Project experience
Selected soil-resistivity assignments and the scope performed by Mshezi Projects.
Industrial · 12 January 2021
Sturrock Dry Dock: soil-resistivity test record
Mshezi Projects completed soil-resistivity testing for the Sturrock Drydock Electrical project. The retained test sheet identifies an ETCR 3000B instrument and records 23 readings.
- Electrode spacing recorded
- 1 m
- Electrode depth recorded
- 150 mm
- Temperature recorded
- 29 °C
- Reported effective soil resistivity
- 555.19 Ω·m
What the record demonstrates
A documented field-testing assignment with instrument identification, test geometry and recorded results. The reported value is reproduced from the historical sheet; it is not a new design recommendation or an installed earth-resistance acceptance result.
Using the information
Any new design assessment must review the original readings, measurement geometry and site conditions. This single-spacing sheet does not establish a multi-layer soil model.
Electrification · DRC
Fungurume Electrification Project
Werkman DRC, the appointed main contractor, awarded the specialist soil-resistivity testing subcontract to Mshezi Projects. The project scope covered a major HV/MV/LV electrification programme in the DRC, including substations, 11 kV feeders and kiosk substations. Mshezi’s role was the testing work package, not the overall project design or construction.
Appointment and delivery boundary
The assignment was a specialist testing subcontract. Overall electrification design, construction and project delivery are outside the scope described here.
Contact Mshezi Projects to discuss a comparable testing work package for your engineering team.
Further experience
- Smart Schools, 2024 — four school sites with effective soil-resistivity results recorded at approximately 96, 417, 609 and 1,197 Ω·m.
- New Burgersfort Landfill — field sheet records an effective soil-resistivity result of approximately 162 Ω·m.
Supporting project information can be discussed subject to client confidentiality.