Building quality homes for over 40 years
Kenmark Builders started operations in 1969 as a private partnership between Ken Powell and Mark Van Rensberg. The business grew rapidly and it was incorporated as a company in 1971. Kenmark Builders derived its name from a hybrid realised from the amalgamation of the first names of the two founders, Ken and Mark.
Kenmark acquired its slogan of “Builders of Quality Homes” from the hundreds of houses it has built from its formal establishment in 1971 to date.
Kenmark Builders has constructed countless prestigious buildings in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, for the past four decades and has never been found wanting when confronted with challenges.
In its infancy years in the 1970s, Kenmark Builders, an “A” category contractor registered with the Construction Industry Federation of Zimbabwe (CIFoZ), successfully completed housing projects Harare’s Cotswold Hills, Ashdown Park, Marlborough, Mabelreign and Bluffhill suburbs.
In the mid 1980s, the company recognised the importance of owning and developing its own land and the directors decided to embark on turn-key developments. Kenmark Builders has constructed over 200 town houses in more than 20 town house developments, and the Bluffhill Industrial Park—one of its star projects—houses 56 factories. The prestigious Inn On Rupurara, a hotel constructed in Juliasdale—part of Zimbabwe’s premier eastern highlands resort areas—is another example of Kenmark Builders’ quality turn-key developments.
The company is proud of its in-house training programme and many top tradesmen started off as ordinary labourers. The in-house training programme has also been instrumental in the quality workmanship that the company is known for and has endeavoured to maintain.
Now under the guardianship of Robert Van Rensburg, son to co-founder Mark Van Rensburg, Kenmark Builders has just been restructuring its operations in readiness for new turn-key projects which are anticipated in the future as Zimbabwe enters a new phase of development. With a strong management team and a positive attitude and a desire to excel, Kenmark Builders believe they will enter the new phase with rapid expansion and development.
