Sandvik Central African Headquarters. Encompassing a 2 storey office building, 3000m2 logistics building and a 3500m2 workshop as well as workshop support and total site development

Nampak Wiegand Glass, New Glass Furnace

Profica were appointed (in joint venture) as the Project Manager and Commercial Manager for the construction of a 360 ton new glass furnace and associated works, including the process equipment, hot and cold end, upgrades to infrastructure , procurement and commissioning. The project was done in a live environment with Furnace 1 staying in production while we re-built Furnace 2. Due to the tight timeline, 82 days from glass off to glass on, some of the works were done prior to the shutdown working around the live furnace.

Nampak Wiegand Glass, New Cullet - Roodekop

PROFICA undertook the Project Management for the design and construction of a new cullet (glass sorting facility) plant for Nampak Wiegand Glass, the project was completed March 2010.  The plant consists of three in-feed hopper bins and associated horizontal and vertical transportation lines to a five storey cullet plant which consists of concrete podium housing the compressor.

The new plant uses a  high-resolution camera system able to recognise a wider glass and bottle colour spectrum, this enables the separation of waste glass remains according to colour, thereby speeding up the recycling process compared separating different colour glass waste by hand.

The plant is also able to separate waste glass from other material as well as clean the sorted waste glass and deliver material that is ready in the manufacture of new glass products.  Covering 3,500m², the facility has a production capacity of 24 tons per hour upgradable to 36 tons per hour. 

Sonae Novobord Expansion Project, Mpumalanga (Completed - 2007)

Profica was appointed as Project and Construction Managers of this exciting industrial expansion project. The project entailed the design and construction of a new 20,000m² warehousing facility as well as the installation of a new state of the art press line into the new facility. This allowed Sonae Novobord to increase their current capacity whilst increasing the utilisation of the plant’s existing equipment.

Dickinson Projects - Long Meadow Industrial Park (Completed - 2007)

Profica was appointed the Project Managers for the construction of 2 warehouses as well as, the provision of External bulk services for a larger site. 

Clayville Industrial Park, Clayville

Profica was appointed as Project Managers for the development of a 40ha industrial park including civil works and top structures.

Gosforth Industrial Park, Clayville

Profica was appointed as Project Managers for the development of an industrial park including civil works and top structures.