Railway

Rehabilitation of Port Bell warehouses and associated buildings

Uganda Railways contracted Kato Contractors Limited to carry out rehabilitation works for the warehouses and associated buildings at Port Bell Pier at a total cost of UGX. 1.1 bn. The scope of works included:

Paving the driveway;
Extension of the hardstand;
Fencing all-round the premises (800 inner metres);
Fabrication works, e.g. gates and doors;
Construction of a 5-stance toilet;
Construction of two (2) Askari houses;
Renovation of URA offices.

Progress

The works were completed in May 2019 and the contractor has been paid all the money. One of the major modifications made was the removal of offices from the warehouse, thereby creating more storage space. The offices were relocated to the customs building.

Railway

Fencing of the Kampala Goods Shed

Project Location

This project is being carried out within Kampala Railway Station, East of the Railway Headquarter Building.

Project Details	Information
Project Name:	Contract for Fencing of the Kampala Goods shed
Funding Agency:	Government of Uganda through MoWT
Contractor:	M/s. Leading Edge Investments Limited
Client:	Uganda Railways Corporation.
Contract duration:	2 months
Original contract sum:	UGX. 257,580,400 (Excl. Taxes)
Value Added Tax:	UGX. 46,364,472
Commencement date:	4^th February, 2019
Expected completion date:	26^th April, 2019
Revised completion date:	22^nd November, 2019

Purpose of the fence

To demarcate the Kampala Goods shed and safeguard the URC property and customers’ goods;
Fencing is a requirement by Uganda Revenue Authority for Customs Bonded Warehouse licensing, yet URC intends to secure customs bonded warehouse operating license.
To prevent encroachers, trespassers and illegal movement in and out of the Kampala Goods shed.

Scope of works

Clearing of 3,056m² of the vegetation and grass along the fence line (2m) on either sides of the fence;
Excavation and earth works for the foundations;
Masonry works; building of the concrete block to BS 3921 of 4N/mm² compressive strength bedded and joint in cement and sand (1:3) mortar 300mm wide and an average height of 750mm with 25mm wide hoop iron every alternate course;
Precast Concrete; Building the precast copings onto the walls for 764m length of the fence line;
Palisade fence works and access gates according to the ToR;
RSA Repair of the 3 access gates: align, stretch and straighten in position “See through gate” made in accordance with the ToR;
Removal and disposal of waste-site restoration.

Railway

Renovation of Kampala Good Shed Warehouse (Phase 1)

The renovation works were done to ensure that the ware houses meet Uganda Revenue Authority minimum requirements for licensing Customs Bonded warehouses. Phase 1 of the contract does not include electrical repairs, telecommunication systems and railway track that enters the warehouse.

Project Details	Information
Project Name:	Contract for the renovation of the Kampala Goods shed Warehouse Phase I
Funding Agency:	Government of Uganda through MoWT
Contractor:	M/s. Joseph Holdings (U) Limited
Client:	Uganda Railways Corporation.
Contract duration:	2 months
Original contract sum:	UGX. 225,410,020
Revised contract price:	UGX.60,612,199,680
Commencement date:	28th November 2018
Expected completion date:	6th February 2019
Revised completion date:	13th March 2019

Detailed scope of works

The scope of works under this project was limited to internal works including the following:

Recovery of salvage building materials from the collapsed roof structure. These included roofing sheets, roof timber structures, nails, metallic gutters and roof glazing glasses for safe custody.
Removing the solid block debris from the collapsed roof which was gutted by fire and disposing it off site.
Refurbishment of 21 overhead roll up doors- alignment, stretching and straightening in position the overhead rolls up door interlocking galvanized steel slats, structural steel guides and continuous wall angle mountings, double steel angle foot piece with astragal and steel shafts.
Refurbishment of 3 access gates (G1, G2 and G3)
Repair of 178m² floor area of some rooms, and re-screeding of 1016m² raised floor
Minor repairs and painting of 3 wooden Cubical warehouse offices scrubbing the wooden surfaces, re-painting the surfaces, replacement of doors with locking system, fixing the sliding windows and window glazing.
Painting of 3,164m² warehouse interior walls and 27 flanged columns of 450mm x 450mm. Cleaning the wall surfaces, minor repairs of cracks on the wall, plaster of selected areas of the wall (1:4) mortar and painting of 3890m² wall surfaces including the partition walls.
Renovation of roof structure; replacement of defective iron sheets with existing gauge 26 iron sheets recovered from the collapsed roof, straightening and reinforcement of roof trusses by adding more timber members in specific areas, replacement of some rotten roof truss, re-alignment of opening flaps, and diagonal bracing of timber members, welding leakages and sealing of the holes on the iron sheets, overlaps and joints.
Roof glazing; removal of old wooden roof glazing frames and recovering the roof glazing panes, fabricating 1466m metallic angle section frames for the roof glazing including fixing to the wooden trusses and fixing the 612m² roof glaze glasses.
Construction of veranda of 75m² (in front of the warehouse offices): Demolition of the existing defective veranda, excavating for foundations, packing of hardcore, placing of A142 BRC and 1000 gauge polyethene sheet, and casting 150mm thick veranda concrete.
Repair of gutters; cleaning of the gutters, welding of the gutters, sealing of the holes and joints, painting of the gutters by spraying
Fixing of rain water down pipes; fabricating 22 galvanised metallic rain water down pipes including accessories and fittings.

