Construction World December 2022

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has a network o f wa l kways and p i pe suppor t s to car r y the ser v i ces requ i red for a re f r i gerated and i nsu l ated bu i l d i ng . The l i ght i ng system i n the fac i l i t y wi l l cons i st o f LED l i ght i ng throughout wi th a DAL I i nte l l i gent l i ght i ng system wi th mot i on sensor s and t imer s on a l l l i ght i ng . A heat recover y system i s be i ng i nsta l l ed to har vest heat f rom the re f r i gerat i on system to heat water used i n the c rate wash fac i l i t y. A 3 MW roo f top so l ar i nsta l l at i on i s be i ng i nsta l l ed and wi l l cons i st o f 5 500 PV modu l es and wi l l produce approx imate l y 4 781 000 kWh o f e l ect r i c i t y. Thi s wi l l ensure that the fac i l i t y ’s base l oad i s powered wi th so l ar power. Ra i nwater i s be i ng har vested v i a an enl arged at tenuat i on pond , t reated and stored i n a 1m l i t re underground tank for use i n the ab l ut i on fac i l i t i es and for the re f r i gerat i on system. The water used i n the t ruck wash fac i l i t y wi l l be recyc l ed and t reated to wash t rucks . Water l es s ur i na l s , aerated faucet s and l ow water use sani tar y f i xtures wi l l mi nimi se water usage on s i te . Hea l th & sa fet y i s a lways a top pr i or i t y on any proj ect and WBHO has imp l emented a st r i ct i nduct i on and aud i t system for a l l subcont ractor s engaged on the proj ect . To date i n exces s o f 1 500 000 man hour s have been worked on the proj ect wi th an LT I FR o f zero. The proj ect recent l y entered and won both the 2022 Reg i ona l and Nat i ona l sa fet y compet i t i ons for proj ect s va l ued over R750m run by the Master Bu i l der s A s soc i at i on . The proj ect commenced wi th bu l k ear thworks i n May 2021 wi th overa l l const ruct i on comp l et i on expected i n the f i r st quar ter o f 2023 . WBHO commence wi th bu i l d i ng work on s i te on 17 September 2021 and the proj ect i s on t rack for comp l et i on wi thi n 15 months . Var i at i ons added to the cont ract i nc l ude an enl arged at tenuat i on pond to add

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