MAGALIESBURG BOARDING FACILITY SET TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE GA-MOGALE FARMING COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN
The R100 million boarding facility is set to be completed in 18 months.
development will include residential blocks with study halls, ancillary service buildings such as the administration block, dining hall, sports pavilion and a nondenominational chapel. The scope of the development entails the construction of a sustainable, secure, residential boarding facility for learners from surrounding schools. “To provide the strong sparsely dense rural and farming population of Magaliesburg with a modern type, scholars boarding facility, catering for affordable access to safe accommodation, school transport, nutritional needs, healthy emotional development and to support the effective education of its needy boarders', says Monique
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he government is in the process of delivering a multi-million rand Magaliesburg Boarding Facility to accommodate 240 nonpaying boarders, who are underprivileged and orphaned learners from surrounding earmarked schools in the rural Mogale City district. The students will include mixed ages, male and female learners from both primary and high schools in the quintile 1-3 system. The boarding facility is being developed in the Erf 2 of GaM o g a l e To w n s h i p J Q , Magaliesburg, situated on the northern boundary of the GaMogale settlement and the
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Lott, Senior Architectural Technologist. The learners would be drawn from 17 existing schools in areas such as Magaliesburg, Hekpoort, Ta r l t o n , K r o m d r a a i a n d Muldersdrift. The “Residential Village� with safe, healthy, homely, and comfortable living environment which encourages them to concentrate on their education and promote further education. Grade 1-12 boarders will be accommodated 7 days a week and often during school holidays, with regulate pass outs for visits to family, shopping and excursions. Magaliesburg Boarding
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development is set to be a cost effective facility sympathetic to the commercial maintenance products and skills available in the area, while integrating green building practises in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. In addition, the project design will allow the reduction of the running costs and will include a grey water recycling, solar panel electricity to supplement for calorifiers and lighting, rain water harvesting to be filtered and purified for re-use in grey water, solar powered geysers, water heating, gas kitchen equipment, sustainable
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vegetable garden and grazing land, maintenance free finishes, such as face brick and natural landscaping and recycling stations to promote responsibility for the environment. The project will benefit the surrounding communities through EPWP aspects since 40% constitutes local labour and subcontractors of a CIDB rating of 1-4 making up of the contract value. The facility will be secured by means of sophisticated biometric access control systems and be continuously monitored, from the security units 24/7.
TRAC CONTINUES TO IMPROVE THE N4 MAPUTO CORRIDOR ROUTE
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CLIENT: TRAC CONTRACTOR: WBHO CONTRACTOR: RAUBEX
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Trans African Concession (TRAC), the managers of the N4 toll route stretching from Pretoria in Gauteng to Komatipoort in Mpumalanga and beyond the South African border to the Mozambican capital of Maputo is currently upgrading the strategic Maputo Corridor route. Fifteen years into the lifespan of the concession contract for the N4 Maputo Corridor the extensive construction and rehabilitation works on the N4 Toll Route between Pretoria and Maputo is currently underway. This will see the construction and rehabilitation works between Pretoria and Bronkhorstspruit, Middelburg Plaza to Hendrina / N11 off-ramp, Schagen to Nelspruit and also from Karino to Crocodile River (Gorge) including the Komatipoort Junction to the Lebombo border Post. Rehabilitation on the Mozambican side is set to commence soon.
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Middelburg to Hendrina Construction Programme WBHO with years of experience in the construction industry was appointed to carry out the extensive construction work on a 12km stretch between the Middelburg Plaza and Hendrina/ N11 off-ramp. The scope of the work entails the construction of the new east bound dual carriageway including the resurfacing of the existing east and west bound carriageway, and converting it into a 3 lane west bound carriageway and the construction of 3 bridges including 3 farm underpasses. In addition construction work will include 150 000 m3 of fill, 54 000m3 of selected layers, 48 000m3 of sub-base, 22 300m3 of base and 141 300m2 of asphalt surfacing. It will also entail the removing of 13 200 m3 of old asphalt, replacing it with 22 600
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tons of asphalt. The project is progressing well with minor challenges encountered and WBHO Project Manager, Jaco Annandale says” We encountered three wetland areas that are very sensitive for construction. One of these areas is house to giant Bull frog specie. We had to make special arrangements to accommodate these areas”. The R180 000 000 project commenced in April 2012 and is earmarked for completion by December 2013. Schagen to Nelspruit Construction Programme WBHO Roads and Earthworks with a proven record in the construction of roads and associated works were awarded the R194 million project by TRAC, to construct a new east bound carriageway and the
rehabilitation of the old west bound carriageway. Works being undertaken by WBHO includes the extension of two bridges, construction of a retaining wall, extension of major culverts and the construction of two underpasses. The project that commenced in September 2011 and set to be completed mid-year 2013 is part of the concession between TRAC and SANRAL, meant to be upgraded and maintained in order to ease traffic flow on the highway. WBHO site agent, Pieter van der Westhuizen, states that “the current upgrade had to be done in such a way that future extensions had to be incorporated now already”. “Approximately 400 people were employed by the project, also small local companies where given sub-contracting work to help with their development”, says Van der Westhuizen.
