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Innovating Infrastructure For Life 2016

DECEMBER

ISSUE

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The SKA Project

Message from the CEOSuccess at Century City & Mandela Day

SANRAL Bridge InspectionsN2 Borcherds Quarry

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Jabulani Transit Oriented Development

Hanover Park Transport Study

SANRAL Projects

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Upgrading Kommetjie Rd & Oukaapse WegSundwana Regional Water Supply Scheme

EMM Road RehabilitationPaardevlei

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Msunduzi BRT, PietermaritzburgDualling of Broadway Boulevard

Company NewsHabitat for Humanity

In This Issue

Wayfinding SignsConstruction of Houmoed Ave

by Les ThomsonThe SKA project is an internationaleffort to build the world's largest radiotelescope, with a square kilometre ofcollecting area.

The SKA telescope will be co-locatedin Africa and in Australia. It will havean unprecedented scope inobservations, exceeding the imageresolution quality of the HubbleSpace Telescope by a factor of 50times.

The SKA Organisation has itsheadquarters at Jodrell BankObservatory, near Manchester, UK.

The long term plan is to buildthousands of SKA antenna dishes inthe Karoo, not far from the small townof Carnarvon.

HHO Africa and NMC Civils teamedup and won the tender for SKA 1 MIDfor the design of the foundations for133 dishes, as wel l as theconstruction of one prototype piledfoundation.

The SKA Project

Photo courtesy of SKA SA

"Engineering is a

great profession.

There is the

satisfaction of

watching a

figment of the

imagination

emerge through

the aid of science

to a plan on paper.

Then it moves to

realisation in stone

or metal or energy.

Then it brings

homes to men or

women. Then it

elevates the

standard of living

and adds to the

comforts of life.

This is the

engineer's high

privilege."

~ Herbert Hoover

The dishes will be set out with threespiral arms spreading out from acentral core area. These spiral armshave a radius of about 90 km.

The design of the dish antennafoundation is very complex as itrequires a very stiff foundation inorder to be stable, while pointing tovery distant objects in space.

Wood Yam has used the SofistikFinite Element Modelling package tomodel the holding down bolts, thecircular concrete foundation andpiles.

Also the effective lateral stiffness ofsoft material on the piles was inputinto the FEM model. To put thestiffness requirement in context, theho r i zon ta l de f l ec t i on unde roperational loads must be less than athird of a human hair!

Construction of the prototype isplanned for the beginning of 2017.

Season’s Greetings

Wishing you peace, joy & happiness

from the

Directors & Staff of

A F R I C AOH H

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Magusheni to Mzamba UpgradeCESA YPF

Yours sincerelyAndré Frieslaar


DECEMBER 2016

Greetings to you all as 2016 draws to a close. I am sure you allagree that 2016 had an unhealthy mix of political instability, studentdemonstrations, service delivery protests, currency fluctuations,local government elections and a drought! On the bright side, wehad electricity and we are still in business, and for this we areextremely grateful. A turbulent year has passed, and we hope thattrading conditions will only get better in 2017!

Amidst the turmoil of 2016, HHO reached a significant milestone.The company, founded by JC Hawkins in 1926, has been trading for90 years. So, HHO has been involved in delivering the infrastructurethat makes this country tick for 9 decades, and we hope to continueto make a significant contribution well into the future.

At HHO, our staff are our most valuable asset. We pride ourselvesin our excellent record of staff retention, which is directly a result ofthe culture of HHO. We retain staff through offering stimulatingcareers in engineering, coupled with excellent working conditions.As proof of this, it is not unusual for our retirees to boast 40 plusyears of service to the company.

Over the past 10 years HHO has been achieved what best can bedescribed as a “succession transition”. Over this period, close tohalf of the company shareholding has been traded as the seniordirectors of the firm have reached retirement. In 2016, JohnGibberd, John Jones and Les Thomson resigned as directors andshareholders, each of them experts in their respective fields whotogether represent over 100 years of service to HHO. We thankthem for their many years of dedicated service to HHO and ourclients.

