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Ubombo Sugar Mill Expansion Project
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Source: Ken Gibb
The Ubombo Sugar Mill is situated 450km north of Durban, at Big Bend in Swaziland. The original mill was completed and commissioned a few decades ago. “Due to an increase in power demand and limited power supply, coupled with an increase in sugar demand, our client, Ubombo Sugar Limited, is undertaking expansions on their various mills throughout Southern Africa,” says Ken Gibb, contracts director for Stefanutti Stocks Civils KZN, the lead contractor in JV with S&B Building Swaziland. These expansions include the increase in internal power generation and an increase in sugar production.
Our contract includes earthworks, road works and industrial civil works. The civil works include various sub-stations, transformer bays, a control room, molasses tank bases, various sumps and equipment bases, diffuser, boiler and power house. The concrete volume required is 11 000m3. “Our biggest challenge on this site is logistics,” says Ken, “but our vast experience working in remote locations, and the support from our Durban and Matsapa offices means things are running
according to plan.”
The civil contract duration is 14 months and is due to be complete in February 2011.
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