CESA Aon 2019

PROJECTS BETWEEN R50 & R250 MILLION: RESURFACING OF R503

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PROJECT TEAM Client Consulting Engineer

intersection was constructed over a 400 m length by means of constructing a temporary bypass operational 24 hours a day in order to make the necessary super elevation geometric adjust- ments to the existing carriageway. The community of both Lichtenburg and Coligny were exten- sively involved in the construction phase of this project. A total of 22,3% of the contract expenditure was spent on targeted la- bour, youth, woman and targeted enterprises for the successful completion of this project. The local labour force was empow- ered by means of hands-on training which resulted in valuable scarce skills to assist with future work opportunities. z

SANRAL

Knight Piésold

Contractor

Roadmac Surfacing

K night Piésold was appointed for the design and con- struction supervision of the repair and resurfacing of the R503 and the construction of a weighbridge intersection with the R503, which is in the District Municipality of Ngaka Modiri Molema and Ditsobot- la Local Municipalities in the North West province. The R503 between Coligny and Lichtenburg is an important link between South Africa and Botswana. The weighbridge is part of the road authorities’ ongoing monitoring of vehicle load- ing on national roads. Statistics show that the damage caused by overloading a 24t truck by 10% has the equivalent effect that 18 No 24t trucks would cause on any particular road. Hence the importance not only of maintaining the road, but also of facilitat- ing the continuous monitoring of vehicle loading. Knight Piésold was tasked with the repair of localised failures and the asphalt resurfacing of this 21,8 km section of the R503, and resurfacing of the R505 with a single rubber seal for a length of 27 km. The works further included the construction of an intersection with the newly constructed weighbridge facili- ties located close to the town of Lichtenburg. The weighbridge

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