HHO is also actively pursuing transformation and have achievedmore than 40% black ownership solely through internalempowerment of our black staff. 60% of our staff are black andalmost 30% are black females. We see racial and gendertransformation as vital for the continued success of the HHO brand.

Amidst all the international buyouts of South African consultingengineering firms, we believe that there is a special place in themarket for South African owned firms. We pride ourselves in our 90year heritage and long track record of serving South Africa, and thatwe are 100% SouthAfrican owned.

Once again we would like to thank our staff for their dedication andloyalty during 2016, and to our clients their ongoing trust in HHO todesign and deliver their projects. We are setting our sights onreaching 100 years and look forward to partnering with you all infinding innovative solutions to the engineering challenges that awaitus all over the next decade.

We wish you all a wonderful festive season and all of the very bestfor 2017.

MESSAGE FROM

CEOthe

by Susan Smit

In August HHO was proud to receive a CESAA O N 2 0 1 6 E n g i n e e r i n g E x c e l l e n c eCommendation for the MyCiTi Station andfacilities at Century City. We joined our client,Rabie Property Group, in celebrating this inrecognition of the essential role public transportplays in quality urban developments.

Success at Century City

Pictured here with the award is, from left to right:Chris Blackshaw, Chief Executive of the Century City

Property Owners' AssociationColin Green, Director of Rabie Property GroupAndre Frieslaar, Susan Smit and John Jones

of HHO Africa

Mandela Day 2016

Our Johannesburg Office celebratedMandela Day on 18 July by serving theOthandweni Family Care Centre.

HHO delivered diapers, canned foods, milk,cereal and various other essentials to the Centre,which offers residential care to abandoned,abused, neglected, destitute and orphanedchildren, all under the age 18. It was a joy tointeract with the children and to provide practicalhelp by washing walls, mopping floors, ironingand cleaning and packing cupboards.

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DECEMBER 2016

N2 Borcherds Quarryby Andrew Laatz

SANRAL has appointed HHO Africa to undertake twopackages of bridge inspections on their behalf, as part oftheir national five year cycle of inspecting their bridgeinventory.

HHO has a number of registered bridge and culvertinspectors within their ranks, and will be completing this workin the Karoo and Western Cape Regions by February 2017.

While this requires some hard work in the sun and manynights away from home, it is a lovely chance to see thecountryside and enjoy some small town hospitality.

Stephen Agar, Allan Benn and Chad Peacock have all beeninvolved to date, and it is very likely that Andrew Rowan andLes Thomson will have to pitch in by the end of the project.

Meticulous inspections are performed in the field accordingto strict guidelines, rating each element of each structure interms of their degree, extent, relevance and urgency.Numerous georeferenced photographs of structuralelements and defects are taken, which are all then capturedonto SANRAL's state of the art ITIS software.

Chad taking a well-earned break ontop of one of the mighty structures tobe inspected. Allan is probably busy

crawling through the culvert

Allan explaining the finerdetails of bridge inspection to

an interested local

by Andrew Rowan

Sanral Bridge Inspections

HHO Africa has been involved in the planning and upgrading of theN2/Borcherds Quarry Interchange in the vicinity of Cape Town InternationalAirport.

The upgrade involves the decommissioning of the existing interchange, theprovision of a new interchange to the east to link New Eisleben Drive into a newrealigned Borcherds Quarry Road, and additional lanes on the N2.

The project will ultimately consist oftwo or more phases. The firstphase, currently under constructionwith Power Construction as themain contractor, began in lateJanuary 2016 and comprises theaddition of median lanes on eachcarriageway of the N2. Thisincludes the widening of the existingBorcherds Quarry Bridge.

The works will take a total of 20months and is due for completionaround October 2017.


DECEMBER 2016

by Brentt Mossick

Jabulani Transit Oriented Development Project: Phases 4 and 5

� Reconstruction of the existing roads with focus on NMT,integrated public transit stops, local economicdevelopment, street lighting, soft and hard landscaping

The JDA, as part of the Jabulani Precinct Plan, initiated theJabulani Transit Oriented Development aimed at providing astructured and accessible road network; upgrading publicfacilities and creating safe and attractive linkages that wouldfoster further development of the area. A specific requirementwas to ensure that the projects generate local and sustainableeconomic benefits for the people of Jabulani, a commercialzone centrally located in Soweto.

