Palace Group
Who We Are
Palace Group is a multifaceted infrastructure development and engineering group established twenty five years ago (1987). We have a network of companies that drive innovation in various services offered. As a group, we provide complementary, integrated and seamless infrastructure development solutions to clients in the built environment worldwide.
The main services we offer are:
• Consulting electrical, civil, structural and mechanical engineering services
• Customer management systems (CMS) for municipalities and utilities
• Energy management
• Smart metering (electricity, water, gas)
• Revenue management and protection
• Carbon footprint measurement
• Green buildings architectural and engineering designs
• Sustainable environmental solutions (air, water quality and others)
• Project management and construction services
| Contact Details |
| 3rd Floor, China Construction Bank Building |
| 95 Grayston Drive |
| Sandton |
| Johannesburg |
| +27 (0)11 653 1600 / +27 (0)11 783 5698 |
Palace Group Awards
Palace Group companies have in the past been awarded for excellence and empowerment. One of our subsidiaries, for example, Palace Consulting Engineers received a PMR Bronze award for excellence in Electrical Engineering as well as combined Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in 2007. Palace Technologies was listed amongst the top 300 empowered companies by Impumelelo. In recent times, an employee was awarded to participate in the World Green Building Council.
Palace Group's CSR policy focuses on six distinct areas through which we implement our socio-economic development projects.
In support of this policy, the Group has supported a women soccer team, Palace Super Falcons that has received national accolades in South Africa. The aim is to position women soccer as one of the drivers for social change within local communities. Palace Group has supported the establishment of a community enterprise in a form of a bakery that is geared towards providing income to parents and guardians of the children in an OVC centre located in Alexandra, Jhb. The income would also provide long term means to sustain the OVC centre, to move away from the donor support mentality.
In support of infrastructure development in schools, we have committed to the design of an energy efficient multi-media centre in a good performing school in Jhb. These are some of the ongoing community projects that the Group is committed to as part of its policy.
Palace Group, through our subsidiary companies, is a member of the following affiliations:
- Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
- Association of Municipal Electricity Undertakings (AMEU)
- Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency (SAEE)
- South African Black Technical & Allied Careers Organisation (SABTACO)
Palace Group's empowerment focus is in the areas of socio-economic development, employment equity, enterprise development, preferential procurement, skills development and equity ownership. We continue to aim to increase the participation of black individuals, especially women, and black owned companies as suppliers, employees and the communities with which we engage and do business. Our focus is to improve our efforts to achieve good ratings across the entire spectrum of empowerment landscape.
At present, two of our subsidiary holding companies achieved a level three and four respectively in BBBEE rating for the past year in review.
Press Room
Grinpal Installs Smart Meters at Xstrata’s Steelport Residential Mining Complex
2 May 2012
Grinpal, a subsidiary of Palace Group and a solutions provider in the smart energy solutions field, has installed smart electricity pre-paid meters at listed mining giant, Xstrata's Steelport residential mining complex. This is a relatively new residential complex officially opened in 2011. This project was efficiently delivered by Grinpal, in just two weeks. The site was officially handed over to the client, Xstrata, on 16th March 2012.
COMPREHENSIVE SMART GREEN SOLUTIONS FOR THE BUILT INDUSTRY
10 Feb 2012
The concept of green building has been strongly promoted these past few years in South Africa and globally following the emergence of environmental concerns, and the need to lead and qualify progress within the built environment.
Thaba Chweu Municipality Smart Metering Project
28 Nov 2011
Grinpal has been awarded a project to install its smart meters in the Thaba Chweu local municipality in Mpumalanga. The municipality is one of five (5) local municipalities within the Ehlazeni District and has an estimated population of 97,734. Grinpal has been appointed for the installation of 19,500 units across Thaba Chweu including areas such as Sabie, Graskop, Lydenburg, Pilgrims Rest and the surrounding rural areas. The project commenced in June 2011 and is envisaged to end mid-2012.
Ambient Monitoring and Health Impact Study of Atmospheric Contaminants in Richards Bay
28 Nov 2011
Air pollution is a problem that affects most cities throughout the world and is as thus not unique to South Africa. As industrialization expands within a city so does the population, the number of vehicles and the potential for diminishing air quality. Many cities are experiencing incidents of poor visibility due to increased levels of pollution, particularly during stable atmospheric conditions. Not only is air pollution visually unpleasant but it is also a health hazard for people living in metropolitan centres.
23 Aug 2011
Advanced Smart Meters are continuing to change the dynamics of electricity metering across many municipalities in South Africa. Smart Meters now form a critical component in the fight to save electricity and are also heeding the call for a greener environment through clever usage of electricity.