“a common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · hho headlines...

12
HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE www.hho.co.za [email protected] “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” Douglas Adams by Vaughan Palmer DENHOLM LOW COST HOUSING FROM DIRECTORS & STAFF of O HH INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERS AFRICA Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings Wishing you and your loved ones peace, health, happiness & prosperity in the coming New Year. The main theme of this international structures symposium was “Taller, Longer, Lighter” with the added emphasis on meeting growing demands with limited resources. Wherever we are in the world this is a growing challenge for engineers, designers and constructors to stretch the boundaries of what and how we build. To that end over 900 delegates gathered from all over the world in London in September to attend the presentation of 580 papers on the subject. The key note addresses revealed that, the tallest building (828m) is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the longest span (3300m) will be the Messina Bridge in Italy (due for completion 2020) and the lightest, a Japanese flying kite with a length of 100m and mass of 350 kg, or only 90gram/m . Les Thomson, our structures director, presented a paper on one of our major structural projects, Viaduct No. 1 over the Ludaka indigenous forests on the mountain pass between Ncembu plateau and Langeni sawmill in the Eastern Cape. Of 900 papers submitted, only 580 were accepted after review by the symposium's scientific committee, which is gratifying to see that our very technically challenging projects are of a world class standard. 2 The viaduct has 7 spans of 35m length supported on reinforced concrete piers, the highest being 42m. Each span is made up of 8 precast, pre-stressed 'I' beams with a 200mm thick cast in-situ reinforced concrete deck slab. Although not the longest bridge, it is on the steepest (11.2%) concrete paved mountain pass in South Africa and launching 90 ton precast 'I' beams up the slope, presented a real challenge. Construction of the project started in July 2004 and the road opened to traffic in December 2008. Total cost of the viaduct itself was approximately R90 million. IABSE – IASS SYMPOSIUM LONDON 2011 by Les Thomson Longer Longer Lighter Lighter Taller Taller ª ª ª ª IABSE-IASS Symposium 2011 Memoirs under the Zambian Sun Ugie-Langeni Retaining Wall Accra-Kumasi Toll Highway Project page 1 page 3 page 4 page 5 ª Botha Sigcau Parking Garage page 2 ª ª ª ª ª ª Integrated Rapid Transit Project Cederberg Nature Reserve Upgrading Inner City Commuter Links Upgrade Mthatha Bridge Project SANRAL Imbizo HHO Company News pages 6 & 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 Table of Contents Table of Contents

Upload: others

Post on 09-Jan-2020

2 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

HHO HeadlinesInnovating Infrastructure For Life 2

011

DECEMBER

ISSUE

www.hho.co.za [email protected]“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof

is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”Douglas Adams

byVaughan PalmerDENHOLM LOW COST HOUSING

FROM DIRECTORS & STAFF

of

OH HI N F R A S T R U C T U R E E N G I N E E R S

A F R I C A

Season’sGreetingsSeason’sGreetingsSeason’sGreetingsSeason’sGreetings

Wishing you and your loved ones

peace, health, happiness & prosperity

in the coming New Year.

The main theme of this internationalstructures symposium was “Taller, Longer,Lighter” with the added emphasis onmeeting growing demands with limitedresources. Wherever we are in the worldthis is a growing challenge for engineers,designers and constructors to stretch theboundaries of what and how we build. Tothat end over 900 delegates gathered fromall over the world in London in Septemberto attend the presentation of 580 papers onthe subject.

The key note addresses revealed that, thetallest building (828m) is the Burj Khalifain Dubai, the longest span (3300m) will bethe Messina Bridge in Italy (due forcompletion 2020) and the lightest, aJapanese flying kite with a length of 100mand mass of 350 kg, or only 90gram/m .

Les Thomson, our structures director,presented a paper on one of our majorstructural projects, Viaduct No. 1 over theLudaka indigenous forests on themountain pass between Ncembu plateauand Langeni sawmill in the Eastern Cape.

Of 900 papers submitted, only 580 wereaccepted after review by the symposium'sscientific committee, which is gratifying tosee that our very technically challengingprojects are of a world class standard.