The JDA has implemented and constructed the initial threephases. HHO has been appointed as the civil and structuralengineers within a broader professional team for thesubsequent four phases. The three year appointmentincludes the detail design and construction supervision of:

The current projects for the Jabulani TOD are Phase 4 and 5.

Phase 4 consists of the upgrading and reconstruction of theexisting roads of Legogo Road (1.1km) and Mphuti Street(0.55km) as well as the new construction of Water Tower LinkRoad (0.6km). The construction commenced in October 2016with the anticipated date for completion inAugust 2017.

Jabulani TOD Overview of the Project(Courtesy of Albonico & Sack Metacity Architects and Urban Designers)

Architects Artistic Impression of Phase 4 Cross Section(Courtesy of GAPP Architects and Urban Designers)

Phase 5 consists of the upgrading and construction of a dual carriageway for Bolani Road (0.50km) with focus on localeconomic development and the opportunity to further unlock sustainable developments along this road. The constructionis due to commence in January 2017 with the anticipated date for completion in October 2017.

Architects Artistic Impression of Phase 5(Courtesy of GAPP Architects and Urban Designers)

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Public environment upgrades such as: the construction of the sports facility with buildings and recreational park at thelandmark Jabulani Water Tower

Creating New Linkages through the construction of a new road link – Water Tower Link Road and the proposedconstruction of pedestrian and / or vehicular bridges



DECEMBER 2016

by John Jones & Robert Kotze (with input from Randall, Nazley & Co)

HHO was appointed by the City of Cape Town in February 2016to carry out a Transport Study for the town centre of HanoverPark as part of a Business Plan and a Public InvestmentFramework that had been prepared for Hanover Park by CityOfficials in 2015. Specific land use proposals were included inthe brief from the City, as was the need to accommodate a futureMyCiti trunk route and station along Hanover Park Drive.

The study was of particular interest to HHO as a number of ourstaff live in the area and commute by public transport to and fromour offices in the CBD on a daily basis. As Capetonians, we areaware that the level of gang violence in the Cape FlatsTownships has reached alarming proportions and is particularlyprevalent in the Hanover Park area. While we hear stories andread in newspapers about these issues, this was an occasion toexperience this first-hand.

The study included the following phases of work: (i) datacollection and liaison with authorities, (ii) an evaluation of theexisting transport system including bus and taxi operations, (iii)the evaluation of the impact of the future land uses proposed forthe town centre, and (iv) the formulation of appropriate transportproposals and strategies. Our draft report was submitted in July2016 and we are currently awaiting feedback from the City.

Hanover Park Town Centre: Transport Study

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Doing our first site visit in “drive by” mode at40km/h (Too nervous to stop anywhere!)

Noting that the first sign into Hanover Park Driveindicated the directions to the local Trauma Unit(Somewhere to go in cases of emergency!)

The Saturday morning parking survey in the towncentre being curtailed due to a shootout betweenSAPS and would-be robbers

Noting that the linear bus station on Hanover ParkDrive had no roof (It had been removed to provideshelter for others!)

Having the comfort of knowing that the securityfor the traffic counts was being provided by anorganisation made up of former gangsters knownas “Ceasefire”, who worked in conjunction withMetro Police and SAPS (We kid you not!)

Having to conduct peak period traffic counts andsurveys under the watchful eyes of armedsecurity personnel (See last “bullet”)

Some of the challenges of the study were as follows:

All in all the study was a sobering experience for those involved, in particular Randall Woods and his trafficcounting team, and provided us with better insight into what some of our staff have to put up with on a daily basis.


