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Engineering contract for Zambian transmission rehab project awarded

3rd April 2015

By: Anine Kilian

Contributing Editor Online

  

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The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (Zesco) has awarded engineering firm Aurecon a contract to provide engineering, design and construction supervision services for the $200- million World Bank-funded Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation Project.

Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, is regarded as the second-fastest-growing city in Africa. Its electricity demand has grown by 6% a year over the past ten years, with demand now outstripping the installed capacity of the power system supplying the city.

“We are excited to work with Zesco to increase the capacity and improve the reliability of Lusaka’s electricity transmission and distribution system for the community,” Aurecon project leader Anton Harmse says, adding that the creation of this transmission and distribution infrastructure will ensure the long-term sustainable operation of the network.

Using experience gained on projects previously executed for Zesco and the World Bank, the Aurecon project team will look at identifying remedial or preventive measures that can be actioned to optimise the benefits of the system upgrades.

“The large number of subprojects and the sequential implementation of the various components of the project will require significant effort during the project planning and scheduling stages,” he notes, adding that the project is expected to be completed in 2019.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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