Established 2003
Construction Company
With over 27 years of experience in the building industry, our expertise includes multi unit developments, major and minor renovations, upmarket housing, spec houses, retail developments, factories, schools and hospitals.
About Us
We Do It All
Working Together
Working Together
Over the years we have completed numerous projects ranging from New single residential upmarket housing, Cluster developments, Retail renovations and additions, Commercial and industrial renovations and additions., Upmarket multi unit developments and even small housing renovations.
Working Together
Working Together
Working Together
We offer an end-to-end client experience that includes seamless communication, budgeting, staffing, on-site organisation, and quality workmanship every time.
Why Choose Us?
Working Together
Why Choose Us?
Over the past 19 years we have worked with homeowners, project managers, architects and engineers to consistently produce top end results. Call us today and bring our project management skills and extensive construction experience to your next project.
Meet The Team
Craig Barrows
Sole Member and founder of 13arrows Construction. Craig qualified in 1991 with a Civil Engineering National Diploma. He learnt his trade working for reputable companies like WJM, Landmark Construction and then Gordon Verhoef and Krause, before registering 13arrows Construction in 2003. In 2005 13arrows started trading.
Adriaan Bosman
Contracts Manager: Joined 13arrows in 2022. Adriaan has vast experience in the construction industry having had his own construction company for many years. Adriaan handles all our construction projects from start to finish
Meggan Liebenberg
Business Manager: Meggan has been with 13arrows since 2017. Meggan has a great work ethic and her eagerness to learn more about the business and the construction industry has elevated her to become a valuable member of our team
Banzi Voyi
Senior Foreman: Joined 13arrows in 2014. Bucks, as he is affectionately known, handles all on site management on a daily basis. Production and solving day to day practical problems on site are his strengths.
Yolanda Dambusa
Quantity Surveyor: Yolanda started with the company in January 2022. Yolanda hails from Durban and relocated to Cape Town to take on this job. Yolanda is a qualified QS and is very hands on.
Gina Hemmings
Office Manager: With the company's rapid expansion in 2021, there was a need to increase the company's resources. In January 2022 we appinted Gina. Gina has been in the industry for many years and her knowledge and experience is a valuable asset to the company.
Consultants
We have an extensive range of consultants that form an integral part of the company.
- FINANCE - Hugo Bester - BAP (SA). Consulting with 13arrows since 2017
- TAX SPECIALIST - Dot Schafer - CA(SA). Consulting with 13arrows since 2010
- HUMAN RESOURCES - Kim Norton - BCOM Industrial and organisational psychology and a national diploma in public relations. Consulting with 13arrows since 2014
- LEGAL ADVISOR - Michael Ward attorneys LLB BCOM. Consulting with 13arrows since 2006.
- HEALTH AND SAFETY - Chereen Siebrits Member of Saiosh. Consulting with 13arrows since 2014.
Specialist contractors
As can be seen above, 13arrows has managed to keep a core team of important role players in the business. It is one of the keys to our success. We contract most of the specialist trades to specific contractors, some of which have been working with 13arrows for many years already. Trades like plumbing, electrical, waterproofing, etc.
Recent work
Project - Dorp
Year completed - 2017 to 2019
Value - R 58 000 000.00
Description - 8 large separate title properties, as well as 6 large guest houses, with restaurant and reception area. The ground conditions was clay material which meant we had to excavate through the clay and hard rock to get to the solid bedrock layer. In some instances the foundations were in excess of 3 metres deep. Logistically
Project - Seattle coffee shop
Year completed - 2020
Value - R 300 000.00
Description - A quick in and out project where we extended the existing Seattle Coffee shop. We created a very neat timber hoarding on the inside of the shop so that trading was not interrupted. The renovation was completed in less than 4 weeks, despite the coffee shop still trading, during a period where load-shedding created r
Project - Erf 9747 Mount Royal Golf Estate
Year completed - 2021
Value - R 3 100 000.00
Description - Construction of a new upmarket house with high end finishes. From polished concrete floors to modern kitchen cupboards with stone tops, creating a contemporary style. This is 1 of 3 houses that 13arrows will be building on the golf estate in the next year.
Project - Victoria Village Plot n Plan Development
Year completed - 2023
Value - R 14 000 000
Description - 6 Separate title Single Storey Victorian style houses on a security estate. We launched the plot and plan development in October 2021 and to date we cosntructed a total of six houses. The houses ranged from 173m2 to 217m2. They are all single storey 2-3 bedroom units.
Project - Parklands College
Year completed - 2017
Value - R 17 500 000.00
Description - Construction of a new classroom wing consisting of a new ground and first floor as well as a new changeroom for an Olympic size swimming pool. It was a 7 month contract consisting of classrooms on the ground and first floor as well as ablutions and a courtyard. It was a fairly straight-forward contract but was fa
Project - Seascape Mews
Year completed -2016
Value - R 30 000 000.00
Description - 76 New Apartments made up of 2no triple storey blocks each consisting of 38 units. Each block consisted of a ground floor, first floor and second floor. We also constructed a clubhouse and the work also entailed external finishes. At the outset, we faced some challenges with the soil conditions which were sub-standard