Zambia: Aurecon to supervise Lusaka T&D project

South African engineering consultancy Aurecon announced on 11 March that it had been awarded a contract to supervise the engineering, design and construction of the $210m Lusaka transmission and distribution rehabilitation project. The project – which is being funded with $105m from the World Bank’s International Development Association, €65m from the European Investment Bank and $40m from the Zambian government – became active in February 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2019.