SBA tackles Eros Oribi
powerline
environmental impact
assessment
SBA has been appointed by CVG Consulting
Engineers / Edison Jehamo Power Consortium to
undertake the required Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) for the proposed Eskom Eros
Oribi 132kV powerline between Port Shepstone
and Harding.
T
he planned project involves dismantling and removing a
88kV powerline in an existing servitude and building a new
double circuit 132kV powerline. This is needed to provide
additional capacity to cater for increasing demand on the KZN
South Coast, in East Griqualand and the Northern Transkei
regions.
The EIA process, which is being fast tracked to meet tight project
deadlines, has involved crossing commercial farmland, periurban and rural areas, as well as crossing the Oribi Gorge Nature
Reserve. Specialist studies have been commissioned to
investigate potential avian (birds) impacts and possible impacts
on cultural heritage (archaeological) resources.
As construction will take place in an existing servitude, potential
impacts should be minimal. If a positive Record of Decision is
granted by the national Department of Environmental Affairs
and Tourism, construction is expected to start in the first quarter
of 2008.
Full speed
ahead at
USCE, Egypt
Bosch Projects was appointed by the United Sugar Company
of Egypt (USCE) as mechanical design and engineering
consultants for the new 240 TPH refined sugar facility at
El Sokhana, 170 km east of Cairo.
“
T
he company is assisting with the erection and commissioning of the
packing plant, as well as handling and storage facilities for the packed
sugar. Bosch Projects has also secured the contract for the supply of
specialised refinery equipment,” says Patrick Keates, construction manager
for Bosch Projects. “The new refinery, which forms part of the Egyptian
Government’s plan to satisfy local demand in Egypt for 1,2-million tons of
sugar per year, is handling the complete refining process from raw sugar
storage to refined and packed sugar, ready for transport by road.
“The new refined sugar plant is well on track and the first deliveries of raw
sugar have been received for processing in the refinery and then packing for
the local market.
“Work is pressurised now as plant and equipment is being commissioned.
The refinery and service plants have all been commissioned and the packing
plant equipment has been installed. The Bosch Projects team on site has
maintained a tight programme and has met the client’s expectations.”
The dedicated team is determined that full production will be achieved by
the end of February 2008.
Contact Geoff Purnell –
[email protected]
Existing powerlines crossing the Oribi Gorge which will be
removed and replaced with the new double circuit powerline.
The USCE Sugar Refinery at El Sokhana in Egypt.
Providing waste collection management in Tembisa
Ekurhuleni Metro has appointed Munitech to provide
management services for the Tembisa community based
waste collection pilot project, which serves over 112 000
service points in the area.
“
T
his appointment is to formalise the existing Tembisa community
based waste collection programme, with the aim of promoting
co-operatives. Munitech will provide ongoing management and
organisational support for the existing waste collection contractors and
will develop an implementation plan for the conversion of the current
contractors to community based co-operatives,” says Jacques Jansen
van Rensburg, Project Manager of Munitech. “The objective of this project
is to create sustainable co-operatives that will be able to tender competitively
for future solid waste collection contracts.”
Munitech is considered by many to be the market leader in the management
of community based waste collection programmes and has developed
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