Mondi Forestry Roads Engineering. GroundTruth is a service provider to Mondi Limited for forestry roads engineering. In collaboration with Mondi Roads Specialists, we have carried out numerous forestry road upgrade projects in order to cost effectively meet the operational, harvesting, and long-haul vehicular requirements of access roads and watercourse crossings. We achieve this using a…
Large Mining Operation Stormwater Management Planning. GroundTruth engaged with a large international mine to develop a stormwater management plan to improve how rainfall was dealt with across the mine’s operations. GroundTruth adopted a two-phase approach. The first phase involved GroundTruth engineers visiting the site to assess the nature and extent of the stormwater problems. The…
Flood Risk Assessment for Tanzania Posts Corporation (TPC). The Tanganyika Plantation Company Ltd. (TPC), is one of the largest sugar estates in Tanzania, located approximately 50km south of Mount Kilimanjaro. The western boundary of the estate is bounded by the Kikuletwa River, which feeds into the Nyumba ya Mungu Dam, a critical water reservoir in…
Belfast Wetland Rehabilitation. Accepted best practice for wetlands in South Africa is a ‘no-net-loss’ approach, meaning development should result in no further loss to wetland integrity or functionality. GroundTruth were appointed to assess the wetland loss or impacts potential associated with the Exxaro Coal Belfast Implementation Project. The Belfast Implementation Project is located approximately 8km…
Strategic drainage planning for Nakamabala Estate, Zambia. Nakambala, located south of the Kafue River and spanning approximately 15,197 ha, is the largest sugar operation in Zambia. It is operated by Zambia Sugar, which is committed to promoting sustainable agriculture and the upliftment of the local stakeholders and the communities within which they operate. In alignment…
Constructed wetland and wastewater management for TPC. The Tanganyika Plantation Company Ltd. (TPC) is considered to be one of the largest sugarcane estates in Tanzania. The extraction of sugar from the plant requires a substantial amount of water and results in a number of useful and unusable by-products. Wastewater from the factory contains solid and…
Exxaro Grootegeluk Wetland Relocation. The video summarising this project can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxadmmh-gWQ&t=58s Summary Exxaro’s Grootegeluk opencast coal mine in Limpopo Province, South Africa, proposed an expansion in mining operations that would destroy non-perennial pans. To mitigate the damage, Exxaro engaged with GroundTruth on a novel pilot project that attempted to relocate non-perennial wetland…
Cities and Climate in Action Transformative Riverine Management Programme. GroundTruth were consulted to lead the design and implementation of a Cities and Climate in Action Transformative Riverine Management Programme for the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, funded by The Agence Française de Développement (AFD). The overall objective of the project was to build climate…
European Union / South African Presidential Climate Commission Peer-To-Peer Learning Exchange Climate change poses increasing risks to cities, making it critical to develop urban landscapes with climate resilience built into design. There is an urgent need to strengthen the capacity of government officials, policy-makers, and implementers to engage complex climate-related information. As part of addressing…