Diepsloot Shopping Mall, Gauteng

Client: Masingita Trust

Scope of Services:Design and supervision

Completion Date: January 2008

Masingita Trust appointed Lidwala Consulting Engineers in 2006 to carry out the Civil and Structural design and construction supervision. The project entailed the design of the terrace, storm water attenuation facilities and the structural steel frame of the building. The scope included the design of the access roadways and the upgrading of the intersection to William Nicol Drive.

Hope Street Office Complex, Mpumalanga

Client: Alkara 238 (Pty) Ltd

Scope of Services: Structural, Electrical and Wet Services Engineering

Completion Date: June 2009

The Hope Street Office Complex is a 3 storey office building in the centre of Nelspruit. Lidwala were the structural, electrical and the wet services engineers

Clau- Clau River Bridge, Mpumalanga

Client: Mpumalanga Department of Roads and Transport

Scope of Services: Design and Supervision

Completion Date: August 2005

The alignment of the upgraded road had to negotiate an informal area consisting of corn fields, residential houses, a cemetery and public buildings. Following the existing alignment as far as possible, the design speed was restricted to 60km per hour due to the settlement density.

The single span bridge was founded on spread footings. However, suitable foundation bedding was only found at a depth of 10m below natural ground. The high erodibility of the natural material called for extensive protection of the foundations against scour by using gabions across the full width of the water course.