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CESA commendation for landmark Ubombo Project
Left to Right: Roelof van Tonder – BEPEC, Guy Perrins – Strategic Business Development Director, William Yeo – MD Bosch Projects, Andrew Cruickshank –
GM Projects, Naren Bhojaram – President of CESA.
Bosch Projects is the proud recipient of a commendation
in the CESA AON Engineering Excellence Awards 2012 for
Best International Project. This award was granted for the
Ubombo 410 to 500tch Factory Expansion in Swaziland.
Bosch Projects was appointed as the EPCM consultant for
the project in November 2009. The R1.5billion brown-field
mill expansion would boost the factory’s sugar production,
resulting in a 20% increase in cane milling capacity.
The Ubombo Project, one of the largest projects undertaken
to date by Bosch Projects, included a number of “firsts” for
the team and the client, Illovo Sugar. An extremely large and
complex project like Ubombo required a visionary, multifaceted approach to tackle the technical, logistical and
construction features inherent in the venture. Part of what
makes the project so remarkable is that it was undertaken in a
foreign country, with equipment and manpower sourced from
across the globe.
Another ground-breaking feature was the successful
installation and commissioning of the first African Chainless
Diffuser and the first southern African sugar mill generating
surplus power and exporting into a national grid designed,
managed and executed by Bosch Projects.
The project was completed on time, allowing a significant
budget saving.
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