DECEMBER 2016

by Pierre van Zyl

HHO was appointed for the assessment, preliminary and detailed design as well asconstruction supervision of the addition of a 3rd lane (and future 4th lane) to NationalRoute 2 between the Tongaat Toll Plaza and Ballito Interchange. The upgrade will addadditional capacity,and maintain an acceptable level of service along the route. It will also make provisionfor a future 4th lane. A central concrete barrier including streetlighting are some of thesafety features being incorporated into the designs.

provide a long term low maintenance, widened concrete pavement

At Work With SANRAL

KZN between Tongaat Toll Plaza & Ballito Interchange Provisional Construction Value: R650m

The N3 corridor has been identified as one of the country’s Strategic InfrastructureProjects. HHO has been appointed to carry out the detailed design for the upgrade ofthe National Route 3 Section 2 from Hammersdale (km 8.1) to Cato Ridge (km 19.4).The rehabilitation of the existing concrete pavement, capacity improvements toalleviate congestion and correction of sub-standard geometry are some of theimprovments identified. The project comprises the addition of the 4th and 5th lanes inorder to relieve congestion and provide climbing lanes. It includes the demolition andreplacing of existing bridges and culvert extenstions to allow for the widened crosssection.

This project will improve capacity and travel speeds,look at safety improvements and will provide a rehabilitated carriageway with a designlife of 30 years.

The sourcing of materials to be used in construction for the N3 corridor is alsoincluded in the scope of works.

KZN between Durban & Pietermaritzburg Provisional Construction Value: R1.2b

Free State between Kroonstad & Koppies Provisional Construction Value: R1.2b

HHO has been appointed to oversee the upgrading of National Route 1 Section 18from Heuningspruit (km 0.00) to Koppies (km 29.20). The current traffic volumes andpredicted traffic growth rates indicate the need to provide additional capacity andimproved safety on this section of road. The project section of the N1 is an alternating(1+2) three lane section. The route carries a high percentage proportion of heavyvehicles (29%), affecting the travel times along this road portion. To add capacity and toincrease the level of service the addition of extra lanes are to be investigated andalternative options proposed. The selected option will then be further developed. Theupgrade will renew the pavement life and provide capacity and level of serviceimprovements in keeping with the adjacent sections of this corridor.

Free State between Kroonstad & Welkom Provisional Construction Value: R850m

The proposed project is located on Provincial Route 34 Section 6 between Kroonstad(km 0.0) and Welkom (km 48.0). The pavement is showing distress in the form ofsevere cracking, stone loss, undulations and poor riding quality. In addition the bridgemanagement system indicates that there are approximately two structures that maybe in need of repair and/or replacement and/or widening. The works envisagedinclude reworking of the existing pavement and an overlay with granular layers and anew final double seal surfacing. Further consideration will be given to the correction ofthe vertical alignment, widening of shoulders and provision of turning lanes atintersections where required. In addition, assessment of the capacity of drainagestructures and their repair/replacement/widening/extension is required. Theinstallation of a barrier will also be considered. Consolidation of the many accesses offthis road will improve road user safety along with the possible inclusion of a medianbarrier.

R34 Kroonstad

N1 Koppies

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DECEMBER 2016

by Evan Bredekamp

The Upgrading of Kommetjie Road & Ou Kaapse Weg

In December 2015, the City of Cape Town adopted its R750mCongestion Management Programme to identify and addresskey high-congestion areas within the City. One of the areasidentified and to be addressed in terms of this programme, isthe Ou Kaapse Weg/Kommetjie Road corridor.

The centre of gravity of the overall site is at the southern end ofOu Kaapse Weg where it meets Kommetjie Road in a part ofthe City colloquially known as the Deep South.

In a north-south direction, the site extends along Ou KaapseWeg from Noordhoek Road to the Kommetjie Roadintersection and in the west-east direction, from Capri Drive/Palm intersection to Corsair Road, at the eastern end ofKommetjie Road.

The intersection of Ou Kaapse Weg and Silvermine Roadlocated further north along Ou Kaapse Weg, will also beupgraded as part of the project. This area borders onecologically sensitive property managed by Table MountainNational Park.

The project entails the widening of both Kommetjie Road andOu Kaapse Weg in order to create a four lane, dualcarriageway facility along both routes. The existing roadpavement will be reconstructed, in accordance with thepavement condition assessment.

