World-class residential, industrial,
and civil engineering infrastructure
Western Cape based ASLA is a BEE Level 1, CIDB Grade 9CE and 9GB construction group that undertakes civil and traditional building construction contracts. We offer clients turnkey, tailor-made project solutions in all types of fixed infrastructure.
We have also contributed to the Human Settlements Programme since 1995, by designing and constructing more than 60 000 affordable homes. Most of these houses have been constructed by implementing our patented Concrete Framed Building System – a system that has over the years become synonymous with the ASLA name, and one that has been certified by independent Technical Assessment Agency Agrément SA.
We believe that there is no age limit on being a proud South African civil and building contractor; on being an employer that enjoys long-service and continuity; or on being a company that is passionate about delivery.
There are many reasons why turning fifty is a significant milestone for us. The opportunity to reflect on a fifty-year journey that is marked by resilience and innovation, also adds fuel to our desire to continue being significant beyond this milestone number
dignity through infrastructure
About ASLA
The ASLA group was established by the now retired brothers Albé and Siebrits Laker in October 1973.
Their first project was for the installation of a residential sewer system in Somerset West and the company went on to build its success predominantly within the residential and commercial civil infrastructure sphere. Over the next five decades, our business remained agile and responsive to prevailing economic conditions and opportunities and fifty years later ASLA remains one of the Western Cape’s most prominent construction brands.
Construction Competencies
Our Construction competencies include, amongst others, planning, value engineering, designing and constructing bulk infrastructure spanning earthworks, water and wastewater (including plants, pipelines and reservoirs); roadworks; and communication infrastructure.
Development Competencies
Development competencies include contracting strategies, planning, designing, optimising and implementing commercial projects and residential housing developments – including subsidised housing, affordable housing, and high-end luxury lifestyle developments. As versatile development partners, we can leverage our experience to the benefit of landowners. We also fulfil the role of turnkey implementing agent for regional and local municipalities.
Services
ASLA provides innovative design and construction solutions to our clients, and we can implement development projects from concept to completion.
Our construction solutions span the two broadly defined service areas of Planning & Engineering, and Construction Services. In most cases these two are combined to provide a comprehensive development solution to our clients in both the public and private sector.
Turnkey Design & Construct
We offer our clients the full range of planning and engineering services and capabilities – from feasibility to permits and planning; from project management to social facilitation; from legal to value engineering and beneficiary management.
Construction
Our extensive construction services capabilities span residential, transport and water civil infrastructure construction; reinforced concrete structure construction; repair and rehabilitation of fixed infrastructure; housing design and construction; commercial (industrial and retail) and private residential developments; as well as extensive construction project support services.
ASLA Corporate Video
In the construction sector respect and reputation is hard earned and ASLA has invested much time and effort in becoming a brand that is synonymous with delivering high quality construction services across the Cape Provinces.Our corporate video highlights the services we provide clients across both the private and public sectors. It also features a few members of our team who stepped outside of their comfort zones to share their thoughts and insights as, in the words of our CEO Werner Jerling, “When you contract with ASLA you don’t only contract with a company, you contract with people that are passionate about what they do.”
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Projects
The close attention we pay to the engineering, planning, and execution of our contracts translates into an impressive portfolio, that has been delivered by our sterling teams, who are all committed to delivering our projects on time, within budget and to the highest levels of quality achievable.
A unique, progressive solution to land invasion
The ASLA Group’s involvement with the Longlands private residential infrastructure development contract near Stellenbosch was unique, in that it also saw ASLA DEVCO implementing a subsidised housing development solution – on a portion of the development land that was...
How does one develop a Golf Estate?
Planning for the 220-hectare ASLA Group owned and developed Kingswood Golf Estate in George commenced just over twenty years ago, in August 2003. Today it is an established, sought after, top class secure gated estate where all the developed erven have been sold, and...
2017/2018 Water relief project for drought stricken Hantam Karoo town
The small town of Loeriesfontein in Hantam Karoo, Northern Cape has a population of approximately 3 200, and is situated about 450 km from ASLA’s offices in Strand. In early 2017, the drought-stricken municipality, that is entirely dependent on ground water, was at...
SHEQ
Ensuring the safe return from work to home, of each and every one of our employees is a priority for us.
We endeavour to exceed the strict quality and environmental standards set on the projects ASLA designs and constructs.
PEOPLE
As a privately owned and managed enterprise, we pride ourselves on our employee relationships and the long-service culture that ASLA has become well-known for.
Many employees obtained their positions at ASLA early in their careers and remained – these include both site based (example civil engineering bursars, or machine operators who began their careers as labourers on site) as well as office and workshop based staff.
Sustainability
ASLA Stories
We regularly share stories about our people and our projects, which can be read via the below links or by visiting our Projects section here.
One West Coast community at a time
“The ASLA house is a really good and robust product,” says ASLA contracts manager Schalk van Eeden, who has been working for the company for over two decades. To illustrate he relays an incident of a bus driving into one of the frames on a construction site. “About 22...
Social Science as a means to a Destiny
“I’m passionate about improving the human condition, especially within poorer, disadvantaged communities,” says ASLA DEVCO’s project manager Belinda Munsamy-Swartland. “It’s the reason I studied a Social Sciences degree. It motivated my decision to work within the...
Women in Construction: Annamie
Annamie Thompson is a Divisional Quantity Surveyor in the civil division at ASLA, where she has worked for more than thirteen years. In 2003, she first enrolled to study for a Cartography degree, but after a few weeks realised that civil engineering was where her...
