Property developer adopts cost cutting technique
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
The company is constructing 105 three-bedroom double storey houses in Gaborone in a bid to offer luxurious yet affordable accommodation for Batswana. Speaking to the Mmegi Business, Eman Enterprises chairman Theo Emanuel, said they have identified the CorCon (Corrugated Concrete) building material as the most suitable for the project.
“We want to build at a faster and cheaper rate, to offer affordable prices to Batswana. There is a high demand for accommodation but it is not always affordable to most Batswana, especially youth,” he said.
Smash-and-grab incidents became common at traffic lights, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) bombings made headlines too often, cash-in-transit robberies terrified security personnel, while home invasions left families traumatised in the very places they were supposed to feel safest. The situation had reached alarming levels and threatened not only the peace of ordinary citizens, but also the country’s reputation as one of the safest and most...