SERVICES

One team,
whole build

We hold the drawing and the site under one contract, so cost, quality and programme answer to the same people.

01

Property
Development

Prepared building platform below the mountains, Drakenstein Stud

Site identification, feasibility studies, rezoning and municipal approvals. We establish whether a site can carry your brief before you commit capital to it.

A development appointment starts with the land. We test the zoning scheme against your intended use, model the achievable yield, and price the bulk services and contributions that usually decide whether a scheme works. Where the current rights do not carry the brief, we run the rezoning or departure application through the local authority and manage the professional team to approval.

Feasibility and yield studies

Development budget, cash flow and achievable coverage tested against the scheme before purchase.

Rezoning and land use

Applications, departures, consolidations and subdivisions taken through municipal process.

Professional team assembly

Architect, engineers, town planner and quantity surveyor appointed and coordinated.

02

Construction

Bouwen site team setting out with the excavator, Drakenstein Stud

Principal contractor on residential, commercial and industrial builds. Own supervision on site daily, with subcontractors held to the same standard as our own teams.

We take the appointment as principal contractor under standard JBCC or NEC forms of contract, which puts programme, health and safety, and quality squarely with us. Every site carries a Bouwen site manager, not a roving supervisor, and the same person stays with the project from establishment to handover. Work is measured and valued monthly so the payment position is never in dispute.

New build and structure

Substructure, frame, envelope and finishes on residential, commercial and industrial work.

Fit-out, refurbishment and renovation

Alterations and tenant installations, including phased work in occupied buildings.

Civils and bulk earthworks

Platforms, roads, stormwater and services reticulation ahead of the building contract.

03

Project
Management

PBHS Clubhouse, Paarl, nearing completion

Programme, cost and quality control for your own appointed contractors. Programmes and cost reports are run in CCS Candy, so what you receive each month can go in front of a bank or a board without translation.

Where you already hold contractor appointments, we act on your side of the table. That means building and maintaining the critical path programme, administering the contract, checking valuations and variation claims before they are certified, and reporting monthly against the approved budget. Because the same software carries the estimate, the programme and the cost report, the figures reconcile from one month to the next.

Programme and cost control in CCS Candy

Critical path programmes, cash flow forecasts and cost reports in industry-standard software.

Contract administration

Instructions, valuations, extensions of time and variation claims assessed and recorded.

Snagging and close-out

Defects lists, statutory certificates, as-built drawings and the defects liability period.

SECTORS

Where we work.

Bouwen Construction operates across the Western Cape, with most work concentrated in the Cape Winelands and the northern suburbs of Cape Town.

Residential

Single homes, estate housing, sectional title schemes and heritage restoration. NHBRC enrolment handled as part of the appointment.

Commercial

Offices, clinics, veterinary and healthcare facilities, retail and hospitality, including work in occupied premises.

Industrial

Warehousing and distribution, cold storage, agricultural and cellar facilities, mini-unit developments.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Do you work as principal contractor or as project manager?

Both. On a construction appointment we carry the build and the risk that goes with it. On a project management appointment we sit on your side and control your contractors. We will tell you which suits the project at first meeting.

Are you registered with the NHBRC?

Yes. Bouwen Construction (Pty) Ltd is a member of the National Home Builders Registration Council and the Master Builders Association, VAT registered, CIPC compliant and registered with the Green Building Council of South Africa.

What areas do you build in?

The Western Cape, with most projects in the Cape Winelands and greater Cape Town. Site visits are free within 60 km of the office.

How is cost reported during the build?

Monthly, against the approved budget, with the programme and cost report produced in CCS Candy. Variations are priced and agreed before the work is done wherever the programme allows.

Can you take a project from raw land?

Yes. A development appointment covers feasibility, rezoning and municipal approvals before any construction contract is signed, so you know what the land can carry before you commit.

What happens after handover?

The snag list is cleared, statutory certificates and as-built drawings are issued, and a twelve month defects liability period runs, which we answer for.

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Bring us
the drawing

Send plans or a short description of the site and we will come back with a scope, a programme and a price range within five working days.

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