Major water infrastructure upgrade for Lusaka
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The project scope includes: upgrading the primary water distribution system, expanding secondary and tertiary water distribution networks (including supply and installation of house connections and water meters).
Sewerage systems will also be improved by extending existing sewers and facilities to non-serviced areas, and mitigating flood risks by constructing new primary outfall drains and upgrading existing drains.
“This project will increase access to a reliable water supply, and improve sanitation and drainage services in selected urban and peri-urban areas of Lusaka,” Pula Herath, General Manager, Water & Environment, Africa Division, SMEC International, comments.
SMEC has been appointed programme manager, traversing the whole Compact. This comprises coordination and management of technical consultancies that, in turn, are responsible for the administration and supervision of all seven construction packages, with a capital cost of about A$120 million.
SMEC’s services include general programme management, financial reporting, technical assistance and advice and general support in ensuring MCA-Zambia’s compliance with all relevant environmental, health and safety standards.
Herath explains that this project is a good indicator of the need for reliable basic infrastructure in Africa, which “is somewhat different to that in South Africa, where we are focusing mainly on efficiency improvements.”
He adds that SMEC probably has the largest African exposure of any consultancy involved in the water infrastructure sector, with 14 offices in four main regions.
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SMEC South Africa provides consultancy services for the lifecycle of a project to a broad range of sectors, which include: hydropower, transport, water, natural resources and environment, geotechnical, mining, tunnelling, urban development, renewable energy, power, government and advisory services and social infrastructure development. The SMEC Group has over 5 300 employees and an established network of over 75 offices throughout Australia, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific, North and South America.
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