Vertical
Infrastructure.
Retail centres, schools, clinics, offices and homes. The company started with rural clinics and classrooms in 1991 and has kept a building team ever since.
Retail centres, schools, clinics, offices and homes. The company started with rural clinics and classrooms in 1991 and has kept a building team ever since.
The Discipline
Unicon's first contracts were clinics and schools for KZN Public Works. Building work has stayed part of the business ever since, and it is the side of the company that runs under the JBCC suite rather than GCC — shopping centres, tertiary education facilities, medical suites, offices and private homes.
Because the same company also does the civils, a building contract that involves platform earthworks, bulk services, stormwater or a reservoir does not need a second contractor. That is usually where the programme is won or lost on a greenfield site.
Scope Of Works
From platform to practical completion, including the site works most building contractors subcontract out.
Track Record
Straight from our project database, not a brochure. Contract values are shown as bands.
28
Projects delivered
1991–2026
Years active
18
Client organisations
22 months
Longest contract
| Year | Project | Client | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Hilton Veterinary Clinic - Upgrades & New MRI Scanner room | Private client | Under R5M |
| 2026 | HOUSE RENCKEN - RENOVATIONS & ALTERATIONS | Rolf Rencken | Under R5M |
| 2026 | Merrivale Shell - Upgrade to Howzit Howick Fuel Station | HH Prop (Pty) Ltd | R20–50M |
| 2025 | Avenue Residential Estate - Phase 3 | JTR Ross Property (Pty) Ltd | R5–20M |
| 2023 | 07 Walter Road - Renovation | Private client | Under R5M |
| 2023 | Howick Main - New Retail Centre | P Watcher (Pty) Ltd | R50M+ |
| 2022 | Payn Street Medical Suite | Private client | R5–20M |
| 2022 | Woolworths Newcastle Fitout at Amajuba Mall | Cenprop (Pty) Ltd | R5–20M |
| 2022 | Avenue Residential Estate - Five Units | JTR Ross Property (Pty) Ltd | R5–20M |
| 2022 | Hilton Veterinary Clinic - Upgrades & New CT Scanner room | Private client | Under R5M |
| 2022 | House Bishop - Renovation & Additions | Private client | Under R5M |
| 2022 | House DeScally - New Residents | Private client | R5–20M |
Showing the twelve most recent of 28. The full database is searchable here.
Who We Build For
Method
Constructability review of the drawings, procurement schedule, long-lead identification and a programme built around the real approval dates, not optimistic ones.
Earthworks, founding, bulk services and the structure below ground. Most programme slippage on greenfield building work starts here.
Frame, roof and envelope to get the building watertight as early as possible, so the finishing trades are not working in the weather.
Services first-fix through to final, finishes in a sequence that does not double-handle, and quality inspections trade by trade rather than at the end.
Testing, COCs, statutory sign-off, snagging with the professional team, O&M manuals and the defects liability period.
Capacity
We self-perform the work that carries the risk and subcontract the rest to an approved vendor list. What follows is the plant and capability this discipline draws on.
Contracting
Counts below are across the whole portfolio and come from the same database as the project record above.
Appointment Type
Contract Form
CIDB 7CE and 7GB. B-BBEE Level 2 contributor. Work is measured and constructed to the SANS 1200 and SANS 2001 series, with building work to SANS 10400.
Retail, institutional, healthcare or residential — send us the drawings and we will tell you what it really takes to build.