Colas Newsletter 2014 Issue 1

ISSUE 1
JUNE 2014
roadworx
colas paving the way forward
Welcome
STEPHANIE
Stephanie Britz, new Managing
Director of Colas South Africa.
Colas would like to welcome Stephanie Britz
as the new Managing Director for Colas South
Africa, reporting to Thierry Madelon who is
now in charge of the Southern & Eastern Africa region for Colas.
After graduating with a BSc Engineering (Civil) degree from the University of Natal, Stephanie went on to obtain
her MSc in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from Leeds Metropolitan University in the United Kingdom.
She holds a Certificate in Arbitration from the Association of Arbitrators, South Africa, as well as a MCICES (UK).
Stephanie’s extensive professional experience covers a varied career. She started out as student engineer for
Group 5, went on to various project management roles in Africa and Europe and until recently was a Director of Murray
& Roberts Civil Construction.
We wish Stephanie all the best for a long and rewarding career at Colas South Africa.
news from dust-a-side
mozambique
Dust-A-Side expansion into Mozambique - East Africa
Dust-A-Side’s relationship with Mozambique began in 2013 when two big
mining houses demonstrated their confidence in our capabilities and awarded
Dust-A-Side contracts for Dust Control Management in their surface mining
coal operations.
RIO TINTO - BENGA COAL MINE
Dust-A-Side was involved in early discussions and negotiations with Rio Tinto’s Benga Coal Mine on the services Dust-A-Side
can offer to the mine for their Dust Management needs.
Dust-A-Side was subsequently awarded two separate contracts by the mine.
THE FIRST CONTRACT
The first contract was awarded to Dust-A-Side for Dust
Control Management for their haul roads. Dust-A-Side is
currently treating 320 000m2 of permanent haul roads in
Benga. The road that is currently maintained and managed
by Dust-A-Side is the main haul road from the run off mine
to the rail siding. This road is used by 18 wheeler trucks over
a 15km stretch. The company employs 9 personnel who
manage the contract on a full time basis.
THE SECOND CONTRACT
The second contract was awarded to Dust-A-Side for the
dust management services for the material handling side
of our Dust Control Management. The material handling
side of the Dust Control Management at Benga utilises the
high pressure mist system as well as the chemical dosing
low pressure system, which controls the dust issues on
their primary tip and crusher, secondary crusher, transfer
points, surge bin and stock yard areas. Dust-A-Side has
seven high pressure systems and two low pressure systems
installed at Benga Coal Mine. The DAS systems are being
maintained by Minopex, contracted by Rio Tinto to run the
mining operations at Benga Coal Mine. Dust-A-Side supplies
Minopex with critical spares and assists their maintenance
teams with intellectual and technical support. Since the
installation of the Dust-A-Side’s Dust Suppression system,
Benga Coal Mine has passed its monthly environmental
audits with flying colours.
Sweeping of the haul road using a Dust-A-Side broom. This forms part of
the maintenance programme.
Scarifying of an untreated haul road surface using a grader.
Dust-A-Side treated and sealed haul road surface.
VALE - MOATIZE COAL PROJECT
After going through a vigorous tendering process and
having meetings with key decision makers within Vale, Vale
demonstrated their confidence and awarded the contract
to Dust-A-Side. This contract is mainly for a Dust Control
Management programme for their permanent haul roads
of 300 000m2 on their surface mining operation. This is
on their main mining haul road. The company employs 9
personnel who manage the contract on a full time basis for
the company.
Key benefits for the customer in using our Dust Control
Management systems are:
• Safety on their haul roads.
• Environmental impact.
• A healthy working environment for the operators.
• Visibility of the working environment, which increases
operator confidence.
• Hauling in wet and dry weather - Dust-A-Side product
does not leach out in wet weather.
• Reduced grader and water bowser utilisation.
• Increased water savings.
• Quicker hauling times due to an improved haul road surface.
Dust-A-Side is pleased to be present in Mozambique and
to be associated with these two important projects. The
company looks forward to using our expertise, technical
experience and our unique total offering in assisting the
mines with their future developments.
We also look forward to partnering with the local communities
and various stakeholders to assist in the creation of local
employment and sharing of our skills to further develop the
local skills base. We take pride on our company’s safety
record and performance, and are confident that this will be
continued throughout our operations in Mozambique.
Haul road maintained by Dust-A-Side.
news from colas
namibia
Okahandja factory
facelift
Part of Namibia, also called the Moon
Landscape
Colas Namibia have invested and upgraded
the offices at their Okahandja factory over
the past 3 years. All the planning, layout
and construction work was done by the
Namibian team themselves!
On 20 January 2014, Basil Read
appointed Colas Namibia as their
nominated subcontractor for the 19km
stretch of a 19mm Cape Seal Project in
the Namib-Naukluft Park.
Well done, Namibia!
