The KPDA Developer's Digest Q2 Issue

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Savings are achievable in three major areas:
• Time - Time saving; labour reduction up to 50%
compared to traditional way of building.
• Design - The lightness of the panels allows in
reduction of the design components; foundation,
columns and beams reducing the overall dead
weight of the building and bringing the cost
down by up to 20%.
• Materials – Up to 15 % cumulative material
savings ranging from; reinforcements, concrete,
formwork, electrical conduits, and cables is
achievable.
C-MAX Vs Traditional Building Case study
Over the past few years, we have been collecting data
on projects we have successfully delivered; below is a
case study of one of these projects with head-to-head
cost comparison between C-MAX Advanced Building
System and traditional building methodologies.
This project in Nairobi adopted the C-MAX slab panels
on their multi-storey residential apartment. Leading
to reduction of concrete and steel quantities in the
structure and a huge cost savings as detailed below:
Strategies and Knowledge Necessary to Thrive in
the Dynamic Landscape.
The C-MAX Advanced Building System is used
for partitioning or as a load bearing element i.e.,
slabs. It’s a high-speed adoption that can be easily
integrated with any conventional construction
material, making it a very suitable technology to use
for both residential and commercial properties. You
can use this green building technology with steel
frames, concrete frames, or stones, and if design
allows, we can integrate all of them together.
In summary, there is no silver bullet for attacking
the runaway development cost in the real estate
sector, but conventional wisdom dictates that
we take a multipronged approach. This approach
includes sourcing lower cost of funds, and using fast
and green build technologies like C-MAX Advanced
Building System that compresses the construction
period and thus reduce the level of uncertainty and
the premium associated with it.
22% cost saving using C-MAX slab panel!
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