At the Silvermine/Ou Kaapse Weg intersection, wideningalong Ou Kaapse Weg is planned, including some head (or inthis case 'koppie') adjustment – a portion of the koppie on theeast side of Ou Kaapse Weg will be removed in order toimprove the sight distance when approaching the intersection.

Two retirement villages are located in close proximity to thisintersection and some of the more sprightly residents havequeried whether we will be utilising explosives for the koppieremoval. Unfortunately, we have had to disappoint them as wehave to consider other sensitive inhabitants as well, one beingthe Western Cape Leopard Toad. We are trying to convinceour Structures Department to submit our toad-friendly culvert

The construction contract for this project has recently(October 2016) been awarded to Martin & East forimplementation and they are programmed to be on sitefor the next 24 to 30 months. Watch this space forfurther updates too be supplied by our men on theground in the form of Ian McDonald and Vuyani Mvotho.

by Randall Dirks

Progress on the SundwanaRegional Water Supply Scheme

HHO Africa has completed the design of a new 3.2 x 10m capacity rockfill embankment dam on the NqabaraRiver with a new 14 Mℓ/day water treatment worksdownstream of the dam.

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Designs for the bulk risingmains, pump stations and the concrete access roads tothe treatment works and dam are also complete.

The project received a Licence to Construct theNqabartha Dam on 26th February 2016 from theDepartment of Water and Sanitation and EnvironmentAuthorisation on 31st May 2016. This enabled HHOAfrica to continue and complete the tender stage.

It is estimated construction will commence by July 2017pending funding and a Water Use Licence. Constructionduration is estimated at 4 years with completion targetedfor July 2021.

Dutywa Municipality is located in the Amathole DistrictMunicipality (ADM) in the former Transkei.

The project area is located in the east of the DutywaMunicipal area and extends northwards to the MbasheRiver and generally in a south easterly direction.

The proposed project will address the water supply to 26villages in the Sundwana Administrative Area. It will alsosupplement the water supply to a further 169 villages inseven existing water supply schemes and the town ofDutywa.

Photo courtesy of Bruce Sutherland& City of Cape Town

A quiet moment on the roads!

Toad-friendly crossing


DECEMBER 2016

Wayfinding Signsby Susan Smit

Building on the acclaim received forthe accessible and tactile wayfindingwork done for the MyCiTI project,HHO was appointed to collaboratewith our clients, Rabie Property Groupand Century City Property Owners'Association to develop an accessiblewayfinding system for pedestrians atCentury City.

This new family of signs is consideredfully accessible as a result of thetactile differentiation introduced by theparticular, unique and locallydevelopment printing productionm e t h o d s d e v e l o p e d w i t hMetalgrapho.

The design is pictogram driven,thereby spanning language barriers.The tactile information signs areconsistently placed at a generalheight of 900mm off ground level,thereby creating a predictablep l a c e m e n t p r o t o c o l w h i c hcorresponds back to the publictransport environment of the MyCiTisystem. The original colour palette isbased on the Century City brandcolours, with emphasis on maximumc o l o u r c o n t r a s t a n d t a c t i l edifferentiation. Both horizontal andvertical panels are being design andimplemented throughout Century City,and the next phase will include tactiledirectional panels.

The family of signs current consists ofvertical precinct specific panels andhorizontal, area-wide maps displayedas Squircle-shaped street furniture (asquare circle or a round squaremounted on a concrete base).Basically a very familiar shape with aname that is not that familiar, butwhich lends itself beautifully toaccommodat ing an i r regu la rgeographic shape such as CenturyCity in an elegant map. This shapealso allows for the rotation of the mapto the actual orientation, withoutsacrificing any part of the content.

This shape was originally suggestedby Robin Lancaster, a gifted designerand artist, who sadly passed away on23 September 2015. The rest of theHHO-lead design team consists ofAngela Gilbert (AG ArchitecturalDesign), Simon Ahrenhold and IanAdonis (Switch), Guy Davies(Disabil i ty Solutions) and theAccessible Wayfinding team at HHO.Guy Davies is instrumental in guidingthe team to a truly accessible productthrough an interactive engagementprocess with the Cape Town Societyfor the Blind.

