Connect

Author: Keri-Ann

Farewell friend – Dirk Van Rooyen 1953-2022

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Farewell friend – Dirk Van Rooyen 1953-2022

With great sadness, we note the passing of Dirk Van Rooyen – a senior member of AnyWay’s global team, a friend and a mentor. For almost two decades, we were fortunate to be among those who enjoyed the warmth of his friendship and benefitted from his vast experience and wealth of knowledge in the field of geotechnical engineering. Dirk was always happy to share his deep understanding of soils, vegetation and the vital connections between them. Time and again we came to appreciate his fresh and unique way of approaching, analyzing and solving engineering problems. He truly enjoyed his work and was ever eager to help others and to share his expertise – particularly with young engineers. There are many who owe a debt of gratitude to him for his role in their professional and personal development. Dirk was a man of many varied skills, but his unmatched gift for connecting with people will be his greatest legacy. Dirk will be deeply missed by all of us at AnyWay.  

Search

Recent Posts

Climate Resiliency in Pavement Design Presented at 10th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress in Barbados

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Climate Resiliency in Pavement Design Presented at 10th IRF Caribbean Regional Congress in Barbados

Eng. Alex Campbell, AnyWay’s Director of Engineering Solutions, was a presenter at the 10th IRF Caribbean Road Congress in Barbados in June of 2022. Eng. Campbell spoke to more than 150 delegates on how climate change is impacting the way roads are designed, constructed and used globally. Developing Island Nations (DIN’s), such as those found throughout the Caribbean and Australasia, are disproportionately impacted by rising water levels, more frequent storm events and storm events of increased magnitude. Case studies from projects in Papua New Guinea were presented, where AnyWay’s engineering approach to rehabilitating distressed pavements includes improvements to drainage and strengthening the road pavement structures as a means of enhancing climate resiliency for the future. AnyWay’s approach to rehabilitating and upgrading failed or structurally weakened roads through recycling and stabilization was well received by the delegates at the event. It was widely discussed and recognized as ideally suited to Caribbean and other DIN’s.

Search

Recent Posts

Ghana Minister of Roads and Highways issued a request to local contractors using AnyWay’s technology

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Ghana Minister of Roads and Highways issued a request to local contractors using AnyWay’s technology

The Ghana Minister of Roads and Highways, the Honourable Kwasi Amoako-Attah, personally visits project sites all around the country to review the quality of the roads being constructed by, and on behalf of, the Ministry. These visits are often conducted with the Directors of Road Authorities and their managing engineers accompanying the Minister. Recently the Minister visited the site of the Community 18 &20 Road Rehabilitation and Upgrading Project in Tema, which is being constructed by AnyWay. While there, the Minister received a review of the project from AnyWay’s Country Manager, Mr. Sephie Galgut. In addition, the Urban Roads Authority engineers with oversight of the project expressed their satisfaction of the quality of the roads constructed and pointed out that all of the project’s roads are exceeding their performance requirements. Following this visit, the Ministry issued a directive to all Ghana Road Authorities to identify projects to be tendered out to local contractors and completed using AnyWay’s technology and rehabilitation through stabilization techniques.

Search

Recent Posts

Training programme on new road construction technology opens in Koforidua, Ghana

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Training programme on new road construction technology opens in Koforidua, Ghana


A five-day training programme to equip engineers at the Roads and Highways Ministry with a new technology called ‘Road Stabilization’ has opened in Koforidua.

The new cost-effective technology is to improve road assets and durability and is developed by Anyways, an Israeli company and its local representative African Bagg.

Mrs Mavis Nkansah-Boadu, a deputy Minister of Roads and Highways in the opening remarks, said the new technology sought to cut cost by recycling existing materials for road construction among others.

She said in line with government’s year of roads agenda, such technology to ensure cost effectiveness and improved road assets was very critical.
Madam Shlomit Sufa, Israeli Ambassador designate for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, said the move was another expression of the close bilateral relationship between Ghana and Israel.

She indicated that preserving the environment to mitigate climate change hazards required technologies and methods conforming to the demands of nations development.

Mr Daniel Asare, principal, Koforidua Training Centre who threw more light on the technology, explained that the technology was a new way to design and build roads with methods to last the test of time.

He said the technology when adopted would check the shoddy work of some contractors to ensure that roads could last for more than 10 years.
That way, he noted, there would be cost effectiveness at the roads sector.

He expressed the hope that the Ministry would adopt the technology to help solve challenges in the sector.


