Geotechnical Site Inspection of Pier and Abutment Foundations.

ClientKairos Consulting Engineers on behalf of GED Africa
LocationLuapula River, DRC / Zambia, Republic of Congo
Year2025 - 2026
Duration5 Months
DivisionMukona Consulting Engineering
Geotechnical Site Inspection of Pier and Abutment Foundations.

Mukona Consulting Engineers was appointed by Kairos Consulting Engineers, on behalf of GED Africa, to undertake geotechnical inspections and stability assessments for the Luapula River Bridge.

The approximately 345–362-metre cable-stayed bridge connects Kasomeno in the Democratic Republic of Congo with Mwenda in Zambia.

The bridge forms part of the wider Kasomeno–Mwenda Toll Road Project, which also includes a modern one-stop border post and associated toll facilities. Mukona’s work focused on the exposed rock conditions at the bridge’s pier and abutment foundation excavations.

The investigation assessed the stability of the foundation footprints and excavation highwalls. Detailed geological mapping, rock-mass classification and stability analyses were completed to identify structural features and provide recommendations for the safe construction of the foundations and surrounding excavations.

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