DOCUMENTATION: RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE AUS TO LÜDERITZ RAILWAY LINE
DATE: 31.10.2004
Tender No. E1/10/2-9/2000(c) (Phase 1: Aus Station (km 179+423) to Haalenberg (km 253+200)):
CHAIRMAN: BOARD OF TRANSNAMIB
HOLDINGS Ltd.:
Dr. Klaus Dierks
CONTRACT STATISTICS (as for 31. October 2004):
Contract Tender Amount:
N$
36.443.001,02
Present Expenditure on Works:
N$
36.443.001,02
Estimated Total Construction Costs
N$
36.443.001,02
Handing over of Site:
09.08.2001
Time for Completion (since 09 August 2001):
24 Months
Official Completion:
08.
August 2003
(in
actual fact only in June 2004)
With the appointment of a second contractor (Salz Gossow, Swakopmund) the progress of construction increased considerably.
TABLE 1: PROGRESS REPORT: JANUARY 2003
| Start of Project | 179,423 km |
| End of Project | 253,20 km |
| Total Length | 73,8 km |
| Equivalent Distance complete | 23.32 km |
| Percentage complete | 32% |
| Remaining Section | 50,48 km |
| Working Days left | 94 Days |
| Performance required | 0,537 km/day |
TABLE 2: PROGRESS REPORT: ACTIVITIES: JANUARY 2003
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION |
DISTANCES |
|||
Distance Completed |
Total |
Percentage Completed |
||
| Main Contractor (RCC) | Sub-Contractor (Salz-Gossow) | |||
| km | km | km | ||
| Roadbed & Fill | 17,42 | 8,50 | 19,30 | 35,12% |
| B Layer | 16,80 | 6,98 | 14,20 | 32,22% |
| A Layer | 15,20 | 6,98 | 11,70 | 30,05% |
| Culverts | 14,22 | 6,98 | 5,00 | 28,73% |
| Sub-Ballast | 7,44 | 6,98 | 3,20 | 19,54% |
| Equivalent Distance completed | 15,79 | 7,53 | 23,32 | |
The target dates for the completion of the indicated sections are pictured in Table 3
TABLE 3: TARGET DATES FOR COMPLETION OF INDICATED SECTIONS: PROGRESS AS 30.03.2003
Contractor |
Section | Original Duration (Weeks) | Original Target Completion Date | Equivalent Distance | Percentage Completed | Revised Target Date | Actual Completion Date |
RCC |
253+200 to 240+000 | 25 |
31/01/2003 | 12,83 |
97,20% |
14/02/2003 | - |
| 240+000 to 230+000 | 14 |
16/05/2003 | 2,96 |
29,60% |
16/05/2003 | - |
|
| 230+000 to 220+000 | 14 |
08/08/2003 | 0 |
0,00% |
08/08/2003 | - |
|
Salz Gossow |
220+000 to 209+624 | 10 |
08/08/2003 | 0 |
0,00% |
08/08/2003 | - |
| 209+624 to 200+000 | 10 |
30/05/2003 | 0 |
0,00% |
30/05/2003 | - |
|
| 200+000 to 190+000 | 10 |
21/03/2003 | 3,93 |
39,30% |
14/05/2003 | - |
|
| 190+000 to 186+000 |
9 |
23/12/2002 | 3,0 |
100,00% |
14/02/2003 | 24/03/2003 |
|
| 186+000 to 179+423 | 10 |
08/08/2003 | 0 |
0,00% |
08/08/2003 | - |
|
| TOTAL | 179+423 to 253+200 | 23,32% |
31,61% |
Tender No. E1/10/2-1/2004 (Phase 2A: Haalenberg (km 253+200) to km 285+800):
CHAIRMAN: BOARD OF TRANSNAMIB
HOLDINGS Ltd.:
Dr. Klaus Dierks
CONTRACT STATISTICS (as for 31. October 2004):
Contract Tender Amount:
N$ 33.490.405,34
Present Expenditure on Works:
N$ 2.987.854,94 (18% of earth works and 4% of layer works)
Estimated Total Construction Costs
N$ 33.490.405,34
Handing over of Site:
21.08.2004
Time for Completion (since 09 August 2001):
14 Months
Official Completion:
20.11.2005
PHOTO-DOCUMENTATION
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 181: West of Aus: Beginning of
Section at Aus Station: km 179+423: Section "Salz Gossow": km 179+423 to km 220:
Removal of old German "Krupp-Rails", nearly 100 Years old: View to the West:
Direction Garub: Progress to Date: September 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186 + 000: West of Aus: Old
German Steel Bridge (Bridge No. 3 from Aus): Progress to Date: September 2002
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 190: West of Aus: The old
German Steel Sleepers are stacked: View to the West: Progress to Date: September
2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 195: West of Aus: Station
Ausweiche, where the steep Ascent to Aus Nek commences: September 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 200: Border between Farming
Area west of Aus and the "Diamond Sperrgebiet": September 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186: Beginning of new
Construction Section: November 2002: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and
B-Layer are under Construction: from km 186 to km 192: View to the West: Direction
Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186,40: Beginning of new
Construction Section: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and B-Layer are under
Construction: from km 186,40 to km 192: View to the East: Direction Aus: December
2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 188: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the East: Direction Ausvista: December 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186+700: A-Layer is completed:
View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187+100: A-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 180 - km 183: West of Aus
(Beginning of new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed
Layer Works to Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 181: West of Aus (Beginning of
new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed Layer Works to
Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Between km 186 and km 200:
Sub-Ballast is completed: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: October