Ghana News

Search

Recent Posts

Official approval of ANSS in Ghana

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Official approval of ANSS in Ghana

The Republic of Ghana through its Ministry of Roads and Highways has issued an official approval for all of its road agencies to use AnyWay’s Natural Soil Stabilizer (ANSS). The Ghana Highways Authority Central Laboratory Division conducted the review, which included laboratory testing on a variety of Ghanaian materials as well as a review of the roads in the first project constructed in Accra. This approval paves the way for the use of ANSS in many more governmental and private projects in Ghana.

Search

Recent Posts

AnyWay is expanding its work in the ADB financed project in PNG (SHHIP)

Posted on by Keri-Ann

AnyWay is expanding its work in the ADB financed project in PNG (SHHIP)

AnyWay is expanding its involvement in the Asian Development Bank’s Sustainable Highlands Highway Investment Program (SHHIP) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The SHHIP aims to enhance the economic development of the highlands region in which 40% of the PNG population lives. The Highlands Highway extends 1,200 km and serves as a lifeline for the 7 landlocked provinces along its route. Work has commenced on tranche one of the SHHIP, with AnyWay supplying its stabilization solutions for upgrading the pavement structure on an initial section of 30 km to China Wu Yi construction company, one of three project contractors . Similar work is expected to start shortly with the other two project contractors, Metallurgical Construction Company (MCC) and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC). The highway sections included in tranche one comprise 100 km of the total 170 km to be upgraded and rehabilitated in the SHHIP.

Search

Recent Posts

Lecturing at College of Engineering in the Philippines

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Lecturing at College of Engineering in the Philippines

Mr. Herb Betz III, the CEO of Advanced Environmental Stabilization Solutions Inc (AESSi) and AnyWay’s representative in the Philippines, is currently a guest lecturer at De La Salle University’s Gokongwei College of Engineering. Mr. Betz is presenting the soil stabilization methodology to graduate students in the University’s Master of Science in Civil Engineering program. The course named “Ground Improvement Techniques” focuses on the fundamental principles and theories related to various ground improvement techniques in geotechnical engineering. The course examines different methods and technologies for stabilizing and improving difficult soils and related problems. The graduate students in the course learn analysis and design of ground improvement techniques to be applied in civil engineering projects.

Search

Recent Posts

Bougainville people deserve nothing less than that!

Posted on by Keri-Ann

Bougainville people deserve nothing less than that!

The first phase of a 100 km project on Bougainville was completed towards the end of 2019. The first two sections, both 10 Km in length, were rehabilitated and upgraded through stabilization to sealed roads. Two construction companies have been engaged for the work by the Department of Works & implementation: Dekenai and COVEC. Both companies have been working closely with AnyWay’s engineers through the rehabilitation process and have achieved excellent results. These achievements caught the attention of the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Mr. James Marape., During a recent visit to Bougainville, he noted that this project is a true demonstration of the quality of roads the government is building in PNG, and that the Bougainville people deserve nothing less than that. The project continues with additional sections of the road having now been granted to the same two construction companies.

Search

Recent Posts

First AnyWay Roads in Accra, Ghana

Posted on by Keri-Ann

First AnyWay Roads in Accra, Ghana

AnyWay has constructed and sealed its first roads in Accra. The rehabilitation and upgrade of about 10 Km of roads in two areas of the capital, South LA and Communities 18 & 20, started late in 2019. In keeping with our model for sharing our technical experience and know-how as broadly as possible, AnyWay engaged a local sub-contractor, Core Construction, to work with it on the project. The project includes the implementation of AnyWay’s stabilization solutions for the rehabilitation and upgrade of urban roads. The Ministry of Roads and Highways is working the AnyWay and its local representative, African Bagg, to expand the use of AnyWay’s solutions for infrastructure rehabilitation and upgrading through stabilization to additional projects in other parts of the country.

Search

Recent Posts

First Phase of the upgrading in Addis Ababa have completed

Posted on by Keri-Ann

First Phase of the upgrading in Addis Ababa have completed

The Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) and AnyWay have completed the first phase of the rehabilitation and upgrading of the roads in the residential area of Addis Ababa known as Ayat Zone 5. The work was constructed by AACRA’s own force team with AnyWay providing stabilization expertise, including on-site supervision of the work. In this project the local unsurfaced dirt roads were redesigned and upgraded using stabilization and cobblestone pavement. The new roads also incorporate upgraded drainage and water management components. The next phase of the project is scheduled to begin shortly.

Search

Recent Posts