The Dube Tradeport Expected Impact

Dube Tradeport

It’s all systems go for Dube TradePort

Construction of Dube TradePort, inclusive of the new international airport, is on track for completion by March 2010.

The 55m-high Air Traffic Control Tower was completed in less than 10 days, thanks to the adoption of innovative engineering applications and technology. Conventional construction methods would have resulted in a six to eight-week project.

Meanwhile, the Terminal Building has reached ground level, following extensive piling and the necessary re-inforcement of the basement area. The Cargo Terminal has already reached the first floor level and is on schedule, with both design and cost signed-off.
Earthworks and cut-away work is currently underway on the vital access road between the N2 freeway and Dube TradePort.

The massive undertaking with regard to re-inforcing the runway area is progressing quite steadily, with the final compound mix for the tarred surface area already finalised, while the airport’s on-site reservoir is set for completion by the end of this year, 2008.

Pleasingly, the Trade Zone development is also well on track, with ground work being prepared for levelling and compaction.

Importantly, Dube TradePort achieved a most successful Environmental Impact Assessment audit, undertaken by DEAT in March this year. The only area of concern raised in the assessment was that of dust control and surface erosion. This issue is to be mitigated through the installation of dust monitors and the utilisation of improved drainage engineering applications.

This Engineer, Procure and Construct mega-project requires the Contractor, Ilembe Airport Construction Services (Pty) Ltd., to meet certain Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment targets set by Airports Company South Africa/Dube TradePort as regards:

Ownership;
Management Control;
Enterprise and Skills Development;
Preferential Procurement; and
Local Socio-Economic Impact.

The following comparisons are clearly indicative of the Contractor’s progress to date in this regard.

Ownership	Target	Actual
Black economic interest	30%	54,98%
Provincial Black ownership	10%	23,25%
Black women ownership	10%	13,34%
Black voting rights	30%	54,98%
Black women voting rights	10%	13,34%
Broad-based or designated ownership	03%	14,78%

Management Control:	Target	Actual
Black members of Board of Ilembe Consortium	50%	75,00%
Project/Oversight/Executive Team	40%	63,20%
Black women members of Board of Ilembe Consortium	25%	25,00%
Black women project oversight/Executive team	15%	16,00%

Enterprise and Skills Development:	Target	Actual
Enterprise development	R3,2 m	R2,3 m
Skills development	R480 000	R1,0 m

Preferential Procurement:	Target	Actual
B-BBEE entities	R38,7 m	R273,6 m
Sub-contractor to L4	R2,3 m	R 72,7 m
SME Spend	R1,9 m	R121,7 m
Micro spend	R600 000	R 26,0 m
Women-owned enterprise spend	R800 000	R 25,7 m
KwaZulu-Natal enterprise spend	R5,4 m	R 78,9 m
Local manufacturer	R16,6 m	R199,4 m

Local Socio-Economic Impact:

The local socio-economic impact total project target is 0,4% of project turn-over, which is about R27,3 million.

Projects approved to date include:
1. Renovation and upliftment of the Waterloo Community Centre	R414 263
2. Support for the expansion of the Umuzi Wethemba Health-Care Centre	R302 025
3. Funding and support for the I Care Christian School, with the renovation and provision of extra ablution facilities	R165 000

Dube Tradeport