Project Description

Howden Africa engineer and construct, among others, systems for mine ventilation. Their product line includes some of the largest surface mine ventilation fans in operation, as well as smaller fans for auxiliary and booster applications.

Greene Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd was approached by Howden to design the foundations of the surface mine ventilation fans. This would allow them to offer a turnkey solution to their clients. The fact that Howden’s product offerings can be customised and are constructed in all types of difficult mining environments drives Greene to design creatively. Dynamic analysis of the foundation structures is of the utmost importance. The varying ground conditions and equipment operating frequencies influence the natural frequencies of the structures and, therefore, the variations in designs.

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Project Description

Kellogg Company had nine production facilities in their Asia Pacific region in 2010. At that stage, the newly appointed Director of Engineering for the region required a comprehensive assessment to be conducted at each facility in order to establish the condition of the infrastructure and how it impacted their food safety in the long- and short term. The information collected was classed into four main categories: emergency repairs; repairs; preventative maintenance; and upgrades.

Based on the assessment reports, informed decisions could be made regarding budget allocations, future projects, expansion requirements and emergency work, to ensure the infrastructure remains fit for purpose for the foreseeable future.

Project Description

The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP), launched in 2004, is one of the South African government’s short-to-medium term programmes aimed at reducing unemployment. The EPWP has achieved this aim through the provision of work opportunities, coupled with training.

The EPWP is divided into four sectors, creating work opportunities in each sector:

• Through increasing the labour intensity of government-funded infrastructure projects in the Infrastructure Sector.
• By creating work opportunities through the Non-Profit Organization Programme (NPO) and Community Work Programme (CWP) in the Non-state Sector.
• By creating work opportunities through public environment and culture programmes in the Environment and Culture Sector.
• Creating work opportunities through public social programmes in the Social Sector.

The EPWP also provides training-and-enterprise development support at a sub-programme level.

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