2

The viaduct has 7 spans of 35m length supported on reinforced concrete piers,the highest being 42m. Each span is made up of 8 precast, pre-stressed 'I'beams with a 200mm thick cast in-situ reinforced concrete deck slab.

Although not the longest bridge, it is on the steepest (11.2%) concrete pavedmountain pass in South Africa and launching 90 ton precast 'I' beams up theslope, presented a real challenge.

Construction of the project started in July 2004 and the road opened to traffic inDecember 2008. Total cost of the viaduct itself was approximately R90 million.

IABSE – IASS

SYMPOSIUM

LONDON 2011by Les Thomson

L o n g e rL o n g e r LighterLighterTallerTaller

IABSE-IASSSymposium 2011

Memoirs under theZambian Sun

Ugie-LangeniRetaining Wall

Accra-Kumasi TollHighway Project

page 1

page 3

page 4

page 5

� Botha SigcauParking Garagepage 2

Integrated RapidTransit Project

Cederberg NatureReserve Upgrading

Inner City CommuterLinks Upgrade

Mthatha BridgeProject

SANRAL Imbizo

HHO Company News

pages 6 & 7

page 8

page 9

page 10

page 11

page 12

Table of ContentsTable of Contents

Page 2: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

Yours sincerelyJohn Gibberd

M

**

*

by Peter Buyskes

BOTHA SIGCAUPARKING GARAGE

ESSAGE FROM

MANAGINGDIRECTOR

HHO Africa were appointed by the Eastern Cape

Provincial Department of Public Works in November

2006 to provide the Civil and Structural Engineering

Services for the development of a multi-storey

parking facility adjacent to the Botha Sigcau

Building.

The Botha Sigcau Building is the largest of the

Government Office Buildings in Mthatha and as

such attracts a large amount of vehicular traffic. In

addition substantial numbers of the people working

in the building would park their cars in the streets

surrounding the building leading to major

congestion in the CBD and side streets in the

vicinity.

The final design of the facility was to be a seven floor

structure with 308 parking bays. The structure is

located on what was the existing ground level

concrete paved parking area immediately to the

North of the Botha Sigcau building but was not

connected to the existing building to minimize the

impact upon the light and ventilation to the existing

offices facing the new parking garage.

The structure is a conventional reinforced concrete

frame design and is founded on 180 augered piles of

500mm diameter ranging from 4m to 5,5m in length.

It is equipped with a lift and 2 stair cases.

The building is attractively finished off with each

floor painted a different colour and the Owen Street

façade features an “African Motif” mural in ceramic

tiles extending the full height of the building.

DECEMBER 2011

This year has been a difficult but satisfactory one

for HHO Africa. Three major and high profile

infrastructure projects have been successfully

delivered and are in operation to the benefit of the

public, namely:

Our company is involved in the full spectrum of civil

engineering projects from water supply and rural

sanitation contributing to poverty alleviation in

South Africa, mentoring and training mentee

consultants and contractors to the first world major

infrastructure projects listed above.

Business conditions have been extremely tight

and difficult in the first half of the year, but have

subsequently improved through acquiring firm

project appointments often after protracted tender

and negotiation periods and meetings. Expansion

of our operations into sub-SaharanAfrica has been

achieved and we intend increasing this

involvement going forward. The worldwide

recession has certainly affected ourselves as

numerous international firms are also tendering

aggressively throughoutAfrica.

We recently celebrated our successes with a client

and colleague function atop Table Mountain, and

we certainly intend celebrating future successful

infrastructure projects resulting from “Innovating

Infrastructure for Life”. Thanks to our clients for

entrusting your projects to our company. Grateful

thanks to our staff for your dedication and loyalty in

achieving numerous deadlines. We wish one and

all a blessed and joyful Christmas Season, and a

fantastic 2012.

