The Civil Engineering Contractor August 2018 | Page 8

ON CONSULTANTS’ DESKS
Mega project Rosslyn Hub announced
Multipurpose
Big Cedar Property Development
Rosslyn, Gauteng
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A R3-billion mixed-use mega project was officially launched
at the African Smart Cities Summit, co-located with the
Totally Concrete Expo, at the Gallagher Convention Centre,
in Johannesburg, on 16 May. Known as the Rosslyn Hub
development, it will include 1 200 houses and 250 rental
apartments; a hospital and clinic; a hotel and conference
centre; pre-primary and high schools, as well as a university
with student housing. It will also include two shopping centres
and a filling station, town centre, waterfront development,
and a racetrack.
The project is a key step towards the creation of the Tshwane
Auto City (TAC), a collaborative project between government
and the automotive industry to transform the area into the
leading automotive investment destination in Africa.
Rosslyn is already home to four automotive manufacturers
— BMW, Nissan, Iveco, and Tata — along with a grouping
of automotive suppliers. In addition to the automotive plants
already established in Rosslyn, the hub will comprise a
development logistics park and vehicle distribution centre, a
truck staging area and truck stop, motor showrooms, a motor
retail area, and an outdoor automotive pavilion.
The hub will benefit from its proximity to existing transport
infrastructure, including access to the Capital Park Rail
logistics hub. The Automotive Industry Development Centre
(AIDC), which is mandated to support the automotive
industry in becoming globally competitive, developed the TAC
concept and, as an implementing agency of government, is the
project manager for the hub's development.
The aim is to produce 1.2-million vehicles and deepen the
manufacturing base by stimulating investment and increasing
local content. The project is expected to create 160 000 jobs.
Between 2008 and 2018, around R12-billion has been invested
into the Rosslyn area. Following the launch of the hub, a 400%
increase in investment in the next decade is anticipated.
The last BMW 3-series produced in Rosslyn.
6 - CEC August 2018
Infrastructure, electrical
City Power
Kempton Park, Gauteng
The timeline for construction of the new
1 000MVA/400/275/88kV Sebenza Substation located in
Kempton Park, Gauteng, has been extended for a further
12 months (from 36 to 48 months). The value of the project
is approximately R850-million and will now complete in
October 2018.
The substation is being constructed and project managed by
Consolidated Power Projects (CONCO) for City Power and
is the biggest substation to be built in South Africa in the past
10 years. It will also be one of the main intake substations
in the north-eastern region of Johannesburg. This makes it
one of the country’s hubs destined to stimulate much-needed
economic growth. It has been built with expansion in mind
and is intended to increase in capacity from 315MVA to
1 000MVA. This will dramatically improve reliability and
stability of the grid.
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New Sebenza substation
The Sebenza substation, similar to this one, will be the largest
built in South Africa in 10 years.
West African lithium mine
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Infrastructure
Birimian
Mali
Tenders have been invited for the Goulamina Lithium Project, which
comprises a large land holding (295km²) covering highly prospective
lithium pegmatites in the Bougouni Region of southern Mali. It is
approximately 150km by road from Mali’s capital, Bamako. The
project hosts a spodumene (lithium) pegmatite deposit at Goulamina
with a published mineral resource (compliant with JORC 2012
Reporting Guidelines) of 32.9Mt @ 1.37% Li 2 O (0.4% Li 2 O cut-off,
451 000t contained Li 2 O). In January 2017, the results of a scoping
study concluded that the project was of sufficient commercial potential
to justify progression to a pre-feasibility study. The PFS on the project
has confirmed the technical and economic viability of Goulamina with
four possible development scenarios considered. Estimated capital
cost ranges from USD86.9-million to USD412-million.
The Goulamina Lithium Project was previously called the
Bougouni Lithium Project. The company has changed name to more
closely reflect the geographic location and avoid possible confusion
with other lithium projects.