HHO is particularly proud of anotherinnovative endeavour through ourclose collaboration with Century City.

Construction of Houmoed Ave

In 2014 HHO was appointed for the design andconstruction supervision of the extension of HoumoedAvenue (760m) and the upgrading of the HoumoedAve/Kommetjie road intersection.

from Kommetjie Rd to cul de sac, Masiphumelele

Client: City of Cape Town, Transport for Cape Town Cost: R21m

The extension of Houmoed Avenue would provide a much needed second access intoMasiphumelele and form the first phase of the ultimate new ring road as an alternative toKommetjie Road. The design was to include sidewalks, street lighting, cycle lanes, busstops, traffic calming and silt and litter trap facilities. The design was completed early in2015 and put out to tender. NMC Civils was awarded the contract and started constructionin August 2015.The project was completed successfully in November 2016 after severedelays were experienced mainly due to the slow relocation of informal settlers from withinthe road reserve. Unchartered services and community unrest further contributed to thedelays. Some of the highlights of the project included the use of a McAdam road base andthe provision of a silt and litter trap facility to improve stormwater runoff quality.

Silt & litter trap facility under construction Construction of McAdam road base

Road nearing completion

by Pierre van Zyl

Photos courtesy of Pierre Smit



DECEMBER 2016

EMM Road Rehabilitationby Brentt Mossick

HHO was successfully appointed to the EkurhuleniMetropolitan Municipality's (EMM's) panel ofconsultants for rehabilitation of roads in their 9 regions.

HHO was assigned to the northern region under theEdenvale Depot. The two year appointment wouldfocus on the roads in the Edenvale, Bedfordview andBoksburg areas. These areas are defined as affluentresidential and light-medium industrial areas.

The northern region has a total road network of 2200kmof surfaced roads. The project covers 77 roads with atotal length of approximately 48km. However, due tobudgetary constraints, the scope of works has beenlimited to visual assessments and re-surfacing.

The project has a two year time frame. Sincecommencing in July 2016, HHO has managed tocomplete the visual assessments of 72 roads (93.5%).The two appointed contractors have managed tocomplete the re-surfacing of 9 roads (11, 75%) with totallength of ±5km.

As at end September 2016, through the EMM's EPWPprogramme, the project has employed a total of 25people, with approximately R65 750 spent on locallabour.

Initial comments received from the public aresatisfactory, mostly focussing on the improved visualappearance of the roads and the significantly improvedride quality.

Paardevlei is a strategically located node on the periphery ofthe metropolitan area, adjacent to Somerset West. It waspreviously known as the AECI site, where a range ofchemical products were made.

HHO has been involved in the planning for the site since thelate 1990's, when it was envisaged as a dense mixed useprecinct accommodating retail, office, industrial, institutionaland residential land uses, with a total bulk of 1,8 million m .

Initial developments started off in the east, close to the R44,which has undergone minor upgrading, including theCentenary Bridge connecting to Somerset Mall, the design ofwhich Malcolm Thompson did. The major project that wouldunlock the site is a new interchange on the N2, between theFirgrove and De Beers (R44) interchanges. This waspreviously motivated, and accepted by the authorities, withthe preliminary design for the project completed in 2008(value ± R350m).

Whilst the pace of development on site has been slow, it islikely to increase. The City recently acquired the AECI sitewith the aim of establishing a mixed use development,accommodating a wider income range. This would addimpetus to Paardevlei. HHO has just completed a TIA whichidentifies the extent of an initial phase that could becompleted prior to the interchange being needed, with anumber of improvements along the R44 in place, which HHOhas been appointed to design. This includes upgrading theDe Beers Interchange to inter alia provide 3 lanes in eachdirection, and the extension of the 3rd lanes in each directionbetween Somerset West Main Road and Beach Road. TheMacro TIA for the site is also underway, which will determinethe ultimate road infrastructure requirements for the site, aswell as public transport services.

