Anglo American R11.5 Billion UHDMS brownfield upgrade project
Anglo American is implementing Contract Bee on its Seishen UHDMS project in the Northern Cape — a R11.5 billion brownfields upgrade aimed at converting the existing Dense Medium Separation (DMS) plant to Ultra-High DMS. This transition enables the processing of low-grade material, reducing waste and extending the life of mine operations.
Contract Strategy:
Anglo American chose an NEC Option B Contract (Priced Contract with Bill of Quantities) with decoupled profit incentives and rigorous dispute avoidance mechanisms. KPI incentives (X12 and X20) were built into the contracts — both at project-wide and contractor-specific levels — to foster collaborative behaviours.
Digital Beehive also developed the bespoke Contract Data Amendments module for Anglo American and the South African market, a common mechanism understood in the SA region, but not used elsewhere in the world of NEC.
Implementation Outcomes:
Anglo American’s team, led by Renier Goosen and on-site contracts manager Ray Ainsen, highlighted several practical gains:
- Early warnings are fully digital and live, enabling targeted risk reduction meetings. Issues are tracked and prioritised in real time based on impact ratings.
- Compensation events (CEs) follow NEC workflows from notification through to implementation — tracked against contractual timelines with automated reminders.
- Communication accuracy is vastly improved — all contract notices are clause-linked, pre-coded, and supported by custom fields such as work package identifiers.
- Dashboarding via API integration into Power BI allows project leadership to monitor budget utilisation, work package costs, and closeout timelines with ease.
- Approval workflows are role-based, aligned to Delegations of Authority Framework with clear audit trails and thresholds to manage commercial accountability.
Having a live, structured system has transformed our risk management. We’re not chasing paper; we’re solving problems before they escalate.
Anglo American
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