The Turb-O-Truss™ Vision:
Job Creation & Mass Housing
The primary vision is to generate job-creation opportunities for previously
disadvantaged South Africans in the townships, rural areas, and on building
sites by assembling a cost effective engineer-designed timber roof truss
solution for Building Contractors operating in the low to medium cost
gable-to-gable mass housing market.
It is recognised that these building contractors, often being either wholly
owned by black entrepreneurs, or as Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) divisions
of national building construction companies have the desire and are prompted
by government policy to employ local labour in their construction activity,
so that the community becomes part of their mass house building operations.
This lends to greater political and social stability in the townships
where these activities take place.
It is expected that when such housing schemes have been completed, the
trained Turb-O-Truss™ assembler becomes an entrepreneur
and producer of trusses in his local community and for those who are adding
to their homes or for those building other houses, thus continuing in
their newly acquired trade in order to fend for themselves and their families.(back)
Franchise
A secondary vision is to offer the Turb-O-Truss™
by way of a franchise to black-owned private Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise
(SMME) entrepreneurs in and around townships, and urban areas who can
supply roof trusses to building contractors and private home owners in
and around their communities using the engineer-designed Turb-O-Truss™
component system, which they assemble, thereby generating much sought
after job opportunities.
Such black-owned private entrepreneurs could be located around the major
cities and be serviced with all the Turb-O-Truss™
components from a central Depot in that particular city. As the components
are very compact, unlike a factory-made (prefabricated) roof truss, these
components could be delivered on a daily basis to black owner-owned franchised
truss operators in the townships.
An 8-ton truck could deliver the components on the basis of travelling
to the northern townships on a Monday, to the southern townships on a
Tuesday, to the eastern townships on a Wednesday, western townships on
a Thursday, etcetera. (back)
Component Supply Depot
Such central Turb-O-Truss™ component supply Depots,
which could also be Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) enterprises, could
offer a service to its SMME franchise truss manufacturing customers in
determining the component requirements from the Turb-O-Truss™
software available, and which is easy to use.
The vision is that at least 10 major cities in South Africa has a Depot
supplying components, with each servicing at least 5 to 10 black-owned
Turb-O-Truss™ assembly points.
This could result in the establishment of 50 to 100 black-owned franchised
Turb-O-Truss™ manufacturing outlets, which again
will generate more work for roof erectors and people laying roof tiles
etcetera. (back)
Turb-O-Truss in Kit Form
A further opportunity is by supplying the Turb-O-Truss™
components in kit form (including assembly and roof erection manual) to
fit the standard house plans as provided by some of the national hardware
stores. (back)
Turb-O-Truss™ for School Classroom Roof Kits
Another opportunity would be to offer the Turb-O-Truss™
in component form for on-site assembly for the hundreds of school class
rooms being built all over the country in the rural areas. Black-owned
building construction companies, who are encouraged to generate work on
the building site, mostly build these schools.(back)
Exporting Turb-O-Truss™ Kits to rest of Africa
To package and export the Turb-O-Truss™ product
in kit-form to neighbouring countries as well as to the Middle East or
Indian Ocean Islands region for on-site assembly. This could be operated
by a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) enterprise.(back)
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