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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
AUGUST
2015
PROJECTS AND CONTRACTS
Head of eThekwini Water and
Sanitation (EWS), Ednick Msweli,
said this week that this important
milestone indicated that the city’s
biggest ever bulk water pipeline project was
on target for completion in 2017.
The completed segment of pipeline,
which took a total of 24 months to put in
place, comprises the first two contracts of
the R1,8-billion second phase of the Western
Aqueduct (the estimated overall cost of the
second phase of the WA and associated
branch pipelines is R1,8-billion in present day
terms). The first phase of the Western Aque-
duct, which measures 20 km and stretches
from the Umlaas Road Reservoir to Inchanga,
was commissioned at the end of 2012.
Project manager, Martin Bright, said that
pressure testing of the pipeline that extends
7 km from Inchanga Station to Alverstone
Reservoir was underway and that Cycad
Construction was expected to hand over the
project to EWS during July.
He added that many residents in the
Bothas Hill area, particularly those living
at the bottom of the valley near the Inanda
Dam, who had been under constant water
supply pressure, would enjoy a more
consistent supply of water as soon as the
pipeline was fully operational.
The second contract between Alverstone
Bright. Construction is expected to take 18
months with completion expected towards
the end of 2016.
Msweli said that these achievements
by contractors on behalf of EWS were
significant and ensured that the eThekwini
region had some of the best bulk water
infrastructure in the region. “The Western
Aqueduct is intended to both replace and
augment existing infrastructure that brings
water into Durban from the Midmar and
recently constructed Springrove Dams. The
Western Aqueduct is expected to significantly
strengthen the capacity of bulk water supply
and meet the needs of the greater eThekwini
region for the next 30 years.”
The Western Aqueduct project has
been designed and is being monitored by
the Knight Piesold/Naidu Consulting/Royal
Haskoning DHV Joint Venture.
Significant
MILESTONES
reached
The 14 km stretch of
water pipeline extending
from Inchanga Station to
Alverstone Reservoir and
then on to Ashley Drive in
Kloof is now complete and,
following the conclusion
of pressure testing and
commissioning, will be
handed over to eThekwini
Water and Sanitation (EWS)
and brought into service.
Reservoir and Ashley Drive in Kloof, that has
been completed by WK Construction, has
been successfully tested and is due to be also
handed over to EWS in July.
Bright thanked residents for their
patience during construction and pointed
out that motorists would not only notice
that roadworks were complete but that all
roads excavated to lay the pipe had been
completely rebuilt in places.
Bright confirmed that the third contract
that will see the remaining 25 km of pipeline
laid from Ashley Drive to Ntuzuma is already
well underway. He said that the contractor,
Esor Construction, would be entering one of
the more challenging parts of this project as
it excavated the through fare near the Kloof
Station in order to lay the pipeline.
He said this would lead to some traffic
congestion and confirmed that road works
would continue until 2017. Road closures and
detours will be clearly sign posted.
Another project milestone has been
reached is the awarding of a fourth
contract for construction of an urgently
needed branch line running along Haygarth
Road and under the N3 to Tshelimnyama to
Esor Construction.
This 16 month long contract, worth
R88-million, is expected to relieve water
shortages in the Tshelimnyama area. It will
entail laying a pipeline with a diameter of
600 mm from the entrance to Makaranga
Lodge to the Haygarth Road Reservoir. From
there, a 500 mm pipe will take water to the
existing reservoir in Tshelimnyama.
This contract entails laying 8 km of pipe,
crossing under the N3 at the Marianhill Toll
Plaza. However, according to Bright, there
will be no disruption to traffic or visible
construction work affecting the N3. Esor
Construction will construct a pipe jack that
will push a 90 metre long concrete sleeve
under the N3. The new water pipe will be
inserted into this.
He added that work by Icon Construction
on the Ashley Drive break pressure tank was
progressing well. On completion during the
third quarter of 2015, it is expected to hold
20 mega litres of water.
Tenders have closed for the construction
of the Wyebank Break Pressure Tank and
EWS is currently assessing bids, according to
The photographs show road closures in Intengu
Road in Kloof. Patrols are in place to assist
traffic where roads close due to the Western
Aqueduct pipeline construction.
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shopping centres. It is targeted to be the
point of first call for convenience shopping,
while the piazza is set to be a unique public
and meeting place with top end restaurants,
beauty and pampering outlets, as well as
other service offerings,” he added.
Central Square will be anchored by an
exceptional line up of grocery shopping from
Pick n Pay, Woolworths Food and SuperSpar.
Pretoria’s only Virgin Active Classic Gym
is its fourth anchor. It will also feature 88
hand-picked speciality stores and branches
of major banks.
For its distinctly delicious dining, restau-
rants already committed at Central Square
include Tasha’s, Koi, Bistro, Turn ‘n Tender,
Mythos, Remos, Frank’s and Fego. They
will be joined by several other cafes, coffee
shops, patisseries and eateries.
Central Square will also have around
1 800 basement parking bays and 300 open
parking bays, enhancing its ease of access,
convenience and pedestrian linkages into the
surrounding precinct.
Located minutes away from the N1
motorway’s Atterbury and Garsfontein inter-
changes, Central Square is right off the main
arterial of January Masilela Road, and a mere
500 metres from the main entrance of the
Menlyn Park Shopping Centre.
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