IRT MyCITI Bus Service from Cape Town

Civic Centre to Table View

Koeberg Interchange Upgrade

Gautrain Rapid Rail, Hatfield to Pretoria

the

Page 3: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2006DECEMBER 2011

It was hot, it was dry and did I mention H.O.T at the Zambian Airport. After bakingin the sun for 30min, which felt like an hour we finally snaked our way into theairport building....

All was well until there was a problem with Don Hugo's travelling documents.In true Mafia Style...he called “a friend” and soon was . Yes thatwas Don for you, better known as due to his connections aswell as being the main link to Fratelli Locci, the contractors for 'the job'.

littleNo Prroblemmm

zee Italian Connection

The task was simple: get 'the job' donein 5 months. The 'job' is an existingroad that the Government of Zambiahas commissioned works on called ThePedicle Road. It is a 70km gravel roadin the Democratic Republic of Congothat is to be upgraded to a full Class 1Cbituminous standard. The roadprovides a strategic and most directroute between the southern CopperbeltProvince and the northern LuapulaProvince of Zambia. This translates intoa substantive saving in transportationwhilst enhancing the socio-economicactivities in the two areas andcountries.

HHO Africa has been appointed as thedesign engineers on the project. Thescope of works inc ludes theassessment and design of the road to anew cross section as well as a newbridge to cross the Lubembe River.

Da Vinci Motel was the location fromwhere the operations ran from.Managed aptly by Queen Carol awoman whom you do not cross twice,as Kojak soon found out.

The place was beautiful as was she; butjust like her it held an unwarrantedcoolness unknown to the Zambian sun.There we found ahead of us,

, our surveyor, who had pavedthe way ahead with his generals wholiterally shot their way through thedense trees.

Progress on the job is good, with thefirst milestone having been met. Theclient, the Road Development Agency,have provided us with positivefeedback…. Now there is only onething left to do… .

Jaco theShooter

Klap the Job

MEMOIRS UNDER

THE ZAMBIAN SUN

MEMOIRS UNDER

THE ZAMBIAN SUN

THE JOB THE OFFICETHE TEAM

The Bridge Brigade The Mozzi Squad

The Office Queen Carol

The teams are strong and formidable.Two teams commissioned by 'the boss'to complete this task are: the BridgeBrigade to sort out the LubembeBridge, and the Mozzi squad to sort outthe road.

straddled bothteams. The Mozzi squad members are:

, Graeme Warrin, a manknown to weed out the rubbish before itsurfaces; , Bongani Maseko,whose looks and ability to stand theheat earn him much respect amongsthis colleagues and finally, t ,Makotsene Makgalemele, a womanwho finalises the details whilst sealingthe deal in the same breath. Thegroup's ability to survive the bloodthirsty silent killers, whilst burning midnight oil, without so much as a flinch,has earned them the name. The BridgeBrigade consists of ,Les Thomson and ,Andrew Rowan the designer.

Zee Italian Connection

the Sorter

Hot Stuff

he Executor

The ProfessorBig Maan

Memoirs under the Zambian Sun

by Makotsene Makgalemele

Page 4: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2011

STABILIZATION OF RETAINING WALL 1ON ROAD BETWEEN UGIE AND LANGENI SAWMILL

The road between Ugie and Langeni Sawmill was completed and opened to traffic in December 2008.Retaining Wall 1 is a 600 metre long mechanically stabilized embankment which carries the roadacross a steep talus slope . During the wet season before the end of construction, a 150 metre length ofthe wall suddenly moved downslope by about 250 mm and in the 3 years since the completion of theroad it has moved by a further 200 mm.

Extensive subsurface investigations and monitoring was carried out between 2008and 2010 and a micropile stabilizing system was developed. The main challenge wasthe up to 10 metre deep layer of very hard dolerite talus boulders, often greater than 1metre in diameter which had to be penetrated before reaching the weathered doleritelayer where the movement was taking place.

The system comprises rows of 4 vertical micropiles, spaced at 1,3 metres andalternating between these are fans of 5 inclined micropiles drilled and grouted into theless weathered rock found below and behind the wall. The micropile group has anultimate horizontal load capacity of about 2200 kN per metre. The micropile depthvaries from 17 metres to 25 metres. A reinforced concrete pile cap 5 metres in widthconnects the tops of the piles. The entire stabilizing system comprises 1020micropiles, with a total length of 22 600 metres. 32 000 pockets of cement have beenused for grouting the micropiles.

