Overview
One appointment across civil, mechanical and electrical.
Water and sanitation is the core of what Malanc Projects does. It is also the sector where the split-contract model causes the most damage: a civil contractor builds a chamber, a mechanical contractor arrives to find the penetrations in the wrong place, and an electrical contractor arrives to find no cable route. Everyone is technically correct and the client pays for all of it.
We deliver water infrastructure with all three disciplines under one appointment. Pump houses, rising mains, reservoirs, reticulation, treatment process works and sanitation infrastructure — civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and telemetry coordinated by one project manager who is accountable for the whole thing working.
Scope of works
What this covers.
Each item is work we self-perform or directly supervise.
- Pump houses and pump stations
- Complete stations from excavation and structure through mechanical and electrical fit-out to commissioning and telemetry.
- Bulk water pipelines and rising mains
- Steel, ductile iron, uPVC and HDPE mains laid, jointed, bedded, pressure tested and commissioned.
- Water reticulation networks
- Distribution reticulation, connections, valve and meter chambers, hydrants and air valve arrangements.
- Water treatment process works
- Process pipework, pressure filtration, dosing installations, clarifier and channel works, and associated mechanical equipment.
- Reservoirs and storage
- Reinforced concrete reservoirs and water-retaining structures, complete with inlet, outlet, scour, overflow and level instrumentation.
- Sanitation and sewer infrastructure
- Sewer pump stations, rising mains, gravity sewers and associated chambers and structures.
- Package plant installation
- Sectional steel tanks, package treatment plants and prefabricated stations installed, connected and commissioned.
- Valve and chamber works
- Valve chambers, penstocks, actuated valves and flow control arrangements built and function tested.
- Telemetry and monitoring integration
- Level, flow and pressure instrumentation with telemetry so remote assets are visible without a site visit.
Benefits
Why it matters who does this work.
One contractor, three disciplines
Civil, mechanical and electrical coordinated internally — the interface risk that normally sits with the client sits with us instead.
Built to be commissioned
Cast-in items, penetrations, plinths and cable routes designed into the structure so the fit-out does not require breaking out finished work.
Pressure and performance tested
Pipelines pressure tested, structures watertightness tested and pump sets verified against duty point before acceptance.
Remote visibility built in
Instrumentation and telemetry integrated at construction stage so the asset can be monitored from day one rather than retrofitted later.
Documentation municipalities can use
As-builts, O&M manuals, test certificates and asset data in a form that survives a change of personnel.
Nationwide delivery
Water infrastructure delivered in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West and beyond from our Johannesburg base.
Our process
How we deliver it.
Each stage produces something you can inspect, test or file.
Scoping and site assessment
Existing infrastructure, ground conditions, access, power availability and operational constraints established on site before pricing.
Design review and coordination
Civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation scopes coordinated against each other so interfaces are resolved on paper first.
Civil construction
Structures, chambers, pipelines and earthworks executed with the mechanical and electrical requirements built in.
Mechanical and electrical fit-out
Pump sets, pipework, valves, MCC and instrumentation installed, wired and terminated.
Sectors
Industries this serves.
The same discipline applied to different operating environments.
Gallery
Water & Sanitation on our sites.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Yes. That is one of our standard packages: excavation and civils, the structure itself, mechanical installation, motor control centre, instrumentation, telemetry, commissioning and handover. One appointment, one project manager, one party accountable when something does not work.
Yes, with planning. Tie-ins to live mains, temporary supplies, phased isolation and out-of-hours working are planned in advance and agreed with the client's operations team. We are explicit about how long a supply genuinely has to be off, because underestimating that damages trust and inconveniences residents.
Steel, ductile iron, uPVC, HDPE and GRP, jointed by the appropriate method — welded, flanged, socketed, electrofusion or butt fusion. Material selection is usually specified by the consulting engineer; where we advise, we consider ground conditions, pressure class, corrosion exposure and the practical realities of local repair.
Yes. Sewer pump stations, rising mains, gravity sewers and associated structures. Sanitation work carries its own health and safety requirements — confined space entry, gas monitoring and hygiene controls — which are planned into the method statement rather than handled informally.
Yes. We start with an honest condition assessment: what is actually wrong, what can be repaired, what has reached end of life, and what it will realistically cost to restore service. Sometimes the correct answer is a repair rather than a replacement, and we will say so.
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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Reservoir Construction
Reinforced concrete reservoirs and water-retaining structures from excavation to watertightness testing.
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Civil Engineering
Layer works, reinforced concrete, brickwork, steel fixing, waterproofing and pipe laying for water infrastructure.
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Telemetry & Instrumentation
Remote monitoring, SCADA integration, level and flow instrumentation for water networks.
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