ON THE COVER: Geotechnical work in the marine environment demands creative solutions to complex challenges. That’s the nature of the game and there is no one better at it than Franki Africa, which has developed a reputation throughout Africa for its innovative and cost-effective solutions. It is interesting that in both the marine projects below, one of the common themes is great teamwork – a perennial Franki skill.
The first project is the construction of a 180 m-long, 16 m-high (4 m above water and 12 m under water) quay wall for marine engineering company Dormac’s new floating dock at their marine works facility at their Bayhead, Belfast Rd site in Durban.
In September 2014 Franki Africa’s Cape branch was appointed, on an Alternative Design, as subcontractor to Haw & Inglis on the PE Lead-in Jetties Contract, which comprises two components:
*A 40-ton slip converted into a 90-ton boat hoist jetty comprising two sets of connecting jetties of 16 bays each; and *Two lead-in jetties for the 1 200-ton slipway consisting of a Northern Jetty (with 30 bays) and a Southern Jetty (with 39 bays).
From left: Exposed CFA piles and jet grout in-fill columns; Quay wall face panels around north mooring pawl position; and an aerial view of the casing being drilled down on the 15th bay grid-lines A and B of the slipway. On the left are the capping beams cost on grid-lines C and D.
WBHO Ghana, currently constructing the new Kumasi City Mall in Ghana has recently achieved one million lost time injury free hours since the start of the project in March 2015. This Safety milestone marks the third time in four years that WHBO has achieved one million LTI free hours for a building project in Ghana.
Kumasi City Mall, strategically positioned on one of the major roads in Kumasi, Ghana, in the gold rich area of Ashanti, comprises over 400 m of frontage and include main anchor tenants such as Mr Price, Game and Shoprite. The mall has a GLA of 18 157 m2 and a GBA of 47 187 m2 which includes a 15 440 m2 basement parking and will be the first of its kind to be built in Kumasi and is scheduled to open for trade in April 2017.
Kumasi City Mall – at various stages during construction.
Top-level executives and heads from Africa’s leading infrastructure and construction companies and institutions met to discuss strategies to foster industrialisation at a special event held in Johannesburg. The ‘Captains of Construction’ annual leadership forum included delegates and special speakers from the South African and Congolese governments, as well as key local and global private sector stakeholders
From left: Moe Shaik, former head of South African Intelligence and current General Executive of International Finance from the DBSA; Sinazo Sibisi, group executive: infrastructure delivery at DBSA; and speakers during the discussion.
