Jones & Wagener was appointed by BECSA (Billiton Energy Coal South Africa) as one of three EPCMs on the Douglas Middleburg Optimisation Project (DMO). J&W was responsible for the geotechnical investigations of all the infrastructure and the design and construction management of 5 contract packages that ran simultaneously.

The project scope included:

• Bulk earthworks
  
  • Haul roadsR
  • ROM Stockpiles
  • Contractors camps
  • Conveyor Earthwork
• Water Management system
  • Canals
  • 3 Attenuation Berms
  • Pollution control dam 
• Slurry Disposal Dams and a Water Balancing Dam
• Conveyor Civils infrastructure and ROM Tip 
• Workshops Complex Upgrade 

The project cost was well above 1 billion Rand, and the project has been completed successfully in 33 months. Challenges included accommodating continuing mining activities, a very tight schedule that also had to accommodate significant scope changes.

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