Construction Beitbridge Harare Tender

Contract Awarded for Construction of Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highwayThe government of zimbabwe has assigned five contractors to undertake construction works on the US150m Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway.The companies include Tensor Systems Masimba Construction Fossil Contractors Exodus Company and Bitumen World where each of the company has been allocated 20-kilometre stretches with room for expansion to 100km depending on their performance.The first section of the road will cover Mashonaland East Province where Tensor Systems will undertake the rehabilitation works while Masimba Construction will be responsible for road works on the section covering the Midlands Province.Construction works for the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway will consist of phased dualisation rehabilitation and widening of the existing road from the current 7m width to Southern Africa Transport and Communications Commission SATTC standard of 12.5m width and adding climbing lanes where necessary.Zimbabwean roads are managed maintained and operated by the Zimbabwe National Road Administration ZINARA. There are 88100km of classied roads in Zimbabwe and 17400km of which are paved. The density of roads in the country is about 0.23km per square km which is high compared to many developing countries it is comparable to that of the high income non-OECD countries and lower middle-income countries. In addition to that only OECD countries have a substantially higher road density than Zimbabwe.