| Start Date | 2020-11-05 |
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| Planned End Date | 1900-11-01 |
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| Actual End Date | N/A |
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| Contractor | Toddy Civil Engineering Co. Ltd |
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| Consultant | Posch & Partners, Austria, with Norken International, Kenya |
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| Target Areas | Mwiki, kahawa wendani, Kahawa sukari, Mwihoko, Githurai |
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| Scope of Works | Expand the pump station, by constructing a similar sized one to the existing one, and to install two new raw water pumps in the expanded part, Raw water pumping main parallel to the existing, 1 km long, Upgrading Jacaranda WTP from 15,000 m3/d to 28,000 m3/d : Inlet structure, 2 No.Flocculation basins, 2 No. Sedimentation tanks, 4 No. Rapid Gravity Sand Filters and Gravity Sludge Drying Beds. Transmission Main of 6.8 km steel pipe from Jacaranda Water Treatment plant to Ruiru. 6.1 km steel pipe from Ruiru to Githurai (Kahawa Sukari), 149 km of ring mains and distribution network in Greater Githurai area of Kiuu, Mwiki, Kahawa Wendani and Kahawa Sukari, connection of 8,400 number consumers |
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| Impacts | Increased Water Supply to serve an additional 850,000 people in Ruiru, Juja, and parts of Nairobi, improve access to clean water for residents.Economic Growth: With better water supply, there is potential for economic growth in the region as businesses and industries can operate more efficiently. Improved Public Health. |
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| Challenges | slow implementation of the the remaining works i.e backwash pump, standby genset and the auxilary electrical works. slow implementation of access road works at the intake and the treatment plant. |
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| Remarks | There is a serious concern about how best to get the Contractor to complete the Works satisfactorily and how to do taking over, including completing minor outstanding Works in the defects period. |
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