1     CORPORATE HISTORY

1.1    Population explosion
Because of “population explosion” and “over concentration” of people in cities, especially in Africa it was imperative to have a radical approach in planning in order to adjust to demands on City and Urban planning. The one-stand one-building approach became outdated because the need was not “buildings only” but “new cities” to accommodate the masses and their pressing demands on facilities

1.2    Launching Pad
This lead to the formation of SOSQUAL (PTY) LTD , in 1976, as a launching pad for new approach in planning. Dr vd Berg saw the need for studies to obtain principles in planning for the new approach in the City fibre. This gave birth to the Market studies and the New Retail Lake City studies. Application of the findings can be found in the 20 year old, internationally known Centurion Lake City (previously Verwoerdburg), close to Pretoria, South Africa.

The forming of the Consortium QUALPLAN with all related building professions in 1992 gave a further boost to the rendering of a holistic service to development.

1.3    Funding of projects
The other very real need was funding and independency regarding funders and the recruitment of them. The first international recruitment took place in 1976 when Dr vd Berg went to France and negotiated with the President of the International Export Society of France, while staying in his castle in Chase’ in the south of France. In 1992 Dr vd Berg launched applications for funding with Dr J P Bailey in Forth worth Texas. In 1998 Mr Wolfgang Winter (our Austrian Partner) to the European Trader Mr Peter Witkamp.

Dr vd Berg’s association with the ex President of the SA Reserve bank, Dr TW de Jongh and his Son Mr Piet de Jongh  is from 1973.

In 1999 Dr vd Berg and his Administrative Director recruited funding for schools in South Africa, via the Embassy of Holland and completed the schools.

1.4    Market impact city planning
Some of the very important facts in the whole planning scenario is the making of an International statement that could draw Tourism and the very healthy income from this as well as placing the New City on the international map. For this the need developed to form a “one-stop, turn-key” professional team that includes the total building team. This would eliminate all uncertainty in terms of price, progress and project management. Qualplan Consortium was formed to include the total building team and to give a data bank of high quality development professionals  that could access development potential quickly.

Without property as part of such professional group the solid basis for development did fall short. Small Holdings Ltd was approached and all the properties as subsidiaries to Small Holdings Ltd  gave the new basis for this new drive.

All the players in place gave the basis for “New Planning approach”.  The challenge to meet the pressing demands on the ever sprawling city commodities could be met in the Lake City planning and planning could be based and controlled on the high level knowledge of professionalism.

2    PROFESSIONAL BUILDING PLANNING TEAM / EXPERIENCE

The Qualplan Consortium consists of internationally and nationally      
    known companies  such as:
* Qualfin (Pty) Ltd trading as FINTRADE (turnkey planning, financial
advisors & project  management)
* Consortium Architects vdBerg (CAB)
* Partnership Bill Philips (Quantity Surveyors)
* Kieser Bosman Kotze (Civil & Structural Engineers)
* CNN Advisory C C (Mechanical & Industrial Engineers)
* Africon Engineering International (Consulting Electrical, Electronic)
* Landscape design & Construction Consortium
   
3    SUMMARY OF PROJECTS

The following is a summary of the projects in which the above consortium was and is involved:

3.1    Urban Planning Projects:
    * Qua-Qua redevelopment planning for sport and recreation facilities
    * Maseru Lake City
    * Soweto Lake City
    * Klerksdorp Lake City
    * Krugersdorp Lake City
    * Industrial Township Sunderland Ridge, Centurion
    * Export Projection Zone investigations in:
         ─ Krugersdorp (600 ha)
         ─ Ekangala (400 ha)
*Lake city consisting of infrastructure, man-made lake, retail office,    hotel & clinic    buildings and housing from 600 to 2000 units.

3.2    Architecture
    * Retail shopping malls:
        _    Centurion
        ─ Maseru
        ─ Soweto
         ─ Krugersdorp
    * Mass housing:
         ─ Centurion
         ─ Akasia
         ─ Prieska
         ─Isando(AFM)
    * Hotels/casino's:
        ─ Umgazana
         ─ Langeni Forest
         ─ Sani Top
    * Office blocks:
         ─ At lake cities
    * Prefabrication and industrial design:
    * Factories establishment/design standards:
         ─ Centurion
    * Educational facilities
    * Centre city and business design standards: Centurion / Pretoria
    * Ordinance and regulation writing for standards application.

