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(Left) Dirk Steyn, M&D Construction site manager, and Rowan Barnard, M&D
Construction plant manager.
innovations
The all-steel pipeline is supplied by spiral-welded steel pipe manufacturer Hall Longmore
and is delivered in sections of 80-metre lengths.
Project specs
The all-steel pipeline is supplied by
spiral-welded steel pipe manufacturer
Hall Longmore. The steel pipes are
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The Magalies Water project includes the design and construction of the Moretele South
Water Supply Scheme incorporating 30km of bulk steel pipelines.
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M&D has built up a plant division that
caters to all construction divisions within
the group. The company considered
it strategically necessary to own
sufficient plant to both increase the
competitiveness of the various divisions
and to ensure an accessible pool of plant
to satisfy site needs and requirements.
Certain plant items such as large side
booms are specific to the pipe laying
industry, but most of the plant owned
can be used in general building, earth
moving, as well as civil engineering
projects. The company constantly
upgrades and renews its plant fleet to
increase its production output.