The tender for the work was advertised in December 2010 and Esorfranki submittedthe lowest tender at a price of R36,9 million. The site was handed over at the end ofMarch 2011. Substantial completion is expected by 11 November 2011 and the finalcost of the work is estimated at R40 million.

by

Tere

nce B

erg

man

n

Exposed pilecasings.Rigs for

vertical pileinstallation in

background During the drilling processthe subsoil conditions havebeen monitored and wherenecessary the inclinedmicropile lengths have beenincreased to ensure thatthere is minimum bondlength of 10 metres into rock.The vertical micropilesextend to at least 4 metresbelow the level at which themovement occurs. Sixinclinometer casings havebeen installed through thepile caps to depths of up to30 metres. These areintended to allow futurem o n i t o r i n g o f t h eperformance of the micropilegroup.

The client is the Departmentof Roads & Transport,Eastern Cape Province.

Full time site supervision hasbeen provided by Engineer’sR e p r e s e n t a t i v e ,Rey Farrugia, assisted byAnele Babama.

Drilling holes forinclined tension piles

Inserting TB600 steel barsinto inclined pile holes

Pile cap ready for concrete.Inclinometer casing in foreground

Load testing of the verticalmicropiles to 600 kN

Page 5: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2011

HHO Africa have been appointed by the Arterial Toll Road

Company (ATRC) Ltd of Ghana to undertake the civil engineering

design work associated with the Accra-Kumasi public-private

partnership (PPP) toll road.

by Roger Crook

TOLL HIGHWAYPROJECTACCRA-KUMASIACCRA-KUMASI

HHOAfrica's primary responsibilities will be:

To undertake a design review and technical audit of the whole route and to

define the scope of works that will be required to upgrade the present arterial

road to a limited access toll road facility.

To design the initial construction works (ICW) of the toll road and to prepare

the necessary contract documentation for the construction phases.

To provide construction monitoring services for the ICW works.

It is envisaged that the road will be upgraded to a consistent dual

carriageway standard along the whole route and is expected to take

approximately 3 years to complete.

Total population:

Major exports:

Oil Reserves:

Cocoa:

Current economic growth rate:

President:

Language:

±25 million

Gold, cocoa, oil, manganese,bauxite & timber

660 bbl (2011 estimate)

second largest producerin the world

±12% p.a.

John Atta Mills

English plus10 tribal languages

Control of overloaded trucks;a key issue to be addressed

Improved & safer traffic flowswill be a key benefit of thetoll road facility

Providing a bypassto certain congested

towns on the route

GHANA

The upgraded road facility will be

the first major road PPP project

undertaken in Ghana and links the

two major cities of the country,

namely Accra (the commercial

capital with a population of 2,5

mil l ion) and Kumasi with a

population of 2,0 million. The road

also provides important regional

access to the northern parts of

Ghana and the adjacent countries of

Cote D' Ivoire and Burkina Faso.

The Arterial Toll Road Company,

together with their principle

shareholders DSC Contractors of

I n d i a , a n d t h e I n d u s t r i a l

Development Corporation of South

Africa have won the right from the

Ghanaian Government to design,

build, operate and finance over a

30 year concession period a toll

road facility between Accra and

Kumasi – a distance of some

230 kms.

Page 6: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2006

Paarden Eiland Station

DECEMBER 2011

The City unveiled Marvin, the mascot and public face of the MyCITI system, at a function on14 September 2011. Marvin will be an important marketing tool in the further roll-out of theservice. It will also be used as a learning aid to schools on the MyCITI system in general, withan emphasis on road safety and passenger behavior in particular.

Marvin, the MyCITI Mascot

On 2 February 2011 more than 200 cyclists and skateboarders

celebrated the launch of the shared bicycle and pedestrian routewhich was constructed parallel to the 16 km of IRT route betweenCape Town CBD and the Table View IRT Station in Blaawberg Road.

