Projects with a value between R50 million and R250 milion
PROJECT TEAM
Client: City of Cape Town Roads and Stormwater Department Consulting engineer: Knight Piésold Consulting Electrical consulting engineer: GJA Consulting Engineers Structural engineer: Structural Solutions Contractor: Martin & East Community liaison consultant: David Leendertz Consultants Occupational H&S: Safe Working Practice Environmental consultant: Ecosense Consulting Environmentalists
Knight Piésold Consulting for Stock Road – Govan Mbeki to R300, Philippi
T
he rehabilitation and
to the creation of job opportunities
provision of non-motorised
and skills development for the local
transport (NMT) and
community, as well as business
integrated rapid transport
development for local enterprises.
(IRT) infrastructure on Stock Road
Difficulties and complexities were
between Govan Mbeki Road and the
experienced in many instances
R300 in Philippi has revitalised one of
throughout the design and construction
Cape Town’s most impoverished areas.
phase. During the early stages, for
Completed on behalf of the city’s
example, an Eskom infrastructure
Roads and Stormwater Department,
network was discovered in the proposed
the project was designed by Knight
roadway alignment. This network
Piésold Consulting, which also
consisted of medium- and low-voltage
supervised construction.
cables, which were not indicated on
The new 2.05 km dual carriageway, as
the as-built information obtained. After
well as the NMT and IRT infrastructure,
meeting with Eskom, a design report was
was designed to accommodate the
submitted for approval before removing
area’s dense vehicular and pedestrian
the existing cables.
movement, which includes a business
Difficulties and complexities were also
hub, and the IRT feeder route linking
experienced when informal settlements
to the future Lansdowne IRT corridor.
began occupying the road reserve once
Included was the installation of
the contractor started establishing
water reticulation and stormwater
on-site. Due to the delicate politics
infrastructure, electrical Infrastructure,
involved, an instruction was given to
new street lighting, and upgraded and
amend the kerb alignment and design
signalised intersections. Construction
of the proposed roadway timeously
commenced in August 2015, with all
before any more informal structures were
phases finalised by July 2019.
built. This meant the redesigning and
Throughout the construction programme, the design needed to ensure safe accommodation of the
relocating of newly proposed services as well. Despite all the challenges and
travelling public, access to key public
complexities, the newly rehabilitated
facilities, and the accommodation of
road, services and the ancillary works
organised trading areas.
have considerably improved the
The project is one of the largest in the
vehicular and pedestrian movement
area in recent years and contributed
of this business hub.
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