Construction World March 2017

CONSTRUCTION WORLD

MARCH

2017

Maydon Wharf was developed for the then expansion of the Durban harbour, in particular to meet the needs of the growing Witwatersrand. The berths were built of sultants. Project description As the largest and busiest shipping terminal in Southern Africa, the aged

Andersen said, “This role focuses on

identifying and facilitating business

opportunities for the Building Engineering

team in Johannesburg while ensuring the

development of a cohesive and integrated

Buildings team across the various

engineering disciplines at Arup SA.

Arup Southern Africa Leader, Poya

This is no easy feat for a construction

project that is being undertaken in a remote

area of the Northern Cape, and where much

of the labour force is taken from within the

local community.

Situated in the Hantam Municipality in the

Northern Cape, when completed each of these

wind farms will feed 563 500 MWh of clean

renewable energy into the national grid each

year. Each wind farm will comprise sixty one

99 metre high turbines.

Murray & Roberts Infrastructure is

safety milestone is testament to what can be achieved through

thorough planning and training.

“We have a focus on skills development and ongoing training

for our workforce, and this includes competency as well as safety

training. Safe work is paramount to the success of any project, and

we are very pleased with this achievement,” Venter says.

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Safety milestones on wind farm projects

Murray & Roberts Infrastructure’s

Loeriesfontein Wind Farm and Khobab

Wind Farm projects passed the

1,3 million LFTI Free man hours mile

stone in January 2017. This significant

achievement followed on the project

reaching one million LTI Free man

hours in September last year.

Murray & Roberts Infrastructure celebrates the one million

LTIF milestone achievement on its Loeriesfontein and

Khobab wind farm projects.

New leader for building engineering team

Effective 1 February 2017, Andersen

will be the new Leader for Building

Engineering at Arup South Africa.

Rasekhi added, “I am pleased to announce

this new role for Heath. He has a passion

for developing people, and he will be

responsible for the welfare and social

enrichment of the Buildings team while still

contributing to his role as Mechanical and

Building Services Lead for our Buildings,

Johannesburg Group”.

Heath Andersen has been appointed as

Leader for Building Engineering at Arup.

responsible for the construction of all 122 wind turbine generator

foundations and the adjoining hard stands as well the construction

of gravel access roads to these.

In addition to this, the contractor also took over the upgrading of

the Granaatsboskolk Road which allows access from the main road

to the sites, some 60 km away. Stephan Venter, project manager for

Murray & Roberts Infrastructure, says reaching such a significant