Project completed in 2020
KIVU – RWANDA
Client
GLOBAL POWER SYSTEMS AG
Architect
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Project address
Kivu, Rwanda
Area
3,800 m²
Final accounts
Total
€2,250,000
Description
We were responsible for the structural engineering studies relating to the construction of the K56 power plant on Lake Kivu. The site is located approximately 10 km south of the city of Gisenyi, Rwanda, on the shores of Lake Kivu, which forms the western border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The buildings and structures covered by our assignment were:
- Gas engine building: steel structure and foundations
- Electrical building: steel structure and foundations
- Foundations for transformers, ducts, trenches, tanks and black-start systems





