ROADS and transport

Recent successful road infrastructure projects:

  • The upgrade of the entire road network in Soweto within less than five years (R600 million project for the Johannesburg Roads Agency)
  • Rehabilitation of the N11 between Ermelo and Hendrina as part of the Mpumalanga Coal Haul Network upgrading – 53 km
  • Rehabilitation of the N14 between Delareyville and Sannieshof – 39 km
  • Construction of the Maandags hoek access road for Modikwa Mine and Roads Agency in Limpopo, as part of the mines Social Labour Plan – 11 km
With vast experience in transportation projects and access to a network of professionals, the roads team provides professional services in roads and transportation engineering.

Bigen Africa is a leading multidisciplinary infrastructure development firm that provides engineering, management consulting and project finance solutions to public and private sector clients.

The company has a well-established reputation of 30 years in the development of new road infrastructure as well as the upgrading, rehabilitation and implementation of existing road engineering services, and has attracted numerous industry recognition and accolades.

Bigen Africa has completed national and provincial road projects to the value of billions of rand, including major links and interchanges. Also involved in international projects in Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Botswana, Bigen Africa is positioned as one of Africa’s leading infrastructure development companies.

Expertise ranges from design, documentation and contract administration of roadworks to the commissioning of roadworks and innovative transportation systems. Bigen Africa’s smarter business approach integrates engineering, management consulting and project finance expertise to customise innovative business solutions in building national, provincial, urban and rural roads.

Projects are managed according to a well-established turnkey design and construction methodology which includes a legal framework for all aspects of typical road and storm water projects within the local sphere of operations.

CONSULTING SERVICES

  • Planning of national, provincial, metropolitan, urban and rural roads, and storm water systems
  • Traffic and transportation studies
  • Feasibility studies
  • Technical inputs for township layout planning
  • Total cost analysis of proposals
  • Project financing and cost recovery
  • Policy issues and institution support
  • Stakeholder facilitation

DESIGN EXPERTISE

  • Design and rehabilitation of freeways and interchanges
  • Urban dual carriageways and rural single and dual carriageways
  • Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems
  • Gravel roads and streets
  • Labour-intensive construction
  • Commercial parking areas
  • Landscaping and site rehabilitation
  • Design and construction projects (turnkey operations)

The company’s bridge design and construction experience spans more than 20 years.

Projects comprise:

  • Site selection and optimisation
  • Economic optimisation of structural designs
  • Concrete designs
  • Determination of flood runoffs and flood lines
  • Environmentally friendly structures
  • Bridge aesthetics
  • Planning, design, documentation and construction supervision
  • Project management

In the traffic and transportation discipline, the company’s experience includes analyses of the Lindi-Dar-Es-Salaam corridor and the design of highways, road drainage, streets, bridges, rail lines and public transport facilities.

AREAS OF EXCELLENCE

  • Pavements and materials
  • Geometric
  • Bridges
  • Geotechnical
  • Traffic and transportation
  • Site supervision and project management

Bigen Africa’s staff has extensive experience in pavement design for extra-heavy loads (mine haul roads) and BRT systems (Johannesburg, Tshwane and Rustenburg).

SOCIAL INVESTMENT

Bigen Africa believes in the principle of doing good while doing business, which is channelled through its Intuthuko Foundation which was established as a platform for the company’s social investment drive. Its social responsibility approach is effective in creating employment and relieving poverty in the areas of operation.

OUR VALUE-ADD PROPOSITION

Our integrity, commitment, desire to serve, passion for excellence, empowerment focus, innovative and creative working environment provides our specialist, multi-disciplinary teams with a solid foundation to implement successful projects for our clients. The extensive range of our road services includes the planning, design, construction supervision and project management of large-scale township and spatial development projects. These projects are being successfully implemented throughout Africa, where the labour-intensive nature of many of these projects provides employment for local people.

Contact PERSONS

Pieter van Niekerk (PrEng) Executive Director
Tel: +27 (0) 11 802 0560
Fax: +27 (0) 11 802 0565
E-mail: Pieter.vanNiekerk@bigenafrica.com