This celebration offered only a glimpse of the enthusiastic publicresponse experienced since the start-up of the City of Cape Town'sMyCITI service, between the CBD and Table View on 9 May 2011.Media reports in the short period since the launch, have highlightedthe social and economic impacts already experienced as a result ofthe initial implementation of this exciting project.

Woodbridge Station

The MyCITI service to the airport continues to gain popularity, and thetemporary inner city routes will be upgraded to a permanent service,accommodated by both open and closed stations and some dedicatedroutes, byAugust 2012.

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

Page 7: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

by Susan Smit

DECEMBER 2011

Pedestrian pushbuttons & tactile

paving, some of the details that

make this a world class facility

The median landscaping

enhances the IRT route

Photographs courtesy ofBruce Sutherland & Pierre Smit

The main focus of implementation overthe next 2 years will be to the north of theCBD, linkingAtlantis and Du Noon to thecurrent system. Contracts have beenawarded and construction is underwayfor the Stables Bus Depot (at Du Noon),the IRT routes along Racecourse Road,Blaauwberg Road and the section of theR27 between Blaauwberg Road andTryal l Road, the infrastructureimprovements for the route linkingMelkbosstrand and Atlantis with thecurrent system, as well as theinfrastructure for the permanent feederbus facilities in Table View, Milnerton,Melkbosstrand andAtlantis.

Andre Frieslaar with

Yunus Petersen &

Elias Tukushe (CoCT)

at the NMT launch on

2 February 2011

The contractors that have already been commissioned to implement the above sections of the project are Boschard, Martinand East, Exeo and Civils 2000.

Tenders are still to be awarded for theAtlantis Bus Depot and the IRT route along Potsdam Road.

The HHO IRTTeam include a large number of sub-consultants, ranging from project managers, landscape architects, quantitysurveyors and accessibility consultants to engineering and transportation specialists, each contributing a unique level ofdetail and experience to the project. The client for the IRT project is the City of Cape Town.

It is anticipated that the Phase 1Awill be completed by the last quarter of 2013, while planning has already started on Phase 2,which promises to link the CBD with the Metro South East.

A Cape Town Icon

From hopping on an inner city bus or commuting on the red road between

Table View and the CBD, to being a part of the dynamic IRT professional

team, MyCITI is the journey of a life-time!

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

INTEGRATED RAPIDTRANSIT PROJECT

Page 8: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2006DECEMBER 2011

CEDERBERG NATURE RESERVE UPGRADINGCEDERBERG NATURE RESERVE UPGRADING byAndrew Rowan

Building on our previous experience with Labour Intensive Construction Projects in both the Western and Eastern Cape, HHOAfrica has been appointed by the Department of Environmental Affairs as the Project Implementer for the Cederberg NatureReserve upgrading. This R20 million project forms part of the Expanded Public Works Programme, under the umbrella of theSocial Responsibility Programme.

As Implementers, it is our responsibility to draw together a project team comprising of Building Architects, LandscapeArchitects, Environment Authorisation Practitioners, Quantity Surveyors, Tourism Experts and Civil Engineers, and tomanage the project through the entire process, from feasibility through to construction and handover.

The direct client is Cape Nature, and the bulk of the works will be centred at theAlgeria Campsite, including:

Anew administrative centre

New overnight accommodation

Renovation of existing ablutions& new construction

Major landscaping works

LABOUR INTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION ON THE WEST COAST

“Our goal is clear. We want to have a country where millions more have decent employment opportunities, which

has a modern infrastructure and a vibrant economy and where the quality of life is high”

President Jacob Zuma – State of the Nation Address 2011

Location of proposed development

Elevation of new Administrative Centre

Page 9: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

by Don Hugo

DECEMBER 2011

HHO Africa were appointed by the

Johannesburg Development

Agency as part of a multi-

disciplinary team to develop the

d e s i g n s a n d m a n a g e t h e

construction implementation for the

Inner City Commuter Links

Upgrade. The project aim was to

create a pedestrian-friendly and

walkable urban environment

through the establishment of a

network of public spaces that would

provide convenient pedestrian

routes to the BRT stations, formal

taxi facilities, the railway station

and the new Gautrain station.

