3.5 Tons of E-Waste Collected on Heritage Day - The Muse , November 2011
The e-Waste Alliance in partnership with the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) Western Cape Branch and Jeffares & Green Engineering & Environmental Consultants participated in an e-waste collection drive where, compared to last year’s figures, an additional 700 kilograms of e-waste was collected.
Read MoreWhere toasters go to die - People's Post (Grassy Park) , 4 October 2011
People travelled from as far off as Hout Bay and Simon’s Town to drop off their “e-waste” in Pinelands, where a whopping total of 3,5 tonnes were collected on Heritage Day alone.
Read MoreDesigning an Innovative Way to Support WSAs - IMIESA , September 2011
Water services authorities such as the Cacadu and Siyanda district municipalities have a responsibility to ensure delivery in their area of jurisdiction, as mandated by the Municipal Water Services Act (No. 108 of 1997).
Read MoreE-Waste Collection and Waste2Art Demonstrations - The Muse , September 2011
E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in South Africa as old redundant items are generated due to the rapid advance of new technology.
Read MoreSustainable waste mining in South Africa - ReSource , August 2011
Insight into the finding of an investigation at Coastal Park
Read MoreDikgatlhong Dam Construction Reaches Critical Stage - Construction Review , August 2011
The contract for the construction of Botswana’s biggest dam enters its 39th month on programme, for scheduled completion in February 2012.
Read MoreKraaifontein Waste Management Facility - Construction Review , May 2011
Cape Town’s unique waste management facility ushers in a new way to take out the trash.
Read MoreThe solid waste debate - IMIESA , April 2011
JOHN COETZEE is a partner of Jeffares & Green and currently heads the waste engineering section of the firm’s Cape Town office. He has 40 years’ experience and has been involved as project director, designer or reviewer/adviser on many waste management and related projects in South African and internationally. He is a past branch chairman of SAICE, a past director of the Fairest Cape Association and currently serves on the Western Cape branch committees of the Collection & Transportation Interest Group of the IWMSA. He was the project team leader for the deve
Read MoreAfrica lacks sufficient rainfall date - J&G - Engineering News , March 11-17 2011
Engineering and environmental consultancy Jeffares & Green (J&G), is concerned about the lack of sufficient rainfall records being kept across Africa, the company reports.
Read MoreThree Dams and a Pipeline - Water Sewage & Effluent , January 2011
With underground water resources becoming depleted, Botswana is increasing its surface water supply with the build of three dams and a new pipeline, finds Dominic Uys.
Read MoreIntergrated Water Quality Conceptual Model - IMIESA , January 2011
In 2008, the WRC funded a project for developing a conceptual model to align management of the quality of water resources with that of drinking water quality. IMIESA investigates.
Read MoreKoeberg Interchange, Cape Town - IMIESA , Nov / Dec 2010
Work continues on upgrading Koeberg Interchange, Cape Town's biggest and most ambitious transport infrastructure project.
Read MoreKraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility - Civil Engineering , October 2010
At a site in Kraaifontein, in the Cape Town Metropole, just off the N1, is the first integrated waste management facility of its kind in South Africa. It comprises a refuse transfer station, a compaction hall, container handling operations, garden refuse chipping facilities, materials recovery facility, domestic recycling centre and a public drop-off. It also contains a workshop, wash bay, diesel storage, security facilities, entrance building and weighbridges. Provision has also been made for a future “resource park” and for the ac
Read MorePalmyra Shopping Centre - Construction News , Aug/Sept 2010
Palmyra Junction is a new mixed-use development in Cape Town’s upmarket suburb of Claremont area comprising of a 2 200 square metre neighbourhood shopping centre anchored by Woolworths Food store and studios.
Read MoreA first-of-its-kind study was commissioned by the Metolong Authority in Lesotho to research the potential impacts of climate change on the long-term yield of the proposed Metolong Dam. Experts from consulting firm Arcus GIBB, supported by consultants Jeffares & Green, who specialise in the fields of hydrology, water resources planning and the impacts of climate change on hydro-climatic hazards, looked at the possible effects of climate change on an infrastructure that will need to stand for at least the next 100 years.
Read MoreClimate change unlikely to decrease Metolong dam yields - Engineering News , 16-22 July 2010
A study to research the potential impacts of climate change on the long-term yield of the proposed Metolong dam, suggests that it is highly unlikely that the available long-term yield of the dam will decrease in the intermediate future (30 to 50 years from now).
