COMPANY AND PROJECT PROFILE

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1 COMPANY AND PROJECT PROFILE

2 01 SAOTA is a firm of architectural designers and technicians including in-house CGI and marketing teams, as well as a strong support staff. It is driven by the dynamic combination of Stefan Antoni, Philip Olmesdahl, Greg Truen, Phillippe Fouché and Mark Bullivant who share a potent vision easily distinguished in their design. This, paired with both an innovative and dedicated approach to the execution of projects, has seen SAOTA become an internationally sought-after brand. Introduction Capitalising on a unique understanding of an ever-evolving industry, SAOTA continues to build on past experiences and is well positioned to offer expert services to the corporate, institutional, commercial and residential marketplace. With strong roots in South Africa, 85 % of SAOTA s clientele is now international with cities like Moscow, Sydney, Miami, Dubai and Lagos becoming an increasing source of both interest and business. What has truly been the momentum behind this success is the meeting of function and form, the balance of the needs of their clients and the pursuit of true architectural design. Ensuring that clients see significant returns on their projects has led to not only a growing client base, but repeat commissions. The focus on achieving maximum value has also led to global invitations to design, build and create highly prestigious projects. The philosophy of practice is embodied in the spirit of enquiry that flourishes amongst its staff. This spirit not only guides the firm, but enables it to maintain its position as definitive designers in a highly competitive and fast-changing industry. Increased exposure to the global marketplace has seen SAOTA flourish as cities and contexts allow for infinite inspiration which can be seen radiating from the approach to design. We strive to promote a service marked by excellence both in our buildings and in addressing the needs of our clients, with the focus on high standards & elegance...

3 02 Sustainable Design Approach SAOTA has come a long way in reducing our carbon footprint both in our office and in our design methodology. We are dedicated to Energy efficient design and have developed design principles to ensure that new projects are designed with this in mind. We have transformed our approach to sustainability and are constantly implementing these changes in new projects and introducing new policies to strengthen this commitment. SAOTA recently completed the New Engineering Building for the University of Cape Town. The Building was designed to achieve a 4 Star Green rating. Together with a Green Consultant, a speculative rating tool was developed combining the Australian tool with the local office building rating tool as there isn t yet a developed rating tool for educational buildings in South Africa. Energy modelling and analysis show that the New Engineering Building would use approximately 50% less energy than a notional building designed in accordance with South African National Standard 204 which addresses Energy Efficiency. Two key members of our team were also involved with the BP Corporate Headquarters in the V&A Waterfront designed by KrugerRoos Architects. The BP Headquarters was one of the pioneering Green buildings in South Africa and was awarded a 4 Star Green rating. SAOTA also participated in an Architectural bid for the NMMU Business School that also required a 4 Star equivalent rating. SAOTA s bid was among the top 5 submissions of over 36 national submissions.

4 DIRECTORS 03 STEFAN ANTONI GREG TRUEN PHILIP OLMESDAHL PHILLIPPE FOUCHÉ MARK BULLIVANT About Us SENIOR ASSOCIATES TAMARYN FOURIE LOGEN GORDON JUNIOR ASSOCIATES PATRICK FERGUSON BOBBY HUGILL ROXANNE KAYE GRANT HALL YVETTE MARTIN

5 SAOTA offer the following services: 04 Special Capabilities DESIGN Our architectural designers are highly skilled and experienced, allowing schemes to be conceptualised in dynamic, yet legible presentations. The design process can therefore develop swiftly with the precise method of achieving objectives and testing the solutions comprehensively. SAOTA have done a substantial amount of projects abroad and have skills in achieving the project requirements set. The design architects are backed up by an advanced computer aided drawing office capable of detailed 3D analysis and presentation. TECHNICAL The office has developed advanced technical skills related to, i) Construction Detailing, ii) Building Services and iii) Contract Administration of projects. Further, in working on projects abroad the office has had experience with multi- disciplinary project teams made up of consultants from companies from various countries. SYSTEMS SAOTA have developed advanced systems for co-ordination of the projects across all Stages of the architects service. This ensures that client presentations, design reviews, Technical Documentation, Tendering and Contract Administration are managed to the highest quality standards. SAOTA has adopted the NCS (National CAD Standard) as developed by the American National Institute of Building Sciences. This greatly simplifies the exchange of building design and construction data between the members of the team by standardising the formatting of electronic data. SAOTA also uses REVIT, the leading Building Information Modelling (BIM) software available allowing us to develop and document a building in a 3 dimensional environment. Any changes are immediately co-ordinated through the entire documentation package. It also gives us unprecedented control over the co-ordination of structure and services when working with consultants using the same platform.