An assessment of 40 city blocks

was undertaken in order to

determine the condition of the

existing facilities. Assessments

were done of the pedestrian

walkways, public and private

roadways including access

arrangements, as well as on street

parking facilities. The condition of

signage and streetlighting was also

included.

The outcome of the study showed

that the existing facilities were

inadequate and degraded and that

revitalisation was required. There

was a need to widen certain of the

pedestrian walkways and to install

new paving, lighting, greening and

street furniture.

Before

During

After

Biccard Street Bridge

Pedestrian Upgrade

Biccard Street Bridge

Pedestrian Upgrade

Sidewalk UpgradesSidewalk Upgrades

Limited pedestrianfacilities

Sidewalks widened

New paving installed

Narrow sidewalk

Poor lighting

Limited protection from vehicles

Damaged parapets

Poor quality of paving

The pedestrian facilities were widened by rearranging the existing parking facilities or

by reducing the number of trafficked lanes. The improvements that have been carried

out on this project will assist in promoting economic growth within the City of

Johannesburg by means of productive partnerships and cooperation between all

relevant stakeholders.

The upgrades have contributed to a safe, attractive and user-friendly environment for

the user and should address negative perceptions of the area, as well as increase the

positive factors which will encourage future investment and business initiatives.

Before During

INNER CITY COMMUTER LINKS UPGRADE

Page 10: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2006DECEMBER 2011

It does not happen every day that the President of the country

visits one of our construction sites. This happened on

29 September 2011 when President Jacob Zuma visited the

Mthatha River Bridge project.

But what is the Mthatha River bridge project and why did this

project had the honour of a visit of President Zuma?

For many years now, it has been very difficult driving through

Mthatha on the N2 due to heavy traffic congestion. In 2009

SANRAL approved plans to build a second bridge over the

Mthatha River next to the existing bridge and to convert Madeira

Street (the existing N2) to a one way street north and Sprigg

Street, which runs parallel to Madeira Street, to a one way street

south. These two streets connect to Nelson Mandela Drive to

form the N2 to East London. As part of the project, the streets

between Madeira and Sprigg Street will also be upgraded.

There is also a portion of green fields construction to connect the

new bridge to the existing Sprigg Street.

President Jacob Zuma, flanked by his team of government

officials, had a two day visit to the Eastern Cape as a follow up

on government's commitments to uplift conditions for the

Province. He concluded his tour of the Eastern Cape with a visit

to Mthatha and our bridge site.

The President spent some time at the Mthatha River Bridge Site

where he was briefed about the project by Mr Simon Petersen

of SANRAL. The project was designed by HHO Africa, with

Mpumalanga/Phambile JV as the main contractor on site.

President Zuma expressed his gratitude towards the progress

of improving the quality of life in the province, but reiterated that

more still needs to be done.

President Jacob Zuma and a senior delegation, includingPremier Noxolo Kiviet (far left), visited Mthatha in the EasternCape to assess the progress that has been made on improvingconditions in the province. [Photo: Kopana Tlape]

MTHATHA

PROJECT

PRESIDENTIAL VISIT

to the

by Johan Thiart

Page 11: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2011

SANRAL“IMBIZO”

4th November 2011

by “Two-Ton Tommo”

It happened again! Another Imbizo (Zulu for

“Gathering”) held out at Paarl and convened by

SANRAL. The weather was much the same as

previous years – cold, overcast with intermittent

rain and drizzle! But hold it pardner, the theme for

this year's event was the “Wild West”! You should

have been there to believe it. Cowboys and Red

Indians criss-crossing the sportsfield in their

impressive, authentic dress while the sound

system belted out country and western music

which could be heard in Worcester. Various stalls

around the perimeter of the field were set up to

represent Indian Villages, complete with braves

and squaws; saloons complete with cowboys

toting guns, downing beers 'n whisky and looking a

bit worse for wear; and a mechanical steer which

dumped would be cowboys in regular fashion

(including our own “Cool hand Chanton”).

