UNITY IN DIVERSITY LEKOA VAAL ROAD BUILDING UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

MANAGEMENT PLAN Lekoa Vaal Metropolitan Council Gauteng Dept Transport & Public Works Engineering Departments of substractures Stakeholder Task Team CSIR Project management team Road building units Level 1 Level 5 Training Materials Equipment Clerical Supervision procurement Co-ordinating committee

Levels of development of emerging contractor COMPETENCY EMERGING CONTRACTOR LEVEL Supervision of labour √√√√√ Payment of workers√√√√ Construction management √ Simple prog. Of work √√ Possesses hand tools √√√√ Vehicle for transport√√√ Material procurement √ To a limited degree √√ Plant procurement√ To a limited degree √√ Surety, insurance√

 THE PARTNERS  MANAGEMENT PLAN  OBJECTIVES  PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS  CONCLUSIONS UNITY IN DIVERSITY

PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS

POVERTY IMPACT MEMBERS OF THE THREE ROAD BUILDING UNITS (7 PER UNITS) SELECTED FROM PREVIOUSLY UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS RECEIVES COMPETATIVE ALLOWANCES RELATED TO LEVEL OF OUTPUT DURING TRAINING EMPLOYMENT OF RESIDENTS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF PROJECT EACH UNIT EMPLOYS EIGHT PEOPLE (IE. 24 IN TOTAL) HOUSE KEEPING BY SURROUNDING RESIDENTS SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN HOUSE KEEPING OF ROADWAY & SIDEWALKS GRASSING OF SIDEWALKS BY RESIDENTS SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN LITTERING

EFFECTIVENESS THE MEASURES OF SUCCESS / FAILURE: *CONSISTENT QUALITY - ROAD BUILDING UNITS ACHIEVED CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVED QUALITY WORKMANSHIP WITH RELATIVELY UNSKILLED LABOUR * LOW CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE COST -MATERIAL COSTS == R200 PER LINEAR METER -LOW MAINTENANCE ROAD SURFACING *PRODUCTION RATE -EACH ROAD BUILDING UNIT (CONSISTING OF 7 STUDENTS & 8 LOCALLY EMPLOYED PEOPLE) HAS PROVEN THAT IT CAN CONSTRUCT UP TO 40 Meters OF FINAL BASE COURSE PER DAY *SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT - DEDICATED FUNDING ESSENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS

INNOVATION - UNIQUE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ROAD BUILDING UNITS HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED AT RELATIVELY LOW COST WITH CAREFULLY DESIGNED TOOLS & EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY AND CONSISTENT END PRODUCT. TAILORMADE EQUIPMENT INCLUDE INTERLOCKING SHUTTERING, UNIQUE SIDE DRAIN PROFILES AND VOLUME BATCHING CONTAINERS FOR EASY HANDLING AND MIX DESIGN. - INNOVATIVE ROAD BUILDINGTECHNIQUES TECHNIQUES WHICH EFFECTIVELY INCORPORATES WASTE MATERIALS FROM LOCAL INDUSTRIES (SUCH AS ISCOR SLAG AND SASOL ASH) HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE PROJECT TO REDUCE CONSTRUCTION COSTS

INNOVATION CONTINUED - UINQUE CROSS SECTION SIDE DRAIN CROSS SECTION DESIGNED TO SERVE AS EXTENDED ROADWAY, STORMWATER FACILITY & MOUNTABLE CURB ROADWAY SERVES AS EXTENTION STORMWATER FACILITY IN FLOODING CONDITIONS EFFECTIVE ROAD WIDTH (INCLUDING SIDE DRAIN) == 5 Meters SIDE DRAIN CROSS SECTION DESIGNED TO SERVE AS EXTENDED ROADWAY STORMWATER FACILITY & MOUNTABLE CURB ROADWAY SERVES AS EXTENTION STORMWATER FACILITY IN FLOODING CONDITIONS INNOVATION CONTINUED

REPLICATION TRAINING MATERIAL IS WELL DOCUMENTED DETAILED DRAWINGS OF TAILOR-MADE EQUIPMENT ARE AVAILABLE PROGRAMMES BASED ON THIS PROJECT IMPLEMENTED IN COUNTRIES AS FAR AS MALAYSIA

SUSTAINABILITY SOME 900 KILOMETRES OF POORLY MAINTAINED DIRT ROAD IN VAAL METRO SCOPE TO SUSTAIN SEVERAL ROAD BUILDING UNITS LEKOA VAAL METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TO ENSURE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLOCATE PORTION OF ROADMAINTENANCE BUDGET TO PROGRAMME ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS OF SUBSTRUCTURES TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE DECIDE ON PRIORITIES SUPERVISE IMPLEMENTATION AGREE ON RATES OF WORK CSIR TRANSPORTEK AVAILABLE FOR ONGOING TECHNOLOGICAL & MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TO COUNCILS