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Ingula wins engineering excellence awards
On 13 October 2016, at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, Eskom
Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Project won two prestigious awards
during the Annual South African Institute of Civil Engineering
(SAICE) & South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors
(SAFCEC) awards. The first award was for the Most Outstanding
Civil Engineering Achievement Award in the Technical Excellence
Projects Category and the second one was theTechnical Excellence
Achievement Award.
A key objective of the awards is to give recognition to well-
engineered civil projects. The annual awards function gives these
companies, individuals and departments a unique opportunity to
showcase their projects and work to the Civil Engineering industry.
The multi-billion rand Ingula project, situated in Ladysmith and
bordering the KZN and Free State Provinces, is a peaking hydro-
power station comprising an upper and lower reservoir separated
in elevation by 480 metres within the Little Drakensburg mountain
range.This project involving Gibb, Royal Haskoning DHV and Knight
Piésold as the consulting engineers, has already contributed to
stabilising the South African power system.
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QSK95 Marine engine 4 200 hp, launched
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is proud to introduce the QSK95 marine
engine to the South African market. With
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November ‘16
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