Concor

Concor Holdings (Proprietary) Limited. is a South African construction and mining services company. It is active throughout Southern Africa, involved in mining, civil engineering, building and road projects. Concor returned as an independent brand in late 2016.

Company history

Origin

Dr F. Piccini, the original founder of Construction Corporation, registered the company in Johannesburg on 28 April 1948. The other four founding members were M. Barnabo, B. Chiozzi, U. Mantelli and V. Cini. The original name Construction Corporation was finally shortened to CONCOR. Dr Piccinni was originally a chairman of Ferrocemento, an Italian construction giant and the emerging Concor received its technical support initially from there.

File:Original Concor Logo 1948.png, Original Concor Logo 1948
File:Original Concor Logo up to 2006.jpg, Concor Logo up to 2006
File:CONCOR LOGO.jpg, Concor Logo 2017 to current

Initial projects

The company's first major project was the construction of the Rand Sports Stadium in Johannesburg followed by contracts for the Pretoria and Johannesburg power stations. Another initial iconic project was the Storms River bridge which was designed by Dr. Riccardo Morandi of Rome, this bridge was for many years the highest and longest single span bridge in South Africa.

Structure

By the early 2000s, Concor consisted of the following divisions:

*Concor Buildings,
*Concor Civils,
*Concor Mining,
*Concor Engineering, 2010: Fabricated the tallest tank in southern hemisphere commissioned for Sasol Secunda at its Benzene Reduction Project, standing at 47.54m.
*Concor Technicrete,
*Concor Facility Management,
*Concor Property Development and
*Concor Roads.
Concor was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange and, for the year ended June 2005, Concor's last year as a listed company, had an annual turnover of 1.6 billion Rand.

Relationship with Hochtief

By the early 2000s, the German international construction group Hochtief. It changed its name when it merged with Murray and Roberts Construction (Pty) Ltd. Whilst under the control of Murray & Roberts, Concor Facility Management and Concor Property Development was closed whilst Concor Roads was merged with Concor Civils. Concor Technicrete was sold as a going concern.

Purchased by Southern Palace Group Consortium

The Concor and Murray and Roberts construction divisions were sold to a black owned consortium, led by Southern Palace Group in late 2016 and renamed Concor Construction in May 2017. Concor is now certified a Level 1 BEE Company.

Current operating divisions in the group

* Concor Infrastructure (Roads, bridges, waste water systems, dams, harbours, pipelines, power stations)
* Concor Buildings (Industrial, commercial, residential and office buildings)
* Concor Western Cape (Industrial, commercial, residential and office buildings)
* Concor Botswana (Industrial, commercial and office buildings)
* Concor Opencast (Contract mining)
* Concor Plant (Heavy plant maintenance and hire)
* Concor Developments
* Dynamic Concrete Namibia

Timeline of notable construction projects

Some of Concors' iconic projects include:

1950s

* 1952: High Level Reservoir, VanderbiljPark, South Africa.
* 1952: Vals River Bridge, Bothaville, South Africa.
* 1953: Sand River Bridge, Virginia, South Africa.
* 1953–1956: Storms River Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

* 1954: Orlando Power Station, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 1954: Salt River Bridge, Cape Town, South Africa.
* 1954: Railway Bridge over Sand River, Virginia, South Africa.
* 1955: Taaiboshspruit Bridge, South Africa.
* 1955: Natalspruit Bridge, South Africa.
* 1955: Railway Bridge over Great Fish River, South Africa.
* 1956: Vetrivier Bridge, South Africa.
* 1957: Pipeline and Jetty, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique.
* 1958: Umsindusi River Bridge, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
* 1958: Railway Bridge, Congella, Durban, South Africa.
* 1958: Arch Bridge over Vaal River, Standerton, South Africa.

1960s

* 1960: Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town, South Africa.
* 1961–1963: Kyle/Lake Mutirikwe and Bangala Dams, Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
* 1963: SASOL 1 Chimney, Sasolburg, South Africa.
* 1963: Braamfontein Bridge, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 1966: Amatikulu River Bridge, Natal, South Africa.
* 1966: Broadway Flyover, Durban, South Africa.
* 1967: Sabie Bypass, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
* 1967: Reduction Plant, East Driefontein, South Africa.
* 1967: Bridle Drift Dam, East London, South Africa.
* 1968: Umfolozi River Rail Bridge, KZN, South Africa.
* 1968: Arnot Power Station, Cooling Towers, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
* 1966–1969: Fox Street Hanging Building, Standard Bank Center, Johannesburg, South Africa. LCB Concortium. o

1970s

* 1970s: Phalaborwa Copper Mine development, Limpopo, South Africa.
* 1970s–1990s: Multiple Concrete Headgears for various mining clients, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa.
* 1970–1973: Naute Dam, ǁKaras Region, Namibia.
* 1971 Ovamboland Canal, Namibia.
* 1971 Soweto Motorway, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 1972 Paved aprons, Durban International Airport, South Africa.
* 1973 Crown Interchange, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 1976: Matla Power Station, Concrete slides of ACC and Boiler house lift shafts, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
* 1978: Gouritz River Bridge, 270 m, 4 span structure with diagonal reinforced struts, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

* 1978 Tailings Dams, Anglo American, Welkom, South Africa.
* 1979 Sulphur Recovery Plant, SASOL 2, Linde, South Africa.
* 1979–1981: Sasol 3 steamplant with 300-metre high chimney, South Africa. Chimney and first boiler were commissioned in 1981.

1980s

* 1980–1983: Bloukrans River arch-bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
* 1980–1984: Steam Plants for Sasol 2 and 3, Secunda, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
* 1982: Majes Irrigation Project, Peru,
* 1983: Majuba Power Station, Boiler House and ACC concrete slides, main civils, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
* 1983: Bobbejaans River Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
* 1984: Hawane Dam, Swaziland.
* 1984: Thabina Dam, Limpopo, South Africa.
* 1984–1988: 4 Kilometre long road Huguenot Tunnel, Western Cape, South Africa.
* 1984–1988: Hugos Valley Viaduct, Western Cape, South Africa.

* 1985–1988: Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa.
* 1986: Usutu Pulp Mill, Swaziland.
* 1989-1990: American Embassy, Pretoria, South Africa.

1990s

* 1993: Pavilion Mall, Durban, South Africa.
* 1994: Sanlam Forum Building, C/o Church and Queen Streets, Pretoria, South Africa.
* 1998: Injaka Bridge, collapsed during construction, but eventually completed.
* 1988 - 1989: Reserve Bank, 37 story skyscraper, first flushed-glazed building in the southern hemisphere, Pretoria, South Africa.
* 1991 - 1992: Wanderers Cricket Stadium rebuild, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 1988 - 1993: Matimba Power Station, main civils, Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa.

* 1993 - 1996: Katse Dam, Lesotho, JV with Hochtief