March 2012
The March issue of Construction World features the newly launched SDLG wheel loader on the cover. Major Chinese manufacturer of earthmoving equipment, Shandong Lingong Machinery Company (SDLG), has formally appointed Babcock International Group - Africa Division as the exclusive distributor for SDLG products for Southern Africa. The full range of products from SDLG includes wheel loaders, excavators, backhoe loaders and vibratory rollers. The initial launch of the brand to market took place in KwaZulu-Natal in February 2012 and included the unveiling of wheel loaders in the 10 ton class (LG938L) and the 16 ton class (LG958L). Further ranges and models will be introduced to the market based on industry demand.
This month's steel construction feature focuses on Zimbabwean Longen Steel, BSi, B&T Steel, Cadcon, Special Steels and Vital Engineering.
From left to right: The management of SDLG and Babock (Nigel Russell, Babcock International Group Africa Division - managing director: equipment is third from left); Byron Ferguson, MD of Special Steels and BSi Steel Gauteng divisional director, Curtis Read.
On the project front Construction World has an interesting article on Bonne Nouvelle. Although most of the cliff side sea-fronting blocks below Victoria Road in Cape Town's prestigious Bantry Bay have been completely renovated or replaced in the last three decades, Bonne Nouvelle (at 44 Victoria Road) now 52 years old, has until recently remained in much the same condition and configuration as it was when it was built in the mid-1960s. What resulted was a three year renovation process.
Esorfranki Geotechnical has secured two contracts for work at the No. 1 Silo project at Cape Town's V & A Waterfront, while the magazine carries an extensive article on Slipform construction specialists, the Karrena-Concor Joint Venture, extensive innovation in order to meet advanced deadlines for the construction of two 213 metre chimneys and nine coal and fly ash silos for the mammoth Medupi Power Station in Limpopo Province.
From left to right: Bonne Nouvelle in Cape Town; the No. 1 Silo project at Cape Town's V & A Waterfront and Medupi's chimneys and silos.
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Kusile's chimneys
The Concor-Karrena JV has completed nearly 90 metres of the west chimney at Eskom's Kusile thermal power station in Mpumalanga and is aiming to achieve the 213 metre top out by early February 2012.
Highest construction company carbon disclosure rating
Group Five has achieved the highest rating of a JSE Top 100 listed construction company in the 2011 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in terms of its disclosure.
Further inroads in wastewater technology
Rijn & IJssel Water Board is replacing an outdated sewage treatment plant in the Dutch town of Dinxperlo with an innovative Nereda® design which offers important energy and space saving benefits.
