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Phase IB
Mohale Dam, 145m high, concrete face rock-fill embankment- Mohale Consultants Group(MCG) comprising SMEC( Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp of Australia, BKS Inc, Melis & Du Plessis and Stewart Scott of South Africa, Harza Engineering of the USA and Nippon Koei Co of Japan.
MCG supervised Mohale Dam Contractors, a joint venture of Impregilo of Italy, the lead contractor, with Hochtief of Germany and Concor of South Africa. Concor Engineering and ATB join venture were sub contracted to undertake Mechanical and Engineering activities.
Contract Award : 17 March, 1998
Mohale Interconnecting Tunnel to Katse, 32 km long,- The Lesotho Highlands Tunnel Partnership (LHTP) Mohale were the design and supervising consultants. The Team comprised Lahmeyer(Germany), Mott Macdonald (UK) with Consult 4 of South Africa comprising : Ninham Shand, VKE (Van Niekerk Klyn and Edwards), Keeve Stryn ans SRk ( Steffen Robertson and Kirsten) and Knight Piesold
The Contractors comprised a joint venture of Hochtief(germany) contract leader Impregilo (Italy) and Concor (South Africa). Concor Engineering were sub-contracted to the M&E activities.
Contract Award : 18 December, 1998
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The Mohale Dam is a concrete-faced rock-fill embankment that is 145 m high. A total concrete volume of 100 000 m3 and a volume of 7.2-million m3 of rock fill were used in its construction; making it is one of the highest of its kind in the world. The dam has a reservoir storage capacity of over 950-million m3 of water. It has a crest length of 600 m
and is 12 m thick at the crest. [ Retrieved on 31 MAR 2008 ] |