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WHAT AND WHO IS “THE LEM
GROUP”
The LEM GROUP is a trade
name for a combination of
well established Companies
that specializes in all
aspects of Construction and
Consulting services in the
Building Industry, with a
diversified field of
experience and skills to the
benefit of our Clients.
LUDICK CONSTRUCTION (PTY)
Ltd (established in
2005) is a Company that
usually fulfill the Main/
Principal Contractor
function in our Group
specializing in the
conventional wet trades
disciplines like earthworks,
concrete, masonry, tiling
and so forth. This Company
have extensive skills
ranging from Shopping
Centres (our preferred
Projects), revamping of
Shopping Centres, Concrete
structures like Oncology
Bunkers, Cooling towers,
Hospitals, Showrooms, Mine
related works, specialised
installations and related
fields.
BRAAM STAAL CC is a
subsidiary steelwork related
Company that is in existence
from 1988 (28 years and
counting) which specialises
in Steelwork and sundry
steelwork. When we can, and
we absolutely advise to make
use of the opportunity, we
combine Braam Staal with the
strength of Ludick
Construction, and then the
Main Contractor have full
control over any Project,
having the Main Contractor
and a Steelwork Contractor
under one umbrella, sharing
overheads to the benefit of
the Client. The strengths of
Braam Staal are legendary,
you name it, they have done
it, from the lookout point
at Kimberley's big hole to
the heritage renovation of
the Potato Shed originating
from Johannesburg”s humble
beginnings. The Structural
steel- and sundry steelwork
components of Shopping
Centres, showrooms, Casinos
and Hospitals is the “where
do we not have to think
about it - Contracts, just
do it Contracts” where they
have proved, either with
Ludick Construction or as
Sub Contractors for the
W.B.H.O’s, LTA’s of the
world, that they do not have
their equal in the ‘’getting
the work done” category.
LEM CONSTRUCTION C.C.
is the Shopfitting component
of the LEM Group and they do
ceilings and partitions,
shop fitting of Tenant
installations, specialised
shop fitting and any related
action pertaining to
finishes. We cannot think of
a Shop or trade name that
they did not participate in
yet, and combine this
discipline now with the
strengths of Ludick
Construction and Braam Staal,
then it is clear that we
offer a service that nobody
can equal.
Therefore it is no wonder
that the majority of our
Projects are negotiated with
Clients that are enlightened
and open to the whole
synergy of an in-house, on
hands, Project Developing
team.
OTHER DISCIPLINES:
Bulk earthworks, Aluminium
work, Plumbing- ,
Mechanical- and Electrical
services:
We treat people with respect
and integrity; therefore all
proper and decent
Contractors like to work
with us. With this
background, we are proud to
say that we established an
in-house relationship with
the above disciplines and
for all practical purposes,
they are considered as an
in-house trade that we offer
to Clients as well.
LEM GROUP CONSULTING AND
CONTRACTING SERVICES (PTY)
LTD:
There were many deals before
and definitely we are not
the inventors of ingenious
deals, but we are trusted to
do many of our Contracts as
design -supply Contracts,
with an additional twist,
some of them are lump sum
Contracts!
We are confident to offer
you a design and supply
Contract, and we can, but do
not have to, assist you with
Architectural-, Mechanical-,
Structural and Civil- ,
Fire- or any other
Consulting service that you
may require. If you as
Client prefer it, we can
work with your Consultants
with a design input from us
to your benefit. Obviously
we prefer you to come
directly to us and many
Contracts are done with
basic input from an
Architect or Engineer for
example (it is advisable to
have an overseeing Quantity
Surveyor from the Client, we
need him so that you know
that your interests are
protected and we welcome
this). A building cost a
certain amount, and even
with our pro-activeness we
cannot do it for less than
cost, but factors we can
control are the Programme
(we save money as a Group
because of shared overheads
and good relationships) and
Consultant involvement (we
will advise when we need
them or what we need them
for), and there you have the
solution on how to construct
better with less!
Our references in this
regard the past three years
only are a design/supply
lump sum Contracts for a
Shopping Centre (Tower Mall)
of R 115 944 232.00, a
revamped Shopping Centre
(Value Centre, Klerksdorp)
of R 40 400 935.00, a Burger
King in Potchefstroom (R 7
500 000.00) as a complete
shell and internal fit-out
with either no Consultants
or overseeing Consultants
with limited obligations
except on what was agreed
between the LEM Group and
the Client.
LEM GROUP AND OUR CLIENTS:
What we know is what we
believe in and that is to
work with passion and
proudness, the money to
follow or not, will never be
our main goal but will
always be consequential to
our beliefs. We can only
control the way we think and
do, not the way our Clients
think or do. Therefore we
follow a simple philosophy,
we will be the best
Contractors that we can, we
hope that you as Client can
match our efforts. From the
onset, we form a partnership
with the Client, and we walk
around the table to stand
next to him, not opposite
him.
The Contractor and the
Client are the two parties
with a mutual interest and
therefore they, as a unit,
have to work together to
obtain their respective
goals. Do we fight with
Consultants, of course we
do, it is the same as a bad
Sub Contractor, and it needs
to be dealt with in the same
way. The LEM GROUP will not
allow a Contract to go sour
on behalf of an un-ethical
or in-experienced
Consultant, we take that
obligation to resolve on
ourselves, because we know
contractually, you as Client
is bound to decisions that
your Consultants are making
and we will not allow that
these decisions impact
negatively on you as Client.
Of course we deal with it on
the same basis as with Sub
Contractors, with integrity
and respect, a huge reason
why the Atterburry’s,
Attaq’s , Growthpoint’s and
Landmark’s like to have us
on board, and therefore the
negotiation of Contracts is
logical.
It is not about what we do,
it is about how we do it.
LEM GROUP AND CONSULTANTS:
We have very good
relationships with all our
Consultants that we ever
worked with. They appreciate
that their input and energy
is focused, and because time
is money, working with us is
more profitable for them
opposed to not working with
us.
We trust that you as Client
or responsible Consultant
will look positively at our
unique abilities and our
dedication to deliver a
successful Project, and
irrespective of which
approach you decide to take
with a Project, take a
moment to consider us as a
Company with more to offer
than the Industry norm.
Louis van Eeden
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