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DECEMBER 2016

by Paul Faria

Msunduzi BRT - PietermaritzburgHHO Africa has been appointed to conduct a valueaudit on the 17.3km BRT route between Edendale andPietermarizburg CBD area. Thereafter, the MzundziMunicipality appointed SiVEST to design a section ofthe BRT along Moses Mabhida Road from km8.8 tokm10.3 (1.5km), with HHO as sub-consultants toSiVEST.

The current route is a major public transport route with±12500 passengers per hour in the AM and ±7500passengers per hour in the PM. Mostly taxis and busestravel this route transporting passengers fromEdendale to the CBD area (Pietermaritzburg).

We plan to construct BRT lanes in the middle of theexisting carriageway and modifying, widening existingintersections. Road deviation works upgrades havealso been planned for other intersections. Totalconstruction cost of the project will be ±R160 million.

The Client has decided to earmark 35% percent of construction spend on local contractors who qualify. It will be a muchneeded relief for an area that struggles with unemployment. Taxi operators have also pledged their support in exchange forthe opportunity to tender for sub-contracting work. Students will be happy to know that an allowance has been provided tocater for on-site training for the next two years.

The Msunduzi Municipality plans to advertise the contract in the beginning of November 2016 and appoint the contractor atthe end of January 2017.

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THE DUALLING OF BROADWAY BOULEVARD

SOMERSET WEST

The R44, or Broadway Boulevard,runs parallel to the N2 throughSomerset West, but is situatedcloser to the coast and fallsbetween the N2 and Beach Road.

Broadway Boulevard is also ahighly trafficked route used bothinternally by businesses andresidents of Somerset West andoften as an alternative routethrough the town by travellershoping to avoid the heavilycongested N2.

HHO has been appointed to leadthe design team for the dualling ofBroadway Boulevard from itsintersection with Beach Road.

The site extends from the BeachRoad intersection at the westerne n d t o j u s t b e y o n d t h eintersection with Main Road(which runs approximately north-south) at the eastern end.

Currently Broadway Boulevardconsists of a two-lane undividedroad over the length of thecontract area. The project entailsthe widening of Broadway in orderto create a four lane, dualca r r i ageway fac i l i t y. Theundeveloped southern side of theroad reserve will be utilised toconstruct the new westbound twolane carriageway.

Traffic will be switched to the newroadway for rehabilitation of theexisting carriageway which willthen become the two laneeastbound carriageway.

The contract was awarded toCornfield Construction andcommenced in May 2016. Veryable boots on the ground by wayof Warren Scheepers. He hashowever requested leave for a twoweek period in November.Rumours of a wedding abound. . .

To holidaymakers on the N2, to and from the holiday towns of thesouthern Cape, Somerset West is a familiar and sometimes dreadedtown from a traffic congestion point of view.

Imported G8 material from Beach to Da Gama Road

Boxcut for Altena Intersection Upgrading

Installation of new 1200mm diameter pipeline

by Evan Bredekamp



DECEMBER 2016

by Nhlamulo NdlovuAction SoccerFollowing a poor performance at last year's annual CESA YPFAction Soccer tournament, HHO Africa was looking to get back towinning ways. The 2016 tournament did not get off to a good start,with HHO only managing a draw from their first match. Words ofwisdom from the “coach of the day”, Michael Kussie, proved to bethe decisive factor in the second match, where a victory wasrealised. The team played well as a unit and looked sharp, but theopposition teams were really strong and consequently HHO wasknocked-out in the group stages.

Quiz NightOn Wednesday 8th June 2016, Fireman's Armshosted the 2016 edition of the CESA YPF quiz night.The competition was close and very competitive andthe HHO team, Hourly Rates, finished a respectable7th place out of more than 20 teams entered.

by Chad Peacock

Volley BallThe CESA YPF annual beach volleyball tournamentwas held on 4th February 2016 at Camps Bay. A totalof 20 teams participated, representing 16 consultingengineering firms. The 20 teams first battled it out inthe group stages, with top two placed teams of eachgroup progressing to the knock-out stages of thetournament. HHO was crowned as the 2016Champions by beating Bigen Africa in the final.Thanks to the participants, organisers and HHO fortheir support. We look forward to defending our titlenext year.

by Robert Kotze

Hopefully next yearHHO can reclaim itstitle. Thanks to thosew h o o r g a n i s e d ,par t ic ipated andsupported the wholeinitiative.