The scope of work is the supply and placement of materials for slurry seals, prime
coats and emulsions for the surfacing of the road.
The road leads to the Husab Mine, which is a new uranium mine under
development. The shareholders of the mine are Swakop Uranium, owned by the
China Power Corporation. China is also the investor with a planned investment of
N$13 billion during the start-up phase of the mine. The construction period of the
project covers 15 months and an opening ceremony by the Minister of Mines was
held on 07 May 2014.
Factory before renovations.
The volumes to deliver and spray amount to 120 000 litres of MC30, 342 000 litres
B70/100, 395 200 litres SS60, and there are 1 710m3 slurry to be laid.
Slurry operations at Husab Mine.
Factory after renovations.
news from colas
technology
New state-of-the-art laboratory plant
The Colas Research and Development department recently took possession of a Denimo Tech laboratory emulsion manufacturing
unit from Denmark. This unit is a state-of-the-art laboratory plant capable of producing bitumen emulsions that are representative
of the emulsions that we produce in our factories. It is an excellent research tool that enables us to produce emulsions in the
laboratory that we were not capable of producing before. Although our emulsion factories are capable of producing highly
specialised emulsions, we could previously not reproduce these emulsions in the laboratory. With the new plant, we can accurately
simulate the manufacturing conditions that we have in our factory units.
The plant is equipped with a touch screen, which simplifies the operation considerably. All operations of the unit are controlled by
a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), which makes the proportioning of the emulsion components very accurate. A technician
from the supplier of the equipment in Denmark recently visited Colas in Cape Town to train all the Research and Development
personnel in the operation of the equipment. The Research and Development department is very excited about the new acquisition
and is confident that the equipment will play a major role in the development of new generation emulsions that are currently not
available on the South African market.
Laboratory team, from left to right:
Kobus Louw, Regional Technical Manager; Bronwyn Saville, Lab Technician; Morné Labuschagne, Research and Development Manager;
Thabisa Ngcola, Lab Technician.
news from colas
making a difference
Corporate Social Investment is a high priority at Colas.
We have an ongoing commitment to supporting charities.
• NOAH Home for the Aged, Atlantis, Cape Town.
• Lofdal Restoration Centre, Drug Rehab Centre, Cape Town.
• Sizazonke Children’s Home, Durban.
• WAR - Women Against Rape, Pretoria.
• Home of Hope Children’s Home, Table View, Cape Town.
• Gift Bearers Association Feeding Scheme.
• Sikelela Project for Education.
• Compass Children’s Home in Johannesburg.
• Crestview Primary School in Johannesburg - renovations done
to the soccer and netball fields.
news from colas
exhibitions
Colas promotes brand and product awareness by participating in a
number of exhibitions throughout the year.
IMESA Conference 2013. Colas exhibits every year. On far left and far right:
Kobus Louw, Regional Technical Manager and Christiaan de Jager, Colas PE
Depot Manager.
IMESA Conference 2013. From left to right:
Yolande van Rooyen, Arcus Gibb Consulting Engineers, Peet Smith, Technical
Sales Manager Cape Town, Malony Deponte, BVI Consulting Engineers,
Christiaan de Jager, Colas PE Depot Manager.
Colas exhibited at the Argus Bitumen Conference in Cape Town, 26-27 February.
From left to right: Stephanie Britz, Managing Director of Colas South Africa,
Kobus Louw, Regional Technical Manager, Jonathan Pearce, Zebra Surfacing,
Francois Kotze, Operations Director of Colas South Africa.
PIARC Exhibition, December 2013. From left to right:
Premala Singh, Marketing Manager of Colas Southern Africa, Nazir Alli, CEO
SANRAL, and Sundra Naidoo, Sales and Technical Manager Colas South Africa,
at the PIARC Seminar on Rural Roads Maintenance.
Argus Bitumen Conference in Cape Town. From left to right:
Xavier Guyot, Regional Technical Director, Etienne Lebouteiller, Technical
Director International Division.
Colas and Dust-A-Side exhibited at the Mining Indaba in February 2014.
George Basson, Executive Chairman of Dust-A-Side (left), Thierry Madelon,
Managing Director Colas Southern Africa (right).
Denis Rivard, VIP, Mining, Oil and Gas Services at the Coalsafe Exhibition
that took place in April 2014.
Upcoming exhibitions
Colas will be exhibiting at the SARF Better Roads Conference in September 2014 and the IMESA Conference in October 2014.
news from colas
Safety report
safety talk
Safety should always come first with all of us at
Colas. I would like to congratulate all staff whose
daily efforts contributed to the safety index below.
Let’s keep up the good work and stay safe.
