Progress Report 27 October 2016

ULUNDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG)

Construction of White City Access Roads

Progress Report

Thursday: 27 October 2016

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CONTENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Project Description
1.2 Design Team

2. TARGET DATES

3. TECHNICAL
3.1 Geotechnical Information
3.2 Environmental Information
3.3 Scope of Work

4. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

5. FINANCIAL
5.1 Source of Funding
5.2 Financial Year
5.3 Breakdown (Total Budget, Professional Fees, Sub-consultants, Construction)

6. PROGRESS ON PROJECT
6.1 Achieved
6.2 Not Achieved
6.3 Revisions (Design and Scope Changes, Additional Work/Variation orders)
6.5 Claims

7. EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

8. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

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The community of White city was identified by community leaders (Ward Councilors etc.) in conjunction with Ulundi
Local Municipality as one of the communities with need for the upgrading of the access roads. This project was
prioritized on the Ulundi Local Municipality Integrated Development Plan (IDP).

1.1. Project Description

The project is intended to provide construction of tar access roads in the area to upgrade the living
conditions for White city. The project is situated in White city within Ulundi Local Municipality, under
jurisdiction of Zululand District Municipality

1.2 Design Team

The project planning and design team is as follows; -

Discipline Company Contact Person

Social Mahlahla Consulting Engineers M.B.Myaka
Ziphelele Planning Enviromental
Environmental Ms. G. Sithole
Planning
Geotechnical VMC Civil Engineering Laboratory S. Hlongwa
Surveying ATE Engineering S. Ntshangase
Design and Project
Mahlahla Consulting Engineers T. Khumalo
Management
Construction Mahlahla Consulting Engineers G. Masalla

2. TARGET DATES

The project is planned to be completed and handed over to the client by 28 April 2017

3.
3.1 Geotechnical Information

The geotechnical engineering assessment was done on site and the report is available.

3.2 Environmental Information

The desktop study was done for the environment assessment.

3.3 Scope of Work

The project entails the construction of; -

 Tar access roads
 Kerbing and channeling
 Storm water drainage
 Small concrete works
 Road ancillary works

4. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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During the planning phase of the project, the Ward Councilor involving the development committee in the
identification of community needs; also, local authorities was represented in the planning process. Project Labour
Desk came from the communities within the project area. The criteria used for identifying committee members
were based on the guidelines outlined in the RDP policy of South Africa. In addition, the Community Liaison Officer
(CLO) was recruited and will be a direct link between the Contractor and the community.
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5. FINANCIAL

The project financials are summarized as follows;-

5.1 Source of Funding

Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG)

5.2 Financial Year

The project is funded on the 2016/2017 Financial Year

6. PROGRESS ON PROJECT

The progress on the project is approximately 40% to completion.

6.1 Achieved

Design Issues

All design drawings are available on site.

6.1.1 Current Progress

Completed Tasks; - The following work has been undertaken as follows; -

 Roadbed formation is 100% complete

 Construction of subbase layer works is 50% complete
 Construction of base layer works 0% complete
 Storm water reticulation is 30% complete
 Kerbing and channeling is 0% complete

6.2 Achievements

Roadbed have been completed and tested.

6.3 Revisions (Design and scope changes, Additional Work/Variation orders)

None

6.4 Claims

None

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7. EMPLOYMENT GENERATION

As per the contractors list of employed labour on site as per EPWP. At present, there are 8 labourers on site who
are employed from the local community.

Adult Youth Disabled

Occupational Total
Women Men Female Male Female Male
Category
Persons Person Persons Person Persons Person Persons Person Persons Person Persons Person Persons Person
Days Days Days Days Days Days Days

Clerical 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Labourer 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Managerial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Semi skilled 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Skilled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Supervisor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

8. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS

The overall progress on site is at 40% complete.

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