Mining
Infrastructure.
Water infrastructure and heavy civils for mining and heavy industry, built to the standard a mine's own engineering department will audit.
Water infrastructure and heavy civils for mining and heavy industry, built to the standard a mine's own engineering department will audit.
The Discipline
Mines do not usually need a contractor to mine. They need someone who can build the water storage, the pipelines, the heavy foundations and the platforms that keep the operation running — and who will work to the mine's permit system without argument.
That is where Unicon fits. The 10ML post-tensioned reservoir with a dome roof at Thabazimbi for Anglo American is the same structure type we have built repeatedly for water boards and municipalities, delivered to a mining client's standards and audit regime.
Scope Of Works
Water, concrete and earthworks — the infrastructure around the operation.
Track Record
Straight from our project database, not a brochure. Contract values are shown as bands.
Our mining record is specific rather than broad: a 10ML post-tensioned reservoir with a dome roof for Anglo American at Thabazimbi, and works for Safal Steel at Cato Ridge. What we bring to a mine is the water and heavy-concrete capability behind the rest of this portfolio, not a claim to be a mining contractor.
2
Projects delivered
2009–2016
Years active
2
Client organisations
23 months
Longest contract
| Year | Project | Client | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Thabazimbi 10ML Reservoir with Dome Roof | Anglo American | R5–20M |
| 2009 | SAFAL STEEL Cato Ridge | Safal Steel | R5–20M |
Who We Build For
Method
Nothing moves until our people are inducted and the permit, isolation and access arrangements are agreed with the mine's own systems.
Access routes, delivery windows and lifting operations are programmed so that construction traffic never competes with mine traffic.
Mining clients audit. Method statements, testing and records are prepared to be inspected, not to be filed.
Watertightness, pressure and functional testing with the mine's engineering department present.
As-builts, data books and O&M documentation that the mine's asset register can actually use.
Capacity
We self-perform the work that carries the risk and subcontract the rest to an approved vendor list. What follows is the plant and capability this discipline draws on.
Contracting
Counts below are across the whole portfolio and come from the same database as the project record above.
Appointment Type
Contract Form
CIDB 7CE and 7GB. B-BBEE Level 2 contributor. Work is measured and constructed to the SANS 1200 and SANS 2001 series, with building work to SANS 10400.
Water storage, pipelines or heavy foundations — send us the scope and the site standards you work to.