Jaco Steyn
HSE Manager
Colas Southern Africa
FIRST QUARTER SAFETY INDEX
20
20
Safety Index
Safety Index
15
15
10
10
5
5
0
0
2013
2014
2013
DJIBOUTI
2014
CAPE TOWN
7
2,0
Safety Index
1,5
Safety Index
6
5
4
1,0
3
2
0,5
1
0
0
2013
2014
SOUTH AFRICA
Branch
2013
2014
East Africa
0
0
Namibia
0
0
Zambia
0
0
Colrub
0
0
Johannesburg
0
0
Durban
0
0
2013
2014
SOUTHERN AFRICA
news from colas
safety talk
Dust-A-Side wins the Colas International Woodpecker
Safety Award
On behalf of Colas Southern Africa we would like to congratulate the Dust-ASide team for winning the Woodpecker International Safety Award.
This award was presented by Colas International MD Jacques Leost and the Africa-Carribean-Indian Ocean GM Christophe
Da Poian to DAS Chairman George Basson and DAS MD Johan Geyser for achieving exceptional safety results in 2013.
The total Lost Time Incident (LTI) free hours as at end December 2013 was 5 638 432. Well done guys!
Mr Jacques Leost (Managing Director International Division, Colas) presents the
award to George Basson (Executive Chairman, Dust-A-Side).
From left to right:
Thierry Madelon, Managing Director Colas Southern and Eastern Africa,
Christophe Da Poian, General Manager Africa-Caribbean-Indian Ocean,
George Basson, Chairman Dust-A-Side, Stephanie Brits, Managing Director
Colas South Africa, Jacques Leost, Managing Director Colas International,
Francois Kotze Operations Director, Colas South Africa.
new appointments south africa
NUMBERNAME
SURNAME
BRANCH
POSITION
1.
Edmund Duma
Bitumen Storage Depot Operator
2.
Karina Ramdhani
Bitumen Logistics Assistant
3.
Julie
Khan
Bitumen Branch Administrator
4.
Lethukuthula Dlamini
Bitumen Storage Depot Operator
5.
Sicelo Shezi
Bitumen Storage Depot Operator
6.
Ashraf
Williams
Cape Town
Junior Site Supervisor
7.
Athenkosi Mgutyana
Cape Town
Factory Operator
8.
Cindy Mouton
Cape Town
Admin Clerk
9.
Peter Jack
Cape Town Drumming Assistant
10.
Siyabonga Mtokoza
Colrub General Assistant
11.
Thandazwa Skaap
Johannesburg
Receptionist
12.
Dino Hariparsad
Regional Marketing Assistant
13.
Katleho
Sethabela
Regional Legal Manager
14.
Thabisa Ngcola
Regional Lab Technician
15.
Wellington Mwale
Regional
Procurement Manager
new appointments namibia
NUMBERNAME
SURNAME
POSITION
16.
Enid Klaaste
Payroll and HR Clerk 17.
Gerrit van Rooyen Financial and Administration Manager - Namibia/Zambia
18.
Hannes Grunschloss
Workshop Manager
19.
Lennert Sem
Mechanic
20.
Natasha Fourie
Depot Clerk
21.
Wilma Cowley
Administration Manager
22.
Yolande Brand
Accounts Clerk
new appointments east africa
NUMBERNAME
SURNAME
POSITION
23.
Estha Musoke
Finance and Administration Manager - Uganda
24.
Evans Oyieyo
Finance and Administration Manager - Kenya
25.
Naftalie Macharia
Site Manager - Kenya
new appointments mozambique
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SURNAME
POSITION
26.
Juma
Cleaner Abu Abubacar
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all the best for the future
congratulations
new promotions south africa
NUMBERNAME
SURNAME
BRANCH
POSITION
1.
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10. Bidesi
Rudlin
Tucker
Macamba
Inderjeeth
Lukas
Labuschagne
Munu
Baroux
Klaas Bitumen
Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town
Durban
Johannesburg
Regional
Regional
Regional
South Africa
Bitumen Export Coordinator
HR Manager
HR Officer
Lab Assistant
Weighbridge Clerk
Junior Factory Manager
Research and Development Manager
Internal Control Officer
Information Systems Manager
National Quality Manager
1.
Justin
Gaye
Linda
Ndumi
Suraaj
Shaun
Morné
Sameer
Clement
Xola 2.
3.
4.
5.
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Congratulations to
Mr and Mrs Munu
on the birth of their
handsome baby boy
on 03 December
2013.
Congratulations to
Bronwyn and Keenan
Smith who were
married on 27 April
2014.
Deepest sympathy to the
family of Sharazon Barnard
from all of us at Colas.
We also extend our condolences to
friends and family on the passing of:
Sharazon passed away on 03 February 2014.
She will be missed by her colleagues and friends.
Congratulations to
the proud parents,
Bronwyn and Keenan
Smith, on the birth of
their beautiful baby
girl on 11 February
2014.
William Mampe, Aaron Moloi and Lucas Ndlangamandla from Colas
Johannesburg, and Mapi Dlamini from Colas Durban.
They will be sadly missed.