The installation comprised of fifty Railow type masts and housing 6 x 1000 watt light fittings per mast.

The civil work alone was a huge challenge as the mast had to erected on four different sites. The soil conditions was also extremely poor as some of the foundations had to be excavated up to four times in different locations in order to obtain acceptable soil bearing capacity.

The forty meter masts were transported by road in batches of five masts per load to site. The masts were assembled with all the internal electrics and light fittings next to each perspective foundation with out any welding done on site.

The masts were lifted with a 30 ton hydraulic type mobile crane.

This project was one of the biggest single orders placed on Lighting Structures for the same product by one client.

The guyed lattice mast after being taken down at a decommissioned site was transported to our works and completely refurbished including stripping of paint and regalvanising and the supply of new guy ropes, antenna mounting steelwork and associated equipment. The site is situated on a mountain outside the village of Rhodes in the Eastern Cape and the site is at an altitude of some 2500 meters above sea level.

The mast sections were transported with heavy vehicles to the village and then in small vehicles up a treacherous mountain pass to the site. The foundations for the mast and anchor blocks were cast after extensive blasting of the holes in solid rock with all concrete being mixed on site after all the materials were moved in small loads up the mountain pass.

The erection of the mast was done in sections using rigging poles and electric winches powered by diesel generators. The erection of the mast took many weeks due to work being continuously halted by extreme weather conditions including, winds in excess of 100 Km per hour being a regular occurrence and continual mist covering the mountain.

The installation work included the erection of the television broadcast antennas and feeder cables.

The planning and logistics involved in the work were extreme and required experienced and skilled personal working under very difficult conditions.