In this arena Vanguard provides mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (MEI) services which encompass project planning, engineering and management. The company undertakes large mechanical construction projects specifically related to manufacturing. Vanguard’s project management skills include the co-ordinating and execution of projects from rigging and installation to commissioning.

Projects include installation and commissioning of complete steel mills with up to 11 000t of equipment, board manufacturing plants and automotive production stamping plants. Vanguard’s capabilities for these and similar projects extend to mobilising, managing and controlling 250 people on-site for up to 1 year. The company employs specialist engineers and a large complement of skilled labour.

Vanguard’s experience and expertise ensures that it is capable of successfully undertaking these turnkey projects all over the world with a key focus in sub-Saharan Africa.

Equipment Used
In completing this full spectrum of services, the division is able to draw on the group’s resources and assets and utilises an array of hydraulic gantries, fleet of crane trucks and specialised trailers, including boom trucks and pick and carry cranes, packing equipment, warehousing facilities and other expert equipment.

Unique Solutions
Vanguard fully utilises its experience and focus on innovation to complete projects that are considered too demanding or unreasonable by other companies. This approach to finding the right solution is showcased by the completion of a project in Beirut, Lebanon that involved the complete relocation of a plant to Booysens, Johannesburg. The scope of the project included sourcing of labour and stripping of plant in Beirut; marking, dismantling and shipping of 100 containers; land transport and off loading of containers in South Africa; and the re-installation and commissioning of the plant.