{"id":13403,"date":"2022-04-23T11:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/boost-for-local-construction-companies"},"modified":"2022-04-23T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T12:13:00","slug":"boost-for-local-construction-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/boost-for-local-construction-companies","title":{"rendered":"Boost for local construction companies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded the M97 million tender for the construction of Polihali Operations Centre to L&M Construction Company.<\/p>\n

L&M is a joint venture between LSP Construction which is a Lesotho company and South Africa-registered Mofomo Construction. As stated on LHDA press release, site work has already started following the site handover<\/p>\n

earlier this month and the M97 million project is expected to be completed by the end of October 2023. \u201cThis is the third of four construction contracts to be awarded, which is specifically<\/p>\n

packaged to enhance the participation of small and medium-sized contractors in Phase II. It follows the contracts for construction of the Polihali Village and<\/p>\n

the upgrades to Katse Lodge and Katse Village, which were awarded at the end of 2021. All three are part of the Phase II advance infrastructure most of which<\/p>\n

will be completed prior to the dam construction,\u201d LHDA Phase II Divisional Manager Ntsoli Maiketso disclosed. The Polihali Operations Centre is a multi-storey office building and visitors\u2019 center which<\/p>\n

houses an auditorium, conference rooms and an exhibition hall. The works also comprise underground parking facilities and external works, including service connections to the boundary of<\/p>\n

the site, road works within the site, paving and landscaping. The Operations Centre will be used as the Polihali Dam engineer\u2019s offices during the construction of<\/p>\n

the dam. On the dam\u2019s completion, it will house the offices of the LHDA operations staff and the visitors\u2019 information centre, the hub of Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) information for tourists coming to the area.<\/p>\n

Polihali Infrastructure Consultants comprising of the South African-based Mott MacDonald PDNA (Pty) Ltd and Khatleli Tomane Moteane Architects (Pty) Ltd of Lesotho was<\/p>\n

awarded the contract for the planning, design and construction supervision of the Project housing and associated infrastructure in 2015. Phase II of the LHWP<\/p>\n

builds on the successful completion of Phase I in 2003. The LHWP delivers water to the Gauteng region of South Africa (SA) and utilizes the water delivery<\/p>\n

system to generate hydroelectricity in Lesotho. Phase II will increase the current water supply rate of 780 million cubic metres per annum incrementally<\/p>\n

to approximately 1 270 million cubic metres per annum. The increased water flow will simultaneously increase the energy generated by the \u2018Muela hydropower<\/p>\n

plant, a further step in the process of securing an independent power supply to meet Lesotho\u2019s domestic needs. The Government of Lesotho has approved the commencement of the Phase II hydropower tender<\/p>\n

design. The procurement of a service provider for the Detailed Design and Supervision of the Oxbow Hydropower Scheme has already started. On other developments, last Thursday 230 bricklayers from around Mapholaneng graduated<\/p>\n

from the Trade Tests through the support of LHDA. In that event, LHDA Chief Executive Officer Tente Tente quoted that the Treaty governing the LHWP and the<\/p>\n

Phase II Agreement commits both Parties to take all reasonable measures to ensure that the implementation, operation and maintenance of the project are<\/p>\n

compatible with the protection and the existing quality of the environment and in particular, shall pay due regard to the maintenance of the welfare of the<\/p>\n

persons and communities immediately affected by the Project. He also said the initiative of examining and awarding bricklayers with certificates was to<\/p>\n

empower them as the project is in their area. The LHWP is a multi-phased, multi-billion Maloti\/Rand project between the governments of the Kingdom of Lesotho and SA.<\/p>\n

It comprises water transfer and hydropower generation components with associated ancillary developments. The water transfer component entails the construction of dams and tunnels in Lesotho, enhancing the use of water from<\/p>\n

the Senqu (Orange) River and its tributaries by storing, regulating, diverting and controlling the flow to effect the delivery of specified quantities of<\/p>\n

water to South Africa, and utilizing the delivery system to generate hydro-electric power in Lesotho. The major works of Phase I included the construction of the Katse Dam, the transfer and<\/p>\n

delivery tunnels, Matsoku Weir, \u2018Muela Hydropower Plant and the Mohale Dam. The Phase II water transfer component comprises a dam at Polihali and a gravity<\/p>\n

tunnel that will connect the reservoir at Polihali with the Katse reservoir. The hydropower component comprises the Oxbow Hydropower Scheme. The Lesotho<\/p>\n

Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is the implementing and management authority of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, on behalf of the government of Lesotho.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has awarded the M97 million tender for the construction of Polihali Operations Centre to L&M Construction Company. L&M is a joint venture between LSP Construction which is a Lesotho company and South Africa-registered Mofomo Construction. 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