3.3    Structural Engineering
    * Supreme Court, Pretoria
    * All structures at lake cities
    * Educational facilities

3.4    Civil Engineering
    * Platinum Mining Extension
    * Roads (Gauteng & Mpumalanga)
    * Piping
    * All paving, infrastructure & roads at lake cities

3.5    Mechanical Engineering
    * Rand Merchant Bank, Isando (passenger lift installations)
* Air conditioning at various educational facilities, shopping malls,
     hospitals and hotels
    * Mossgas Offshore Platform (Mossel Bay)

3.6    Electrical Engineering
    * various shopping malls countrywide
    * various hospitals countrywide
    * Mossgas Offshore Platform (Mossel Bay)
    * Electrical reticulation at Soweto
    * Electrical reticulation at Secunda
* Reticulation and town layout of various other townships e.g.   
     Ekandustria, Ekangala  KwaThema & Bronkhorstspruit
       
3.7    Quantity Surveying
    * All lake cities
    * Supreme Court, Pretoria
    * University of Pretoria: Business School

3.8    Landscape Architecture
    * All lake cities

3.9    Construction
    * All turnkey projects
    * Pre-agreed prices with no escalation

    Construction Team:
    During construction (plus education on site) ─
    * Managerial                    120
    * Skilled and semi-skilled labour        450
    * Unskilled labour        1 200
    * Total during construction        1770  people

    Daily operation team:
    * Offices at 20m² per person        500
    * Retail at 25m² per person        2 060
    * Clinic/health care        1 000

    Maintenance team:
    * Outside ─ 1 per 65 ha (160 acres)                         65
    * Inside ─ 1 per 1600m² (17 222ft²)                         80
    * Support to retail ─ 1:5400
    * Support to health ─ 1:3330
    * Municipal services ─ 1:80 inhabitants                     3 125
    * Total for daily operation              7 560 people

4    Funding Consortium

Because of the fact that we have signed Non-circumvention agreements with our clients regarding funding we will only refer to general data and magnitude of projects.

The Banks with which we work are the major banks such as Chase-Manhattan, Royal bank of Scotland etc.

5     Subsidiaries FINTRADE (SWITZERLAND) and PAN GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL VENTURES LTD (BVI)

OPERATION NAME            ACTIVITY
AERO GLOBAL        Air transport
AFRIDATA    Data bank for commodities, products, accommodations
DSU CILLIERS    Vegetable and small stock farming, embryo cultivation and surrogate embryo systems.(a major farming operation in South Africa already)
EDUTEL    Education arm of all professions and industries
FINTRADE FINADM    Administration and financial services
FINTRADE HOLDINGS    Fund recruiting services
GLOBE BANK        Banking and related services
GLOBEBUILD    All civil and building operations (already a major professional group under name QUALPLAN)
GLOBE CAR CARE    Quick car care, valet  and services (already in operation)
GLOBE LAW            Legal practice (already well known)
GLOBE MISSION    Motivational, upliftment and personal dignity development
GLOBESURE    Insurance specialist of all related activities. Assessors and various Vehicle related specialists already involved
GLOBE SYSTEMS    Hard ware supplier to IT and communications
MAXSECURE        Surveillance and security system
QUALFOODS    Food and enrichment of foods for Africa
QUALMED    Medical and clinic and hospital project (Various specialists and medical practitioners already involved)
QUALPHARMA    Organic products development such as organic fertiliser, anti- insecticides and pharmaceuticals
QUALTRANS    Land transport with various mechanical specialists already involved
QUALTEL    V O I P and other telecommunication specialists already involved
RUTOM TOYS    Economical and promotion toys, mostly wind driven
STRATPLAN    Ex-high Government official well know for world wide conferences, for Official and Approval negotiations
WILDLIFE UGCINO    Game farming, lodges antelope replenishment, tourism and embryo cultivation
FARMING     Bio Organic Farming in three 10000 ha farms.   
ASSOCIATES
TRUSTEIN-G LTD        CITIES   Lake city developments