• The Group is looking forward to creating shared value with key economic role-players so that they can accelerate the region’s growth together.
• It is inspired by the potential that South Africa and its Southern African neighbours offer.
• BUTEC remains focused on finding new talent and developing skills in every country it operates.

A leading specialist contracting group, has affirmed its intentions to be a major player in South Africa by strengthening existing synergies between the parent company, and its subsidiaries, as well as fully rebranding the local companies it acquired in 2022.

BUTEC, Director Fady Abou Jaoude said the Group is inspired by the potential that South Africa and its Southern African neighbours offer, and by the talent of the local building industry and allied services leaders.

Abou Jaoude stated that as one of Africa’s largest electro-mechanical contractors, facility management and service providers, the Group is looking forward to creating shared value with key economic role-players so that they can accelerate the region’s growth together, create jobs, and contribute towards the region’s prosperity.

“While BUTEC now employs more than 7,500 skilled team members, we remain focused on finding new talent and developing skills in every country we operate.

“Our in-house NQF-accredited skills development centre, BUTEC Academy, with its full-time training team, based in Johannesburg, offers a range of courses and qualifications, bringing a new cohort of well-trained and qualified artisans to the industry each year,” Abou Jaoude stated.

Abou Jaoude further said the Group is inspired by the potential that Southern Africa offers, and is looking forward to investing in the country by being a part of building its future with other partners.

Following the integration and rebranding of its South African acquisitions of Thermaire Investments and Ampair, BUTEC’s commitment to fostering sustainable development and innovation in South Africa will draw on local resources and create employment, in addition to the 400-strong workforce it already employs locally.

Established more than 60 years ago, BUTEC already operates in more than 21 countries across the Middle East and Africa, with its headquarters in Dubai and Beirut.

Its recent acquisitions mean that it is now able to offer its services in Botswana, Mozambique, eSwatini and Zambia too.

Since its establishment in 1964, the BUTEC Group has been a regional leader, notably in the environment, water, energy, oil and gas and industrial construction sectors in the Middle East and Africa, deploying more than 7,500 employees in more than 21 countries, with a track record of major projects.