Overview
Rotating equipment, pipework and plant — installed by the people who will commission it.
Mechanical engineering is where Malanc Projects started and it remains the discipline that most of our other work orbits. A pump station is a mechanical problem wearing a concrete jacket; a plant room is a mechanical problem with an electrical supply. We treat it accordingly.
Our mechanical teams install and commission rotating equipment, fabricate and erect pipework, build out plant rooms, and maintain the assets afterwards. Work is executed by our own supervised crews, not brokered to a third party, which is why we are willing to put alignment tolerances and commissioning results in writing.
Scope of works
What this covers.
Each item is work we self-perform or directly supervise.
- Pump installation and commissioning
- Booster, borehole, sewer, dewatering and fire duty pump sets — set, grouted, aligned to manufacturer tolerance and commissioned against the design duty point rather than simply switched on.
- Pipe fabrication and installation
- Steel spools, bends, headers and manifolds fabricated to drawing in our workshop or on site, then erected, flanged, aligned and supported correctly.
- Plant room construction and fit-out
- Complete mechanical plant rooms including equipment layout, pipework reticulation, valves, strainers, supports, insulation and instrumentation.
- Rotating equipment installation
- Motors, gearboxes, drives and couplings installed and aligned, with baseplate grouting and vibration checks forming part of the acceptance record.
- Valves, actuators and specials
- Gate, butterfly, non-return, air release and control valves supplied, installed and function tested, including actuated arrangements.
- Mechanical maintenance
- Planned and reactive maintenance on pumps, rotating equipment and plant services, with condition reporting rather than just a service sticker.
- Industrial maintenance and shutdown support
- Additional supervised mechanical capacity during shutdowns and turnarounds, mobilised at short notice.
- Equipment relocation and re-installation
- Decommissioning, moving and recommissioning of mechanical plant during facility changes or upgrades.
- Mechanical CAD and design advisory
- Layouts, general arrangements, hydraulic checks and equipment selection input where design capacity is stretched.
Benefits
Why it matters who does this work.
Commissioned to duty point
We record flow, pressure and current at commissioning and compare them against the design duty. An installation that does not reach duty is not complete.
Alignment done properly
Laser or dial alignment on coupled sets, correct baseplate grouting and soft-foot checks. Most premature bearing and seal failure traces back to this step being rushed.
Full commissioning records
Test sheets, equipment data, settings and as-installed information handed over so the asset can be operated and maintained without guesswork.
Own supervised crews
Mechanical fitters working under our own supervision, not labour brokered in and left to interpret the drawing themselves.
Nationwide mobilisation
Teams, tools and lifting equipment mobilised to sites in all nine provinces from our Johannesburg base.
Lifting and safety discipline
Rigging studies, certified lifting equipment and appointed operators for every lift. Nothing is picked up on improvisation.
Our process
How we deliver it.
Each stage produces something you can inspect, test or file.
Site inspection and survey
We measure what is actually there, not what the drawing says is there. Existing pipework, plinths, levels and access routes are recorded before anything is priced.
Design review and fabrication drawings
Design intent is checked for buildability and converted into fabrication and installation drawings your team can sign off.
Workshop fabrication
Spools, supports and specials are fabricated and, where required, tested before they reach site — reducing site time and disruption.
Installation and alignment
Equipment set, grouted and aligned; pipework erected, supported and connected without inducing strain on pump flanges.
Sectors
Industries this serves.
The same discipline applied to different operating environments.
Gallery
Mechanical Engineering on our sites.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Both. We can install client-supplied or consultant-specified equipment, or we can supply the full package. Where we supply, we will tell you plainly what the selection trade-offs are — efficiency at duty point, availability of spares in South Africa, and realistic lead times — rather than simply quoting whatever is cheapest to procure.
Manufacturer specification, verified by laser or dial gauge and recorded on the commissioning sheet. We also check soft foot and confirm that pipework is not imposing strain on the pump flanges, which is one of the most common causes of premature seal and bearing failure in municipal pump stations.
Often, yes, but it changes the method and the price. We plan phased isolation, temporary bypasses or out-of-hours working, and we say up front which parts genuinely require a shutdown window. Pretending an outage is not needed helps nobody.
Yes. Because we manufacture motor control centres and carry electrical capability in-house, a pump installation can be delivered complete — mechanical, electrical, controls and telemetry — under one appointment and one project manager.
Planned maintenance contracts covering scheduled inspection, vibration and temperature checks, seal and bearing replacement, and performance verification, plus reactive call-out support. Maintenance visits produce a condition report, not just a signature on a job card.
Related services
Often delivered together.
Combining disciplines under one appointment removes interface risk.
Pump Installations
Supply, install, align and commission pump sets — booster, borehole, sewer, dewatering and fire duty.
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Pipe Fabrication
Workshop and on-site fabrication of steel spools, bends, headers and manifolds to drawing.
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HVAC Solutions
Chilled water systems, VRV/VRF, ducting and fans, plant rooms and planned commercial HVAC maintenance.
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Water & Sanitation
Pump houses, bulk water, treatment process works and sanitation infrastructure delivered end to end.
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