Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

NEWS RELEASE From SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants

SSI AWARDED ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS ON NEW NELSON MANDELA STADIUM IN PE The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality has awarded consulting engineering and project management group, SSI — a DHV company a contract for certain electrical installations at the new 48 000seater Nelson Mandela Stadium in North End, Port Elizabeth — an official Fifa World Cup 2010 venue. SSI in one of three consulting companies that will be responsible for electrical installations at the stadium and its role will be to provide detail design and construction supervision relating to floodlighting for the main arena, practice pitch lighting, external lighting and decorative lighting for the stadium and surrounding area. SSI project principal, Andrew Theron, says the project is running on a very tight schedule and will be completed in May 2009. “We have provided road transportation and township services to this municipality for the past three decades,” says Theron, “and we believe that it is this high profile and proven track record that influenced the granting of the stadium electrical contract in our favour.” The high-tech Nelson Mandela Stadium will meet every requirement necessary to provide a world class venue for World Cup 2010 matches. The stadium is located 2 km from the Port Elizabeth coast, close to the N2 highway and no more than 15 minutes' drive from the city's main hotel sector. SSI is involved in a variety of other World Cup 2010 related projects, including the uMhlathuze Multi-purpose Sports Stadium in Richards Bay and the Orlando Sports Stadium in Soweto, as well as road and rail planning in KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has also appointed SSI to conduct three World Cup 2010 related transport projects in the region. The first calls for conceptual design of the infrastructure required for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, including dedicated bus lanes with centrally located bus stations in the median of the arterial roads in the city, as well as design of modal interchanges for passenger transfers between trunk route buses and feeder minibuses and midibuses. (A midibus — or “mid-sized bus” — is a classification of single decker buses identified as neither minibuses nor full size buses, and can be anywhere between 8m and 11m long.) SSI is also working on a public transport operational plan for the municipality that will serve World Cup 2010 as the first phase of implementation of a long term public transport strategy and will also cover the “legacy” beyond 2010. This has involved intensive discussions and planning meetings with existing bus and minibus

NEWS RELEASE From SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants taxi operators to design a new system, which will be operated by a mutually owned entity established by the current operators, under contract to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Transport Authority. The third transport project involves preparation of a Transport Operational Plan for World Cup 2010 — a three-year appointment awarded to SSI in joint venture with Protech Khuthele and Izizwe Consulting Engineers. SSI’s responsibility is transport demand estimation, spectator information systems, airport transport linkage, spectator parking and access routes, traffic management, Fifa “family” and VIP transport and parking, emergency services transport routes and parking, support services access and parking.

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Established in 1922, SSI is a black empowered, multi-disciplinary environmental and engineering consultancy with over 500 professional and technical specialists located in 19 offices throughout South Africa and in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Kenya. The firm tailors solutions for infrastructure and built environment developments, offering services covering the complete spectrum of lifecycle needs. The firm is active within the arenas of transport, water, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering, facilities and project management, cleanrooms, building services, ports, aviation & rail, and environmental consulting. SSI‘s majority shareholder is the DHV Group, one of Europe's leading engineering firms with representation in 30 countries and independently rated amongst the top 10 design consultants in Africa.

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