Read More$300m dam in Botswana to be complete by 2012 - Engineering News , 16-22 July 2010
The Dikgatlhong dam, in Botswana, is expected to be complete in 2010 after four years of construction, reports consulting engineers Jeffares & Green.
Read MoreJan Norris was recently interviewed by Water & Sanitation Africa regarding her appointment as the Regional Director, KwaZulu-Natal and Branch Manager, Pietermaritzburg.
Read MoreA first-of-its-kind study was commissioned by the Metolong Authority in Lesotho to research the potential impacts of climate change on the long-term yield of the proposed Metolong Dam. Experts from consulting firm Arcus GIBB, supported by consultants Jeffares & Green, who specialise in the fields of hydrology, water resources planning and the impacts of climate change on hydro-climatic hazards, looked at the possible effects of climate change on an infrastructure that will need to stand for at least the next 100 years.
Read MoreBulk pipeline installation in KZN - Civil Engineering , June 2010
A R92 million bulk pipeline stretching 5,7 km has been laid to boost the water supply from Pietermaritzburg to Durban by 1 024 litres per second. Umgeni Water, the bulk water provider, needed to improve the water supply to both eThekwini and Msunduzi Municipalities and commissioned Jeffares & Green to design a pipeline to boost the connection from the Midmar Water Treatment Works to World’s View Reservoir. The previous system supplied water at a rate of 130 Ml/d but the ultimate design called for a total of 330 Ml/d.
Read MoreJeffares & Green, the long-established firm of consulting engineers, has undergone significant changes at its KwaZulu-Natal regional office in the past year. The company built spacious new offices at the Quarry Centre in Hilton, where it moved in mid-2009. In March this year, Jan Norris, who joined the company in 1996 as a geotechnical engineer and became a director in 2004, took over as branch manager from Corrie Meintjes, the renowned bridge engineer, on his retirement from full-time service after 31 years with J&G. He has agreed to stay on as an ex
Read MoreIn February 2007 Jeffares & Green (J&G) were appointed lead consultant over a professional team consortium for the upgrades of three suburban rail stations in the Cape Town metropolitan area.
Read MoreConsulting engineering firm Jeffares & Green (J&G) has been increasingly involved in mining activities and is preparing roads, airports, civil infrastructure and geotechnical investigations for various copper mines in the south-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Read MoreRoad contract paves the way to the mining sector - Mining Weekly , April 23-29 2010
In its latest foray into mining projects, consulting engineering group Jeffares & Green (J&G) was appointed by construction firm WBHO Construction as the principal designer of the 122-km-long haul road to be constructed in Sierra Leone to serve the Tonkolili iron-ore mine project, currently being developed by Aim-listed African Minerals.
Read MorePipe jacking the N3 - IMIESA , APRIL 2010
The conventional approach to pipeline installation is to dig an open trench, place the pipeline and then bury it. This is another method.
Read MoreTrenchless triumph - The Civil Engineering Contractor , April 2010
The N3 pipe jacking project was undertaken by Jeffares & Green consulting engineers in advance of the construction of a R92 million bulk pipeline project, commissioned by Umgeni Water, to boost the water supply from Pietermaritzburg to Durban by 1 024 litres per second.
Read MoreThe road ahead for engineering service contributions - The Property Developer , March 2010
The topic of engineering service contributions is one with which most developers are already familiar. The legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding the amount of the contribution for a development, and the means of making it, are still very much in the developmental stages. Dr John Sampson, a civil engineer specialising in transport engineering, addressed a seminar held by the South African Institute of Valuers late last year, in order to try to shed some light on the process.
Read MoreMunicipality in Search for New Landfill Site - The Witness , 8 February 2010
There is good news for Hayfields and Sobantu residents, who have had to put up with the unpleasant effects of having a landfill site in their back yard. The uMgungundlovu District Municipality is searching for a new landfill site for the district as a matter or urgency.
Read MoreThe construction of the US$60 million Metolong dam, some 35 kms outside Lesotho’s capital Maseru, is being welcomed by people in the city and other communities in the region who will gain access to clean and safe drinking water when construction is completed in 2013. In all, around 1 million people will benefit from the Lowlands water scheme.
Read MoreDikgatlhong Dam - IMIESA , September 2009
Andy Pepperell head of Jeffares & Green water division recently visited Botswana to assess the progress being made on the construction of the new Dikgathlong Dam. With an independent, on-site view, we take a look at this interesting project.
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