Swaziland Railways Rehabilitation
October 14, 2024
EWSC Emtfonjeni Headquarters Building
April 22, 2025| ASSIGNMENT NAME: Soils, Materials, Pavement, Geotechnical Investigations and Laboratory Testing: Update of Feasibility Study and Detailed Designs for Siphofaneni-Sithobela-Maloma-Nsoko (MR14) and Maloma-Siphambanweni (MR21) Roads. | COUNTRY: Eswatini | |||
| LOCATION WITHIN COUNTRY: Siphofaneni, Sithobela, Maloma, Nsoko & Siphambanweni – Lubombo Region | PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDED BY THE FIRM: Sandile Makhubu Agrippa Vilakati Ntombifuthi Dlamini | |||
| NAME OF CLIENT: LEA Associates | No. of Staff : 4 | |||
| ADDRESS: P. O. Box B-1, E-27, NH-19, Block E New Delhi India | NO. OF STAFF-MONTHS: 3 | DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT: 3 months | ||
| START DATE: May 2024 | COMPLETION DATE: September 2024 | APPROXIMATE VALUE OF SERVICES (US E2 623 961.39 | ||
| NAME OF ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS: Geo Solutions (Pty) Ltd. | PROFESSIONAL STAFF-MONTHS OF ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS: 3 | |||
| NAME OF SENIOR STAFF (PROJECT DIRECTOR/COORDINATOR, TEAM LEADER) INVOLVED AND FUNCTIONS PERFORMED: Project Manager : Sandile Makhubu -Project Manager, Liaison with Client and relevant authorities. Civil Engineer / Technical Advisor : Agrippa Vilakati – Coordinating site and Laboratory works Lab Manager : Simon Magagula – Lab results compilation and managing the laboratory staff Engineering Geologist : Ntombifuthi Dlamini – Site Sampling/profiling and report compilation | ||||
| NARRATIVE DESCIPTION OF PROJECT: Performing dynamic cone penetration test (DCPT) on Granular Layer of Pavement using 60° cone with all complete as per specification. Conducting trial pit excavation to record the existing pavement structure and existing subgrade. The drilling of trial pit would be from top of existing pavement layer down to bottom of existing subgrade level. 160 such trial pits to be excavated. Out of this existing top gravel layer and subgrade sample will be from 80 pits and only subgrade sample from 80 pits in an alternative manner. All samples for laboratory testing, all complete as per specification. | ||||
| DESCRIPTION OF ACTUAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FIRM: The services provided included Geotechnical, Soil, Material and Pavement Investigations. | ||||