6 05 SAOTA has consistently been at the forefront of architecture and has been rewarded over the years by winning numerous awards from various sectors of the architecture industry as well as from design and architectural publications, the most recent award being the SAPOA Award for Innovative Excellence for the New Engineering Building University of Cape Town. AWARDS Awards 2014 SAPOA Award for Innovative Excellence NEB UCT 2014 Miami Chamber of Commerce US MIA Star 2013 CIA Cape Institute for Architecture De Wet SAIA Award for Excellence Voelklip 2012 SAIA Award of Merit Voelklip / Sow Geneva 2011 CIA Cape Institute for Architecture Sow Geneva 2011 CIA Cape Institute for Architecture Voelklip 2011 KZ-NIA Kwa-Zulu Natal Institute for Architecture Duke 2010 SAIA Award for Excellence Hatfield SAIA Award of Merit Hatfield MIPIM International Awards - Commendation Dakar Towers 2009 CIA Cape Institute for Architecture Head CIA Cape Institute for Architecture Victoria CIA Cape Institute for Architecture Hatfield Finalist in the Retail Design Development Awards PanAfrica Shopping Centre 2009 House & Leisure House of the Year Award 2009 First Crescent 2009 OPEN THINKBOX / FIRST FIX - Winner Parkwood Library 2009 Libera Invited Competition - Winner Dubrovnik 2006 SAIA South African Institute of Architects Limpopo School 2003 SAIA South African Institute of Architects Fisherman s Cube Awards for South African Interior Design Best domestic interior 2003 Cube Awards for South African Interior Design Best domestic interior 2003 Cape Institute of Architecture Fisherman s Fabric Library Interior Designer of the Year Award 1998 Cavendish Awards Best Designed Shop 1998 SAIA South African Institute of Architects Contursi Special Mention 1997 PG Bison - Interior Design Excellence Award 1995 SAIA South African Institute of Architects Santer

7 06 Facilities, Hardware & Software SAOTA has an intricate, advanced and reliable IT infrastructure which delivers fast and efficient performance to staff. The network is based on a Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory domain. All data is safe-guarded by nightly, weekly and monthly backups and the media is stored off site as part of our disaster management plan. SERVERS: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 File and print services Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Microsoft Lync 2013 Microsoft SQL server 2012 Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization FileZilla FTP server Microsoft Distributed File System real time data replication between offices SharePoint Server 2013 Backup Exec Vray edition Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 Deltek Vision WORKSTATIONS: Revit Architecture Suite AutoCAD 2015, D Studio Max Design (3D modelling software) 2015 Lumion version 5 VRay (rendering software) Rhino 4 (3D modelling software) Flamingo (Rhino render engine) Adobe Creative Cloud MS Project Professional Windows 8.1 Microsoft office pro plus x Workstations DATA LINES AND SERVICES: 18Mb MPLS leased Line 100Mb uncapped Fibre line 100Mb uncapped Fibre line 10Mb MPLS VPN line MIMECAST UNIFIED MANAGEMENT: security branding 10 year archiving fail over SECURITY: Fortigate firewalls and FTP Web browsing Conferencing Inter office connection If you require any further information / copies of documents please do not hesitate to contact us. Yours sincerely SAOTA - STEFAN ANTONI OLMESDAHL TRUEN ARCHITECTS

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