Since our inception, Dredging Africa has successfully completed a number of projects for clients ranging from mines and industries to public sector district and local municipalities. This dredger is the only one of its kind in South Africa and has the capacity to dredge dams up to 6m deep and with a maximum pumping capacity of 1000m3/hr. Our flagship dredger, launched in February 2018, is the Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Indlovu’. Our dredger sizes currently vary in range from pumping rates of 200m3/hr to 1000m3/hr. Using this knowledge and experience, Dredging Africa has also built our own specialised dredgers for South Africa which have proven extremely reliable and efficient. We’ve leveraged international industry knowledge and forged deep relationships from equipment suppliers in the Netherlands, the USA & Australia, and other parts of the world. Construction is anticipated to begin in Spring 2023 with a Construction Manager and be complete in Fall 2024.Dredging Africa was established in 2015 when the founding partners identified the need for professional dam cleaning services in South Africa.įrom the very outset, our aim was to gain the best expertise and to invest in the best equipment available to achieve our goals. The Mirror Lake Improvements project is currently in the Design Phase with anticipated design completion in Fall 2022. The improvements will also support other project milestones and planned openings within the watershed, such as the proposed South Campus Residence Hall and its enabling infrastructure. This project will design and construct improvements that were identified in the feasibility study and satisfy requirements of the campus drainage master plan in order to execute an MOU between UConn and DEEP and a master flood management certificate (FMC) for the Roberts Brook watershed. Numerous studies recently completed for Mirror Lake – an unimplemented dredging plan in 2012, a campus master plan and water quality assessment in 2015, a campus drainage master plan in 2018, a dam inspection report in 2020, and a feasibility study in 2021 – each concluded with recommendations for the University to take action. After multiple decades of deferred maintenance accumulating silt, sediment and pollutants significant campus development within its watershed over the same period of time resulting in an undersized stormwater facility and, a damaged spillway and a dam that recently received an elevated hazard classification, various improvements to Mirror Lake are now essential.

Mirror Lake has been a beloved and historic campus landmark since 1922.

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