Understanding that Basil Read's future must be built on its current priorities and environment, we critically reviewed our strategy in 2012 to build a stable platform for growth. This followed a comprehensive analysis of our business drivers, internal and external factors affecting performance, lessons learned in recent years and an independent risk audit...

Group Five is a diversified Construction, Infrastructure Concessions and Related Services group engaged in resources, energy, real estate and infrastructure delivery with a growing international client base in South Africa, the rest of Africa and Eastern Europe

Building and civil engineering : WBHO's building division is recognised as a leader in the South African building industry. Having established a reputation for quality, reliability and delivering against budget the division regularly exceeds client expectations. Roads and earthworks : The Roads and earthworks division which operates across multiple traditional civil engineering disciplines, has through strategic acquisitions gained exposure to a number of additional specialist disciplines. Other operations : The overriding purpose of WBHO's Other operations is to expose the group to a range of diversified margin streams within the boundaries of the construction environment, in order to provide a stable earnings platform for the group's shareholders. These markets include private public partnerships, concession arrangements and turnkey projects as well construction materials and property investments.