2004
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line (currently
under Re-construction) which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west
of Aus: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the West in Direction Haalenberg: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the South: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the East in Direction Ausweiche: Karas Region: October 2004
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
The "Garub Water Railway Line" which provided the
Water for the Construction of the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: with German Writer
Jürgen Leskien: August 2002: Karas Region
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
The "Garub Water Railway Line": Karas Region
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Near Kolmanskop: km 300 (from
Keetmanshoop: 20 km from Lüderitz): The "End of Road" has not been reaches as
yet: From 2003 onwards the Line will be rebuilt
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Station Grasplatz: km 296 (24 km
from Lüderitz)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 290 (approx. 30 km from
Lüderitz)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: approx. km 290 (approx. 30 km
from Lüderitz): The 12 km Section from approx. km 290 to approx. km 300 is crossing a
heavy Sand Dune Section: New innovative Engineering Solutions have to be found for the
Rebuilding of this Railway Section (Phase 2: Haalenberg-Lüderitz): One Solution is the
Stabilisation of the Sand Dunes (See Photo: Test Stabilisation): Others are Tunnelling,
the Lifting of the Gradeline with appropriate Crossections or alternative Alignments
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252+000: Starting Point of
Phase 1 of the Re-Construction of the Railway Line: Section :Roads Contractor Company
(RCC): km 252+000 to km 220: Aus-Haalenberg: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of Railbed:
New Rails on right Side: View to the East: Direction Station Tsaukaib (Tsau||kaib: Nama:
Heavy Soft Sand)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of B Layer
(A Layer and Sub-Ballast to follow): View to the West: Direction Haalenberg: Progress to
Date: August 2002 (Scheduled Date of Completion to Sub-Ballast Level: August 2003): The
Progress Performance of the State-Owned Namibia Road Contractor Company (RCC) is extremely
poor (only 6km of the B Layer in 14 Months while nearly a Hundred Years ago (December 1905
to November 1906), the Germans completed the whole Railway Line from Lüderitz to Aus in
11 months (148 km)).
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A
Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukaib: View to the East: Direction Garub:
Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are
completed/under Construction)
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A
Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukaib: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg:
Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are
completed/under Construction)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 240+000: Construction of Fill:
View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003 (Roadbed and Fill 14,20
km between km 237+800 to 252; B-Layer 10,20 km between Km 252 to 241+800; A-Layer 9,20 km
between Km 252 to 242+800 and Subballast 3,20 km between km 252 and 248+800)
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: A Layer completed:
View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003
Copyright of Photo: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction f
Pre-Fabricated Box-Culvert: Progress of Culverts to Date: January 2003: 5 km
Copyright of Photos: Dr. Klaus Dierks
Major Problems on Roads Contractor Company Section (RCC):
 | In spite of repeated requests from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication, the Consulting Engineer and the Chairman of the board of Directors of TransNamib Holdings Ltd., to the RCC to speed up production and to mobilise three complete working teams, no improvement is visible with the result that the Contract is already some ten months behind on the original programme; | ||||
| The Sub-Contractor "Salz Gossow" has already been appointed to take over 55% of the contract, but it has become evident that the RCC will not be able to complete their 45% of the Contract by the Completion Date (August 2003); | ||||
| The following facts must be listed as reasons for the RCC's non-performance:
|
The ballast for the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line is provided by a separate tender from the RCC-Dolorite Crusher at Keetmanshoop:
Tender No. E1/10/2-9/2002(d): Upgrading of Aus-Lüderitz Railway Line: Supply of Ballast
CONTRACT STATISTICS (as for 28. February 2003):
Contractor: Roads Contractor Company Limited
Contract Tender Amount:
N$ 54.166.273,05
Present Expenditure on Works:
N$ 10.240.432,72
Estimated Total Construction Costs
N$ 46.221.438,25
Handing over of Site:
30.11.2001
Time for Completion (since 09 August 2001):
24 Months
Official Completion:
29.11.2003
Progress:
10,5 Months behind Original
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