Southern Air Conditioning Aims To Provide Quality Air Conditioning Services. Southern Air Conditioning (SAC) has become one of the largest HVAC companies in South Africa by maintaining its tremendously high standards and offer its clients a quality service that ensures their needs are always met. The company specialises in all HVAC related items including: design, manufacture, installation, commissioning, maintenance, value engineering and procurement. It has been in operation since 1971 and its commitment to providing a quality service is tantamount to its success. SAC is a privately owned company with its directors and shareholders holding 25% of the company each. They are: John Schuurmans (B.Sc (Mech) (Engineering), Mark Botha (N.H.D. AC+R) and Antoni Krige.
The company offers their customers the best in service and reliability which has placed them at the forefront of their industry. With a well developed quality assurance program in place as well as staff who have been with the company for many years, they continue to bring clients only top level expertise and experience in this field. The company policies ensure that it maintains its goals in all its undertakings. Its management style is strictly on a “hands-on” basis with all the directors actively involved in all aspects of each project. One of its directors is in charge of site installation while the other two directors are contract engineers. The company is dedicated to quality and it meets contract deadlines at all times.
A large proportion of their profits are retained within the company as financial reserves, providing stability to the company. It enjoys priority, price and delivery status from all of its suppliers thanks to its early payment history. The company maintains an “open-book” policy for negotiations or during final account or variation calculations. It has managed to negotiate and secure a large percentage of its contracts using the above policies as a measure for its success.
More than just air conditioning, SAC addresses various elements in the fulfilment of its projects. This includes intelligent buying, design, cost saving, communication and experience in dealing with professionals, programming, safety and environmental issues.
