ON SITE
hitch,” De Jager says. “We’ve got the
supervisor on top inside the cherry
picker, me in the middle to verify the
positioning of the panel, and we use
two-way radios or hand signals. The
process just flows,” Van Rooyen adds.
Grout plants are expected to arrive
at the beginning of the year, with
a 13m trailer with pumps that will
allow the team to pump the grout in-
between the joints.
Bundu area
Surrounded by fresh vegetation,
recently refurbished roads and malls
to better serve the community, Sefiso
Mdingi from Monde Consulting
Engineers and Project Managers says,
“This is an area of the province that
has been developing at a rapid pace
and, as a result, is experiencing major
water shortages. Water is a basic
human right, and the local authority
was willing, therefore, to take the
lead by being the first to use a new
state-of-the-art technology that will
help it significantly accelerate water
to this predominantly poor area of the
province,” he says. Mbako Projects &
Trading was tasked with building the
eight-kilometre pipeline and floor of
the reservoir. ■
The Corestruc articulating boom lift used to prepare insertion of grouting between the panels.
Site managers and contractors believe that the project will unlock new opportunities in municipal
infrastructure delivery programmes.
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Site workers installing the PVC post-tensioning
ducts and cables.
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