Our Western folk really got into the spirit in more

ways than one. Of great interest to the HHO guys

was the brothel establishment, complete with

purdy gals with the right colourful dresses and

equipment. We noticed “Roger the Dodger” and

“Rambo Richard” went walkabout, ostensibly to do

some networking!

The HHO posse was in good cheer once we got

our spread set up. Afew beers were downed while

“Dead Eye Kenny” cooked a large T-bone steak for

the SANRAL Cooking Head Honcho to judge. He

had about ten cowpoke advisors but managed to

do a fine job of the T-bone and afterwards

continued to cook thirty chops and ten metres of

sausage! We did not enter the “tou-trek” this year

as our heavies were still recovering from the last

Imbizo.

As the day wore on, our posse became

increasingly tired due to the beers, excessive

eating and having to watch the epic “tou-trek”

struggles taking place in front of us.

We closed out the event by placing the carrier bags offood collected by HHO Staff for two needy charities.A big THANK YOU to all the HHO Staff who gave sofreely and to SANRAL for organising a great event.

Page 12: “A common mistake that people make when trying to design … · 2017-08-24 · HHO Headlines Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2011 DECEMBER ISSUE enquiries@hho.co.za “A common

DECEMBER 2011Offices:

Cape Town, Johannesburg, East London, Mthatha, Queenstown & Nelspruit

Brian Dreyer hands over copiesof The Koeberg Photo Bookto Lenn Fourie, Anton Nell,

Harry Viljoen & Cobus Hugoduring our Client Cocktail

function on top ofTable Mountain

on 29th September 2011

HHO AFRICA COMPANY NEWS

As engineers we all too often don’t take time to celebrate our successes and rush headlong into the next project, seekingingenious solutions without pausing to savour the jobs which required ingenuity and teamwork to complete.

We certainly have been challenged to the limit in the design and construction of the upgrading of Koeberg Interchange andhave decided it is important to indulge ourselves in a bit of well deserved celebration on this most successful of projects,brought to completion by just that spirit of cooperation and teamwork.

Therefore we have produced a wonderful photo book which we believe will bring back many happy memories for years tocome. Copies of this book have already been presented to our client representatives Anton Nell, Lenn Fourie and HarryViljoen, Wally SIlbernagl and Cobus Hugo. Group 5 and Power Construction have also distributed copies to their clients andkey suppliers.

Congratulations forECSA – Professional affiliations

achieved in 2011 :

Safiyyah Aboo – May 2009

Julie Avenant – May 2010

Brentt Mossick - October 2011

HHO Bursaries for 2011 awarded to:

Within HHO:

Riefaat Albertus – B Tech Civil Eng

Thabo Mpalala – B Tech Civil Eng

Andre Meyer – B Tech Civil Eng

External:

Robert Kotze – B Sc Civil Eng

Jonathan Yudelman – B Sc Civil Eng

Thabo Ngcuka – National Diploma Civil Eng

Basil Booi - National Diploma Civil Eng

Matthew Meder – National Diploma Civil Eng

Taufeeq Titus – National Diplomas Civil Eng

by Brian Dreyer

30 years:

H Gomes

M Murphy

20 years:

R Effune

A Laatz

10 years:

G Jennings

M Kussie

N Haywood

BURSARIES

LONG SERVICE

AWARDS

ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to the followingemployees who were promoted on

1 March 2011:

Gustav Beukman – Associate

Chanton Jordaan – Principal Technologist

Thabo Mpalala – Principal Technician

Lihan van der Merwe – Principal Engineer

KOEBERG INTERCHANGE CELEBRATED

www.hho.co.za [email protected]

35 years:

L Thomson

J Smith

25 years:

G Dixon

N Ebrahim

15 years:

R Dirks

G Adonis

L Govender

Y Warrin

P Smith

Congratulations on thelong service awards as

at 28 February 2011:

PROMOTIONS