| Tue 27 Mar 2012, 8:00 | | LAF - LONRHO PLC - LONRHO PLC wins GBP10.2 million contract for school |
|
LAF
LOLAF
LAF - LONRHO PLC - LONRHO PLC wins GBP10.2 million contract for school
classrooms in South Africa
LONRHO PLC
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales)
(Registration number 2805337)
(Share code: LAF; ISIN number: GB0002568813)
("Lonrho" or "the Company")
LONRHO PLC WINS GBP10.2 MILLION CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL CLASSROOMS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Lonrho Plc is delighted to announce that its pre-fabricated building division,
Kwikbuild, has won contracts totalling 123 million Rand (GBP10.2 million) for
the supply and construction of 116 new schools for remote parts of the Eastern
Cape of South Africa. The contract calls for the delivery of 398 classrooms, 8
laboratories and ancillaries to the Eastern Cape Province`s Department of Public
Works over the next four months.
Kwikbuild, one of the market leaders in building and supplying quality pre-
fabricated classrooms in South Africa, will manufacture the classrooms in its
facility in Cape Town. Kwikbuild has recently achieved a Level 2 BBBEE
contributor rating in South Africa, verified by SEESA, a Government approved
verification agency.
The buildings have a design life of 30 plus years and come fully insulated,
keeping the classrooms cooler in hot weather and warmer in cold weather.
David Lenigas, Lonrho`s Executive Chairman commented:
"There is a chronic shortage of adequate classroom facilities throughout
Southern Africa and Lonrho is pleased that it can offer a solution to
Governments to help address the current demand for this type of infrastructure.
Kwikbuild is seeing increasing demand for its products not only in South Africa
but across the Continent. Quality pre-fabricated buildings are a quick and cost
effective way to meet the demand for schools, clinics, offices and
accommodation. The benefit of the prefabricated building is that it can be up
and working in days rather than months."
Enquiries:
Lonrho Plc +44 (0) 20 7016 5105
David Lenigas
Geoffrey White
David Armstrong
Panmure Gordon +44 (0) 20 7459 3600
Tim Linacre
Dominic Morley
Adam Pollock
Hannah Woodley
FTI Consulting +44 (0) 20 7831 3113
Edward Westropp
Georgina Bonham
27 March 2012
South African Sponsor
Java Capital
Date: 27/03/2012 08:00:03 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the
JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or
implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or
completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers,
employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature,
howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
information disseminated through SENS.
