CESA Aon 2019

PROJECTS GREATER THAN R250 MILLION: MOKOLO

PROJECT TEAM Client Consulting Engineers

TCTA

FINALIST

Mokolo Crocodile Consultants (MCC), a joint venture between Aurecon, Hatch Africa, iX engineers, Mott Macdonald and SMEC

Environmental Management

Nemai Consulting

Construction

Aveng Grinaker-LTA in joint venture with Umbutho Civil-and- Electrical (AUJV)

Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)

Custodian and Operator

E xtensive augmentation of industrial activities. The Trans-Cale- don Tunnel Authority (TCTA) appointed Mokolo Crocodile Consultants (MCC) JV to provide comprehensive engineering, environmental and safety services for the first phase of the Mokolo Crocodile Water Augmentation Project (MCWAP-1). The main components of the MCWAP-1 infrastructure were abstraction from Mokolo Dam, a 7,4 MW pumpstation, water supply in the Lephalale region of Limpopo Province is required for power generation and related coal mining and

45 km large diameter pipeline, and balancing storage. Services included design, construction supervision, contract administration, management of environ- mental and safety, risk management, and condition assessment of existing infrastructure.The project terrain was particularly challenging, but through an intensive approach to manage impacts on the natural and social environment, coupled with a comprehensive socio-eco- nomic development programme, this project is an example of how to success- fully engineer within a sensitive environmental setting. z

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