Wetlands where a challenge on site, “We have an Environmental Control Officer on site that overlooks all environmental impact on site, negatively or positively so”, and “The Environmental Control Officer provides mitigation based on the EMP of the project as defined by the SARAL National Road Act, 1998 (ACT no.36, 1998)”, he elaborated. The 14 km development stretches from N4 Schagen railway station to Nelspruit, Both carriageways have now been opened to traffic at the end of June. WBHO is now only doing a few final touches before the contract us fully
completed Karino to Crocodile River and Komatipoort Construction Programme Road construction specialist, Raubex were appointed to work on this section of N4 toll route from March 2013 to October 2014. The scope of works includes the widening of the road in certain sections to allow passing lanes throughout the gorge. It will also entail the improvement of the existing road structure with the reconstruction of the existing layers and the construction of the 80mm
bitumen base including a final 40mm asphalt layer. In addition, road widening will also include the construction and rehabilitation of culverts, retaining walls and drainage system. The project with an approximately R328 million budget starts from the Karino turn-off (km 66) up to the bridge over the Crocodile river on the east side of the gorge (km 90.06) and from the Komatipoort turnoff (km 65.58) up to the border post (km 69.21). Work in this area will place huge demands on both the road users and the contractor, and this is a
difficult construction terrain with a mountain on one side with a river on the other. In the interest of safety and in order to accommodate the road users in the construction area, the contractor will make use of the stop & go traffic control measures and a speed restriction limit of 60 km per hour will be applied. The development will frustrate the users during construction phase, however once complete the project will bring remarkable benefits including economic and employment opportunities, and improved travel experience for the road users.
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RUSTENBURG RAPID TRANSPORT PROJECT, A UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLY MODE OF TRANSPORT
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CLIENT: RUSTENBURG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY ENGINEER: VELAVKE / UWP (JV) MAIN CONTRACTOR: MCIVILS
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ustenburg is one of the fastest growing cities in South Africa and is taking the lead as a smart African city. The Rustenburg Municipality is actively managing the rapid transformation and growth in the area via its 2025 Rustenburg City Development Strategy. A key focus for the development of Rustenburg is the new Rustenburg Rapid Transport project. The RRT will provide Rustenburg with a state-of-the-art, comprehensive, integrated public transport system with bus rapid transport truck corridors, direct routes and feeder routes to serve the city of which is set to come onto operation in the 2015/2016 financial year. There are two main corridors of construction –Corridor A and B. Corridor A is the BRT route from the CBD to the north west of the city centre on the R104/Swartruggens road. Road construction is currently underway
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and should be completed by the end of 2013. Corridor B is the BRT route from the CBD to the north east of the city centre out on the R510 towards Kanana. The Road construction contract has been awarded and construction to commence shortly. We don't foresee a delay in these contracts. RRT entails of 32 BRT stations and around 600 bus stops reaching 85 percent of the population within 1km of their homes. A total of 36km of dedicated bus lanes will be constructed for the system – the rest of the planned routes (covering 700km) will run on existing roads. Four depots and a bus holding area, as well as a Transport Management Centre (TMC) will be constructed as part of the full-flex system for the region. Its inner city CBD precinct has been designed to link the existing taxi rank to the new central bus station and create strong mobility of
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residents throughout the rejuvenated inner city region. Within that, the Central Station will be the main station for the new integrated public transport system - a total of 14 platforms will be in service there. As a national public transport initiative emanating from the Public Transport Strategy and Action Plan of 2007, the project is one of a number of projects commissioned in 13 cities countrywide. It is a flagship project for the Rustenburg Municipality and one of the major projects in the 2025 city development strategy. A common norm-Public Transport must be used and seen as a driver of social cohesion and social economic development in communities and should be a key deliverable from government to the people. Proliferation of minibus taxi services in built-up areas is unsustainable in the long-term. Rustenburg was selected as it is
one of the fastest growing municipalities in South Africa and the 7th largest economy in the country. It is also the site of the world's richest platinum reserves and largest refinery on the planet – driving a non-traditional pattern of travel at all times of the day and night in the region with a population of over 500,000 residents – 84 percent of whom rely on public transport for their daily mobility requirements. Rustenburg was therefore an ideal location for a public transport system. The RRT public transport system will also contribute towards achieving South Africa's overall aim to reduce carbon emissions growth by 34 percent by the year 2020 and by reducing the number of vehicles on the road, and introducing low emission buses into the system.
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