Overview
Murray & Roberts has played a key role in constructing much of South Africa’s existing power station infrastructure over the past 50 years.
The need for new electricity capacity in South Africa has reached a
critical stage and the planned Eskom power generation program will
reinstate reliable electricity supply to South Africa and its neighbours
over the next 20 years.
Medupi and Kusile Power Projects
| Location: |
Lephalale, Limpopo Province and Witbank, Mpumalanga
Province, South Africa |
| Client: |
Eskom Holdings Limited |
| Partners: |
Mechanical – Hitachi Power Africa, Civil construction –
Grinaker LTA (33%) |
| Project type: |
Power generation – mechanical, electrical and civil
construction |
| Value: |
R16 billion (Medupi and Kusile, Murray & Roberts Projects), R4,5 billion (Medupi
civil construction) |
| Duration: |
108 months in total |
| Project start: |
November 2007 |
Murray & Roberts is contracted to Hitachi Power Africa for the Medupi
and Kusile boiler packages comprising 12 units of about 800 megawatt
electrical (MWe) each. The Murray & Roberts scope includes structural
steel fabrication, erection and mechanical installation works. These
power stations are the largest dry-cooled thermal power stations in the
world. Medupi will be in full operation by 2015 and Kusile in 2016. A
number of Murray & Roberts companies are engaged in this project based
on their experience gained from the previous power station build
program. Murray & Roberts Projects will deliver the project and fabrication
of the structural steelwork is being undertaken by Genrec. Steel ducting
is being fabricated by Energy Fabrication, a new empowered special
purpose company established on site. First structural steel was
delivered to Medupi in January 2009 and air duct fabrication commenced
in May 2009. Murray & Roberts Construction secured the civil construction work for Medupi in joint venture.
Client delays during the start-up of the project are being overcome
by an acceleration program requested by Eskom which commenced in July
2009 and will involve the deployment of an additional 1 600 employees to
the project. The civil project currently employs 3 100 people. Medupi is
South Africa’s first greenfield coal-fired power station in more than
two decades. It will have a capacity of up to 4 800 MWe when its sixth
unit is commissioned in 2015.
Achievements:
- Achieving first contractual handover to the client within
accelerated timeframe
- Zero lost time injuries since start of project based on 3,7
million hours worked
- 65% of labour sourced from local communities, exceeding ASGISA
commitments
- Implementation of The Medupi Way for the civil construction
work, an organisational performance system to secure high levels of
employee engagement, alignment and productivity
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