Tema Afloa Phase 1 – Ghana

Project: Detail Design – $220M Expressway between Accra and Tema, Ghana

The Government of Ghana urgently requires the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Tema-Aflao Road. The British Government, through its Export Credit Guarantees Department (UK Export Finance), is actively financing projects undertaken by British contractors. BHM Construction International (UK) Ltd. applied for and obtained financing to design and construct these works using the UKEF Direct Lending Facility, and Nurizon International was appointed for the engineering design of the project.

Scope of works on the project included:

• 17km three (3) lane per direction dual carriageway expressway and two (2) lane one-way service roads on either side;
• Four (4) interchanges / bridges;
• Bus-bays and Pedestrian bridge;
• Stormwater Drainage;
• Lighting; and
• Roadside furniture, signage, traffic control devices at interchanges and road markings.

Nimba Iron Ore, Guinea and Liberia

Project: Preliminary Mine Haul Road Design and Geotechnical Investigation

Sable Mining Africa Ltd. obtained an iron ore mining concession in the Mount Nimba region of the Republic of Guinea, with Phase 1 of the project comprising the extraction of 3Mtpa DSO (Direct Shipping Ore) from the concession area. Iron ore product was to be transported from the mine site to the Port of Buchanan, from where it was then to be exported.