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PROJECT

Above and below: Tree planting at entrances to the mall provides much needed shade in Rustenburg’s hot climate
its own restrictions. However despite this,
the project was completed on time.

Landscape installation commenced in
October 2020, with practical completion
in April 2021. This in itself was a great
accomplishment.
Irrigation and maintenance
An automatic irrigation system was
installed, and together with drip
irrigation (used in the planters), the water
requirements have been reduced and
overspray has been limited. Conventional
irrigation is used throughout the
landscape. Water harvesting is done
throughout the mall and irrigation water
supply is by means of a borehole.

Greenacres Landscapes was responsible
for an initial six-month maintenance
period as part of the installation contract,
and was then appointed by the client to
continue with the maintenance.

overall design theme of the development. van der Merwe, contracts manager, Laker states that regular design meetings
Black brick was used as a finish to the built- Herman Dietrichsen and Eddie Madibane, (initially via Zoom) and site meetings with
up planters, which are completed by copings. site agents for Greenacres Landscapes. an exceptional project team contributed
to the successful implementation and
Gallo Precast manufactured and installed The site is very large and this came construction of the project. “The end
the concrete signage, benches and with its own challenges. The landscape result speaks for itself and special
bollards for the mall. The impressive installation totalled over 37 000 sqm, of mention must also be made of Beckers,
signage blocks are approximately two which 4880 sqm is paving, 12450 sqm is the main contractor, for their assistance
metres high and weigh 2.5 tons each. soft landscaping (with over 460 trees) and and coordination.”
20 000 sqm is veld grass hydroseeding. An
Installation aspects additional challenge was that installation Information and photos supplied courtesy of
Installation was undertaken by Jacques took place during Covid, which presented Tiaan Laker. n

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