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    Alrode Malting Plant

    CLIENT
    SAB Maltings (Pty) Ltd

    ARCHITECT/ENGINEER
    Hatch-Goba

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R150 Million

    LOCATION
    Alrode – Johannnesburg

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    DESCRIPTION
    Construction of Malting Plant
    Civil works for expansion of the existing fuel deport

    CONTRACT PERIOD
    May 2014 to March 2015

    Project lion phase 2

    CLIENT
    Glencore

    ARCHITECT/ENGINEER
    Greenblat and Hutton

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R345 m

    LOCATION
    Steelpoort Limpopo Province

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    CONTRACT PERIOD
    July 2011 – April 2014

    Alrode Tank Farm

    CLIENT
    SASOL

    ARCHITECT/ENGINEER
    VGI Consulting

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R 120 Million

    LOCATION
    Alrode – Johannnesburg

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    DESCRIPTION
    Civil works for expansion of the existing fuel depot

    CONTRACT PERIOD
    February 2010 to March 2014

    Tweefontein civil works

    CLIENT
    Glencore

    ENGINEER
    DRA

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R166m

    LOCATION
    Ogies Mpumalanga

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    DESCRIPTION
    Construction of the raw coal handling and coal processing plant

    CONTRACT PERIOD
    Aug 2012 – April 2014

    K6 civil works

    CLIENT
    Aquarius Platinum

    ENGINEER
    DRA

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R30 million

    LOCATION
    Rustenburg

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    DESCRIPTION
    5 000 Tonnes Silo and Infrastructure.

    CONTRAT PERIOD
    May 2013 to May 2014.

    Kusile Power Station Main Civil Works

    CLIENT
    Eskom

    VALUE AT COMPLETION
    R9.5bn

    LOCATION
    Ogies, South Africa

    PROJECT TYPE
    Civils

    DESCRIPTION
    Main civils work for the new 4800 MW Kusile coal power station

    COMMENCEMENT
    January 2009

    ESTIMATED COMPLETION
    December 2017

    Mopani Acid Plant

    WBHO (Zambia) Ltd was awarded the civil works for the new acid plant and gas cleaning plant for Mopani Copper Mines in Mufulira, which is a small town in the Copperbelt province situated 40km from Kitwe and 60km from Chingola. The project commenced in November 2012 and was carried out over various phases, comprising some 11000m3 of concrete works in total.
    Contract Duration: 16 Months
    Contract Value: ZAR 110 Million
    Engineers: SNC Lavalin Canada
    Client: Mopani Copper Mines
    Location: Mufulira, Zambia

    Limeco Resources Limited

    Limeco Resources Limited is a limestone processing company situated approximately 30km west of Lusaka. Currently the company is in the planning stages to develop a limestone quarry and a processing plant to produce limestone aggregates, cement and quick lime for mainly their own needs at the Glencore mine in Zambia (Mopani) and in the Congo. Once completed and operating the planned output will be in the region of 350,000 tons per annum.WBHO was invited to tender and was awarded all major and critical structures on the project.

    The scope of the work to be completed consists of the following areas:
    • Quick lime plant
    • Lime stone crushing and screening plant
    • Raw material storage and raw mill section
    • Blending and storage section
    • Kiln section cement
    • Clinker storage and cement mill section
    • Cement storage and packing section
    • Fuel fepot
    • Workshop building
    Total concrete volume will be 4,000m3
    Contract Duration: Nov 2013 – Sep 2014
    Contract Value: ZAR 30 Million
    Engineers: Protechglobal Consulting Services 
    Client: Limeco Resources Limited
    Location: Lusaka West, Zambia

    Lafarge: Mapepe Aggregate Plant

    WBHO recently secured work with Lafarge Zambia to construct the civil work associated with their new Crusher.

    The scope of works consisted of:
    • Terrace (36 000m3) and ramp (19 000m3)
    • Foundations for the Conveyor and secondary crushers
    • Retaining wall of 35m long, 9.2m high and 1.2m thick (320m3 done in three night pours)
    • Cable trench and plinths
    • Water tank base

    Contract duration:   July 2013 - January 2014

    Contract value: ZAR 15.3 Million 

    Client: Lafarge

    Contractor: WBHO Construction Zambia Ltd

    Location:Chilanga, outside Lusaka, Zambia

    SeisaRamabodu Stadium

    The project started in March 2013 and the WBHO team is working hard to complete the project on time and within budget. The scope of work consists of the demolition of the existing old-fashioned steel spectator structure, replacing it with a new state of the art concrete pavilion, a revamp of the existing grand stand and the installation of a modern IAAF standard tartan athletics track. This is truly a project which involves all fields of construction and integrates our earthworks, civil and building expertise. The work is being carried out by the WBHO Civil division.

    Employer:   Free-State Department of Works

    Contract value: ZAR 300 Million

    Location:Rocklands, Bloemfontein.

    Contract duration:March 2013 – February 2015