Railway

Pre-cast concrete Railway reserve boundary markers phase III

Project Details

Item	Details
Project Name:	Supply and Installation of Pre-cast concrete Railway reserve Boundary Markers, Phase III
Contractor:	Muga Services Limited
Client:	Uganda Railways Corporation (URC)
Funding:	GOU Institutional support through MOWT
Works Contract Price:	UGX.828,280,000
Start Date:	15th October 2018
Contract Period:	5 months
Intended Completion Date	15th March 2019
Time Extension Granted	3 weeks
Revised Completion Date	5th April 2019
Reason for time extension	Inclement weather, delayed sensitization and boundary opening
Defects liability Period	6 Weeks
Physical progress	100%
Financial status	90%

Project Overview

Supply and Installation of pre-cast concrete railway reserve boundary markers was identified as a key project in mitigating against the rampant encroachment on URC railway reserve land. The project would play a key role in enforcing, managing and safe guarding the land interests of URC in line with its 5 year strategic plan as one of its strategic objectives.

Phase I had covered the sections of Kampala-Mutundwe, Kampala-Port Bell, Kampala-Mukono-Seeta as well as Jinja and Iganga station approaches. There was resistance in some areas due to land ownership disputes which the contract management team omitted from the project scope. Phase II covered the area gaps identified from Phase I as well as extending the exercise from Mutundwe to Bujuuko, Kawolo-Lubanyi-Nyenga sections.

An in-house reconnaissance survey was previously done in 2018 as well as a pre-commencement sensitization exercise in January 2019. The reconnaissance survey identified the following sections for Phase III; Iganga-Busembatia, Busembatia-Budumba, Budumba-Nagongera, Nagongera-Tororo.

Actual sections covered under the railway reserve boundary markers project Phase III due to the available funding were; Magamaga – Bulanga, Bulanga – Iganga, Iganga – Busembatia, Busembatia – Budumba and Budumba – Nagongera.

The project is fully funded by Government of Uganda under the institutional support program through the Ministry of Works and Transport.

Scope of works

Supply of reinforced concrete railway reserve boundary markers Type A and B including delivery to erection sites
Testing and quality control of boundary markers as prescribed in the statement of requirements
Clearing of vegetation at the boundary marker erection sites
Opening boundaries of railway reserves including provision of survey report duly signed by a registered land surveyor
Erecting reinforced concrete boundary markers Type A and B
Painting of erected boundary markers as prescribed in the statement of requirements
Geo-referencing of erected boundary markers including submission of a survey report.

Railway

Rehabilitation and drainage improvement of the railway line at Magamaga and Budumbuli

Project Details

Item	Information
Project Name:	Rehabilitation and drainage Improvement of the Railway line at Magamaga and Budumbuli
Contractor:	Kato Contractors Limited
Client:	Uganda Railways Corporation (URC)
Funding:	GOU Institutional support through MOWT
Works Contract Price:	481,415,220 UGX
Start Date:	8th November 2018
Contract Period:	2 Months
Intended Completion Date	7th February 2019
Time Extension Granted	12 Days
Reason for time extension	Variation Order
Further Extension approved	28 days
Reason for further time extension	Inclement weather, provision of LSBs & Engineering train
Revised Completion Date	20th March 2019
Defects liability Period	6 Weeks
Physical progress	100%
Financial status	90%

Project Overview

Rehabilitation and drainage improvement of the railway line at Magamaga and Budumbuli was identified as a key project in improving the track availability which was affected by the speed restrictions and the occasional line blocks at these locations. Both these locations are within cut sections stretching from Mileage 312/4 to 312/8 at Magamaga, and Mileage 322/2 to 322/6 at Budumbuli.

Due to the proximity of human activity to the railway track especially at Budumbuli, catch water drains were blocked by waste resulting into surface runoff and attendant sedimentation being directed onto the railway track. Additionally, boulders on the steep back slopes became unstuck and were released onto the railway track during heavy rains. All this led to line blocks in order to clear the track of the debris or temporary speed restrictions (TSRs).

At Magamaga, all the surface run-off from the surrounding hills was directed onto the railway track due to inadequate and blocked catch water drains. This coupled with the shallow and blocked side drains within the cut section, led to water ponding on the railway track that caused train failures (wheel slip) and line blocks. Eventually, this water ponding led to an unstable track and speed restrictions due to a weak formation.

As such, this project was identified to rehabilitate the railway line through re-ballasting at these sections with contaminated or no ballast and poor track joints as well as improving the drainage at these locations through stone pitching of the side drains, opening the catch water drains and culvert construction.

Due to a limited available budget, a variation order was issued to extend the coverage of the drainage improvement (stone pitching) in lieu of the re-ballasting. The project would play a key role in improving track availability in line with its 5 year strategic plan as one of its strategic objectives.

Scope of works

Weeding and bush clearing
Ballasting
Drainage improvement works; stone pitching works for side drains and opening catch water drains
Culvert construction; Access and railway cross culverts
Gabion construction
Earth works; Shaping back slopes