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Our team of skilled engineers, project managers, and specialists combines technical excellence with a deep understanding of environmental and regulatory requirements. We approach each project with a commitment to delivering solutions that are efficient, reliable, and tailored to the specific needs of our clients.
At iX engineers, we are passionate about shaping a sustainable future through innovative water infrastructure solutions that enhance the quality of life and safeguard our most vital resource.
The contract entailed the design and construction of a new 25 Mℓ reinforced concrete reservoir to supply the De Grendal water supply zone with the required 48hours storage capacity. The project was constructed in two phases. The first phase entailed a 600mm dia Ductile Iron rising main of 1 800m, including air valve chambers, scour valve chambers and check valve chambers, and a 600mm dia Ductile Iron gravity main of 715m. The second phase entailed the 25 Mℓ reservoir, connection pipework, replacement of an existing 600mm dia Asbestos Cement pipeline and a road crossing by means of pipe jacking (1 050mm concrete rings through which the 600mm dia Ductile Iron gravity main (Phase 1) was extended). The reservoir was sunk into the hillside with bulk excavations of 8 – 9m deep, by means of blasting (4 of) was required for the reservoir platform in the sloped terrain. The reservoir has an inside diameter of 65,0m and a depth of 8,15m. The project further included associated pipe and civil works.
Investigation and implementation of temporary Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination plants as emergency measures, with a larger (long term) permanent SWRO plant to be planned for implementation at a later stage.
iX engineers was appointed for the City of Cape Town’s Emergency Water Resilience Project during City’s worst drought recorded in history. The sites on which these temporary plants could be placed was selected through a multi criteria analyses and high-level risk assessment conducted. Three temporary SWRO plants were eventually awarded for construction with Strandfontein (7 Mℓ/d) having been commissioned in May 2018 and currently operating very successfully.
iX engineers as part of a Consortium was appointed for the design and construction supervision of Phase 1 of the MCWAP project. Phase 1: Mokolo Dam Scheme: Augmentation from the Mokolo Dam consists of the following infrastructure:
The project included groundwater source development. The groundwater was required to augment Khumani Iron Ore Mine’s (KIOM) existing water source from the Vaal Gamagara bulk water scheme (VGWS) operated by Sedibeng Water.
The scope included option analysis, review of residual gravity data and structural information, dewatering abstraction from mines, geophysical surveys (gravity measurements by 2D resistivity imaging to identify optimal drilling sites), gravity survey traverses, assessing geophysical datasets to identify exploration drilling sites, cost analysis, detail design, and phased implementation.
