Public Civil Water Infrastructure

Homeleigh Water Tower

Heavy lift to the rescue!

This stunning East London water tower brought essential services to one of the Buffalo City's major suburbs with an award winning lift technique.

This project cast the shaft and bowl of the Homeleigh water tower simultaneously and then lifted the bowl into place using steel cables. The total weight of the bowl was a massive 640 tonnes. This was the first time that any lift of this magnitude had been attempted in South Africa.

The lifting was completed in six phases and was developed in response to a shortage of steel scaffolding. The 25m hoist was accomplished with four 350 tonne hydraulic jacks mounted on top of the shaft and took five days to complete after a week of preparations. The team had to contend with wind speeds of up to 70km per hour during the lift.

Homeleigh Water Tower

Client

Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality

Sector

Public Water Infrastructure

Started

2006

Completed

2007

Value

R9.6 million

Structural & Civil

600 000 litre elevated tank constructed 30m above the ground level to service a large suburb located in the north east of East London. The elevated tower was constructed from 460m³ of concrete and 55 tonnes of reinforcing with the bowl being uniquely constructed on ground level before being hoisted into place using 4 350 tonne jacks.

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Homeleigh Water Tower

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