At the leading edge
VNA is a 100% South African-owned and operated black empowerment company positioned at the very forefront of this country's built environment service infrastructure delivery environment, contributing appreciably to the emergence of the African continent as the world's next economic thrust.
Company founder, Mr Vikash Narsai, established the VNA brand in the year 2000, so giving effect to his vision of offering exceptionally competitive construction project management and built environment solutions for the benefit of communities in both urban and rural environments.
VNA's Head Office is located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, with the company's geographic footprint encompassing an additional five branches and two satellite operations, providing a presence in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, and Western Cape. The VNA's Mauritius office provides a presence within the international market.
Sectors in which the company is active include: Commercial buildings and offices, cultural and religious, education, health-care and sciences, hotel and leisure, industrial, mixed-use development, residential, retail, retirement and assisted living, roads, rail and transport, sport and water.
Management by Approach
The company has expanded well beyond the realm of traditional offerings, such as project and construction management, design and construction services alone, to include a more direct focus on relationship-building. The broadening of its horizons has led to the brand becoming increasingly regarded as a leading agent for delivery and, critically, one with a proven track-record of success. Setting VNA apart, in what is widely regarded as a highly competitive industry sector, is the consultancy’s long-held collaborative approach to 'big picture' planning, whilst continuing to deliver professionally on a local plane.
The long-term success of projects in the built environment unquestionably hinges on the effective planning of the procurement, contracting and management processes, as well as the employment of skilled and experienced members staff to effectively and efficiently manage project execution. By developing sound working relationships, as a means of partnering with our clients, our team of experts - capacitated with the requisite skills and expertise - is able to identify market characteristics and then develop and introduce the most innovative methodologies, leading to the development and execution of the highly appropriate project solutions. Such methodology, we believe, spurs further sustainable economic growth within the regions in which we operate and is the manifestation of our dedication to inclusiveness in delivering inventive, ground-breaking and cost-effective business solutions, coupled with an improved quality of life for the communities we serve.
Road Asset Management and Infrastructure Delivery
Roads are essential for a country's development and form an integral component of its system of transport. We believe that our country's roads are so much more than mere conduits for movement between two points. Instead, they represent growth and add considerably to the social functioning of and interaction between our diverse communities. Effective road asset management provides the necessary key outputs for overcoming the major road network system challenges faced by Government and road authorities, whilst assisting road infrastructure delivery management decisionmakers with an exceptionally effective tool for development and continuous maintenance.
Our belief in automated pavement condition testing as the way of the future is in line with global trends and is reflected in steadily increasing demand for road data acquisition services. This has led to our making a considerable investment in sophisticated, state-of-the-art pavement strength-testing equipment, designed to significantly improve road maintenance solutions in this country today and the future. Our high-tech equipment collects, stores and analyses road condition data, enabling us to become a leading Road Asset Management Service Provider in both South Africa and across the broader SADC region.
The flagship of our technologically advanced equipment is a Traffic Speed Deflectometer, or TSD. Designed and built by Greenwood Engineering in Denmark, primarily for Research Institutes and State Road Authorities, the TSD - also known as “TSD10†- is just the 10th in the world and the first to be owned and operated by a private enterprise. The innovative “rolling wheel†TSD incorporates several integrated systems collecting complementary road data.
Social Responsibility
Importantly, our business is founded on the premise that we, and our people, have an obligation to effectively address the increasingly essential 'triple bottom line', targeting economic, social and environmental matters in our delivery of sustainable built environment solutions within the communities we assist, especially those located in the underserved rural regions of the country.
Such social responsibility extends to our active and comprehensive involvement in the execution of integrated educational programmes, each designed to appreciably improve the overall quality of our employees, emerging contractors and small-scale entrepreneurs across the widespread areas in which our company is active.