The two 20km phases are progressing well and due for completionin mid-2017 for the Department of Roads and Public Works, EasternCape. HHO/Ndodana Consultants JV is supervising these phases.

Welcome rain over the past few months has highlighted somedrainage issues and instabilities in a few of the cuttings. 358mm ofrain was recorded over 4 days near the Wild Coast Casino!

Over 50 households and 2 churches have been relocated on the 2phases in accordance with NHBRC and Human Settlementsrequirements and specifications. In excess of 900 persons (>40%women) from the Mbizana Municipal Area will be employed bycompletion of the projects. In excess of 50 sub-contract workpackages for Grade 1 to Grade 8 CIDB registered SMME's will becompleted under both phases.

Associated with the upgrading of the R61 is the regravelling of 5important regional transportation roads as well as maintenanceblading and improvements to the Greenville Hospital road, severaldistrict and community access roads.

R61 MAGUSHENI TO MZAMBA UPGRADE

PHASES 1 & 2

CESA Young Professionals Forum.........

Flattened cutting with rock toe stabilisation Typical pioneer layer in the wet environment

by John Gibberd

Completed quarry houses

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DECEMBER 2016

Pierre van Zyl -

Andrew Rowan -

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Promotions

ECSA ProfessionalAffiliation Achieved

C Jordaan – Prof CivilEngTechnologist

Professional Designation of

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The HHO Africa golf team took part in the annual Century City Golf Day on 5 October 2016 hosted bythe Century City Property Owners' Association at the Atlantic Beach Golf Club. The weather playedalong and it was a great day out on the golf course battling it out for bragging rights to be crowned as2016 champions. Despite HHO’s extraordinary attempt to walk away as winners of the day (includinga broken golf club) the team had to settle for 13th position. The team consisting of Pierre van Zyl,Lihan van der Merwe, Matthew Meder and Leon Bester.

Century City Golf Dayby Lihan van der Merwe

HHO Africa took part in the annual Casual Day festivities. Casual Day is a nationalfundraising campaign for persons with disabilities.

The campaign invites SouthAfricans to dress differently for a day to raise funds and raiseawareness of persons with disabilities. This year's theme was Up Your Game. With thisidea in mind and the recent hype surrounding the Rio Olympics, HHO decided to have anOlympic-themed day.

Casual Day by Megan Woodward

Each business unit was allocatedone of the five Olympic coloursand in addition encouraged todress up in sporting gear. To buildsome team spirit and determinethe most intelligent business unit,a general knowledge quiz tookplace. In keeping with HHOtradition, a collection for a secondcharity was held. This year'scharity was The Homestead.

by Karin van LillHabitat for HumanityOn 4 October 2016, ten volunteerstaff members from HHO CapeTown office went out to Mfuleni toparticipate in the annual Habitatfor Humanity building project,which coincided with WorldHabitat Week. Spirits were highas the day started, with anenthusiastic site induction andsafety br ief ing. We werein t roduced to the fu turehomeowner of the property wewould be constructing, a movingand inspirational meeting.

Finding only a foundation with nobrickwork, the indomitablevolunteers moved swiftly toassist at neighbouring sites.Fortunately, after morning tea wewere greeted by a team of 3understudy bricklayers, makingshort work of the backlog.

The team ended up making greatprogress on the afternoon shiftdespite the sore muscles. We finallycheered our last “Habitat Hoohaa” forthe 2016 build, after a hard day'swork but ultimately a very fulfillingday and experience. Thank you tot h e w h o l e t e a m f o r y o u rcamaraderie, team effort and laughs.Hope we can do it again in 2017!

The Homestead runs a streetchildren outreach programme inCape Town. They providetherapeutic and transitionalresidential care services tochildren living, working andbegging on the streets. HHOAfrica's staff generously donatedover R3000 worth of drygroceries and toiletries to thisworthy charity.

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