Van Der Berg Facilities Management (Pvt)

Limited:

Supplier of choice in the built environment value chain

Text by Martin Chemhere Photos supplied by Van Der Berg

Founded 18 years ago, Van Der Berg Facilities Management (Pvt) Limited, has been making steady inroads in the increasingly competitive built environment of Zimbabwe. It provides comprehensive building facilities and project management services to a wide variety of property owners.

Some of the major activities of the company include building and construction, roll forming of IBR and corrugated roofing sheets, and property maintenance. They also do electrical installations and maintenance, water and sanitation systems installations and maintenance, HVAC systems installations and maintenance, and project management services.

“Our vision is to be the facilities management services provider of choice in the built value chain. And our mission is to generate technically and economically sound, environmentally and socially acceptable built environment and engineering solutions,” said Tinaapi Chikomo, the company’s Facilities/Managing Director.

Chikomo is vastly experienced in engineering, construction, administration, and business management having worked for top companies at senior management level. He leads a team of technicians and artisans as well as general hands with a combined hands-on experience of over 100 years in the building services sector.

His company’s supply chain management system involves user/client-initiated resource requirements and description, resource coding and analysis, competitive bidding for resource pricing and procurement, resource delivery and client confirmation/evaluation, after-service monitoring and client evaluation.

Their quality assurance system is human resource-based, and is centered on the engagement and resourcing of the right personnel for the task at hand, detailed procedures and work instructions for each task including project planning and management, activity-based process control, product and service certification and continuous process review.

Van Der Berg Facilities Management (Pvt) Limited owns the 300m2 industrial property that it operates from in a 36-unit upmarket industrial complex in Msasa.

The company has a fleet of utility vehicles comprising an ISUZU FTR 800 Crane Truck, a Mazda T35 Truck, a Toyota Hiace Minibus, and a KIA 2700II Light Truck.

Plans are underway to expand the scope of work and service already provided to production of masonry and concrete products, structural steel fabrication, machining, and general engineering. Currently, including those works listed above, the company can handle relatively large construction and electrical installations and the expansion plans will enable the company to include structural and road repairs as part of its portfolio.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Unit 2 Harrow Business Park

225 Martin Drive/Harrow Road

Msasa, Harare

Tel: +263 24 244 7579 / 80

Cell: +263 772 246 235 / +263 714 053 716

Email: vanderbg@mweb.co.zw and quotations@vanderberg.co. zw