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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...
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...
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...
Wally from Lutzville West makes his mark at ASLA
If you’re looking for a generous serving of hope and inspiration, then look no further than Werner Brandt (Wally) from Lutzville West. Wally started with ASLA as a jolly jumper (mechanical earth compactor) operator, and today he is a construction manager with ASLA...
Working to provide for the October family
On 1 March this year Jody October, a Final Level Grader Operator, celebrated 20 years at ASLA. He hails from Heidelberg in the Southern Cape, a small town on the N2, on route to George and just past Swellendam – “It’s exactly 227km from here where we are on site,” he...
ASLA’s deputy CEO retires
Companies like ASLA are sensitive ecosystems within which many important, yet frequently unsung heroes contribute invaluably to the organisation’s growth and excellence. One such individual is Johan Verwey. Johan joined ASLA in 1988 and has proven his loyalty and...
On site with Contracts Manager, Emil Young
A scenic six-kilometre drive from ASLA’s head office in Strand will take you to the Sir Lowry’s Pass Village (SLPV) housing development, currently being constructed for the City of Cape Town by ASLA Construction. The project scope encompasses the civils, building and...
Die vrou van ASLA met die lang hare…
Aldine Kleinhans, a qualified Building Quantity Surveyor, joined ASLA in 2007 as an ASLA DEVCO Project Manager. Her project management role involves a fair bit of travelling (30 000 to 40 000km annually) between municipal housing projects where ASLA DEVCO acts as...
ASLA Construction constructs water infrastructure for Ebenhaeser farming community
One of the largest water infrastructure development projects ASLA Construction has participated in recently is the Ebenhaeser Bulk Irrigation Revitalisation Project, for which it undertook two contracts. The first contract, undertaken for the @Department of Rural...
Women in Construction: Alida Bruwer
Alida Bruwer, completed her BEng Civil Engineering degree at The University of Pretoria in 2015 and joined the ASLA Construction: Civils team in 2017. Her current responsibilities include contract administration and quantity surveying for several civil construction...
Growing with a company has merits
“I remember the braais at head office, where everyone used to fit under the parking afdak,” says junior contracts manager Francois Jooste. “Today I meet people on site that I’ve never met before, and it’s nice to know the company is growing, and things are moving...
ASLA’s engineering ingenuity certified by agrément SA
Western Cape based ASLA specialises in offering clients design and construct solutions and has, for the past fifty years, been delivering quality construction projects across the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape Provinces. During its five-decade journey the...
ASLA constructs bulk infrastructure and civil services on mountainside Botmaskop Estate
ASLA Construction’s Civils team is currently undertaking the installation of bulk and civil services wat one of the Western Cape’s latest luxury lifestyle estate developments. The project is being undertaken for private developer STAYTUS Collection and will see ASLA...
Women in Construction: Irma Cloete
Irma Cloete from St Helena Bay has worked in the construction industry since 2005, and after finishing her NQF 5 she started as a survey assistant on site. She worked her way up to surveyor position, and in 2018 she joined ASLA Construction: Civils, where she is...
Meet two of our inspiring site-based youngsters, graduates Dikhutla Jack Modubi and Sibabalwe Maqethuka
Building a brighter tomorrow and providing #DignityThroughInfrastructure. Every year ASLA awards bursaries to qualifying individuals studying Civil Engineering, Construction Management and Quantity Surveying or a B-Tech at a Cape-based institution, such as...
Sixteen years into the ‘five-year plan’
Construction Manager S’koko Matshaya was born and raised in Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape – in his words “the poorest town in the poorest province” – and is the fourth of six children. His parents, both teachers, were able to provide for the family, including...
Mentoring for personal and career growth
Shon Lungisa Cabanga hails from De Doorns in the Western Cape and has been with ASLA, where he works as a Quantity Surveyor, for five years. He is currently based at the Sir Lowry’s Pass Village site, where the company is constructing a City of Cape Town development,...
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ASLA foundation unveils cape agulhas safe haven extension
On Wednesday 16 August 2023, the ASLA Foundation officially handed over the extension of the Cape Agulhas Safe Haven to Heavenly Promise48, the NPO managing the facility. The original construction of this community facility was funded and undertaken by ASLA...