BORROWDALEOFFICE PARK
A four-storey steel-framed office block for a Harare property fund — fabricated in our Msasa yard, erected in 11 months, zero lost-time incidents.
BORROWDALEOFFICE PARK
Four-storey steel-framed offices, fabricated in Msasa and erected in 11 months — zero lost-time incidents.
STEEL UP IN ELEVEN
MONTHS. FLAT.
A Harare property fund needed 4 200 m² of grade-A office space on a tight Borrowdale plot — open floor plates, column-free meeting suites and a fixed handover date for an anchor tenant already signed.4 200 m² of grade-A offices on a tight Borrowdale plot, with a fixed handover date for a signed anchor tenant.
We designed a bolted steel portal frame that could be fabricated in our Msasa yard while foundations cured. Pre-assembled bays were lifted at night to keep Borrowdale Road open, then composite decks poured floor by floor.A bolted steel portal frame fabricated in Msasa while foundations cured; bays lifted at night to keep the road open.
Handed over two weeks early with zero lost-time incidents. The frame used 18% less steel than the concrete-equivalent design, and the anchor tenant moved in on day one.Handed over two weeks early, zero lost-time incidents and 18% less steel than the concrete-equivalent design.
FROM SLAB
TO SKYLINE.
Shot weekly by our site team from first excavation to the day the keys changed hands.
FROM GROUND
TO HANDOVER.
Four stages, 48 weeks. Scroll the section and the line follows the programme — each stage photo lands as the line reaches it.
Pad footings and a 1 100 m³ ground-beam raft, poured in eight sequences to beat the rains.Pad footings and a 1 100 m³ raft, poured in eight sequences.
380 t of bolted portal frame, pre-assembled in Msasa and lifted bay by bay at night.380 t bolted portal frame, lifted bay by bay at night.
Insulated standing-seam roof and a plant deck for the rooftop chillers, sealed before the first storm.Standing-seam roof and plant deck, sealed before the storms.
Glazed fin façade, raised floors, MEP fit-out and landscaping — handed over 14 days early.Fin façade, MEP fit-out — handed over 14 days early.
“Massive gave us a fixed date and then beat it. The steel went up at night while Borrowdale Road stayed open, and our anchor tenant moved in on day one. That’s the only kind of contractor we’ll use now.” “Massive gave us a fixed date and then beat it. The steel went up at night while Borrowdale Road stayed open, and our anchor tenant moved in on day one.”
TENDAI MOYODevelopment Director · Zambezi Property FundRELATED PROJECTS
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