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Innovative solutions allow for
Continued production
during factory expansion
Continental Brands is adding 7,000 m² (8,400 sq yd) to its
Johannesburg-based factory over two phases, providing
additional production, storage, and office space.
Production was not interrupted at
South African biscuit producer
when Peikko solutions were
used to convert two ground-floor
factory/warehouse buildings into multilevel
structures.
Phase 1 took place in 2020 and added
a 2,000 m² (2,400 sq yd) second level
above the ground-floor factory (Block A).
Phase 2 will see the addition of two floors
to an adjacent warehouse (Block B) and
the construction of a new building on an
open ground situated between Blocks A
and B. The open-ground building is being
attached to the extended Block B to form
a seamless three-story structure.
Both extension phases were designed
by Marco Riccardi Architectural Design.
According to Riccardi, the expansion
will enable the doubling of output from
two to four production lines and will
provide for any future expansion of
production and storage space.
“Speed of erection, column strength
and the use of as few columns as possible
were some of the elements that informed
our decision-making process. But the fact
that the production could continue during
construction, was the clincher.”
The project involved using precast
concrete columns and hollow-core slabs
in combination with anchor bolts, column
shoes, DELTABEAM® Composite Beams,
hidden corbels, and COPRA® Anchoring
Couplers.
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