OHTE mast maintenance — Metrorail corridorTrack-side kiosk substation liftMini-sub replacement — LawleyHV substation yard — busbars & insulatorsSubstation-yard cable stringingCommercial rooftop solar PV plant
Selected work

Projects

Delivered on live infrastructure — often track-side, at night, under load. A cross-section of recent work across South Africa's utility, transport and enterprise networks, geo-verified on site by our crews.

OHTE mast maintenance — Metrorail corridor
Past jobs completed

Site-verified work, filtered by discipline.

Every card is a real Musi crew on a real site — timemark verified, matched to the service that delivered it. Drag or use the arrows to scroll.

Musi crane fleet installing a new pole-top distribution transformer with insulated cherry-picker access and live-line disconnection — completed with TDP tactical safe-work escort.

Musi Palfinger truck-mounted crane pulling HV cable across a live intersection — traffic accommodation, drum-out and reeling under after-hours road closure.

Palfinger PK 23500 truck delivering and off-loading concrete transmission poles for a distribution rebuild — chain-slung lift with certified rigger control.

Cable stringing and drum-out for an HV transmission tie-in — duct preparation, drum stands and pull-through rigging inside the substation yard.

HV cable drum staged on the CBD pavement with the run snaking across the intersection into the chamber — live traffic accommodation, cones and pedestrian marshalling.

Musi PK 23500 Palfinger truck-crane parked at the pole with a new pole-top distribution transformer set on the cross-arm — HV disconnection and cutout terminations ready for tie-in.

Musi Isuzu FVZ truck-mounted crane loaded with steel transmission poles for an overhead line rebuild — kerbside off-load position and trench crew already on the verge.

Musi Palfinger truck-crane setting a new concrete distribution pole vertical into a hand-augured hole — tag-line handler on the ground, backfill and tamping crew standing by.

Outdoor HV yard with porcelain post insulators, current-transformer stacks and a power transformer bay — commissioning support and terminations delivered by the Musi transmission crew.

Featured projects

Deep-dive on flagship deliveries.

01
Rail electrification

Cape Town OHTE mast maintenance

Metrorail, Cape Town · 2025

Live-corridor overhead traction equipment maintenance and reconductor work — HV disconnection, ladder access, mast-top jointing on an operational rail line.

02
Substation lift

Track-side kiosk substation install

Metrorail, Cape Town · 2025

Precision lift and commissioning of a new outdoor kiosk substation onto a rail-side plinth using Musi's Palfinger PK 23500 crane fleet.

03
Substation swap-out

Mini-sub replacement — Lawley

6302 Simelani Street, Lawley · 02 Jul 2025

Removal of a burnt-out mini-substation kiosk and full replacement — including HV cable termination, earthing, plinth prep and re-energisation.

04
Transmission lines

Concrete pole delivery & rig

Gauteng · Nov 2024

Transport and precision off-load of concrete transmission poles with the Palfinger PK 23500 truck-mounted crane for an overhead reticulation upgrade.

05
Reticulation

Parkview underground reticulation

10 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkview, Randburg · Mar 2025

Trench excavation, cable pulling and reinstatement for an underground LV reticulation upgrade in a live urban streetscape.

06
HV & LV cable jointing

Parkview cable pull & termination

10 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkview · Mar 2025

Multi-run LV cable installation with entry-point sealing and terminations, executed after-hours under temporary generator supply to keep the site live.

07
HV & LV cable jointing

Eldorado Park jointing

33 Hurricane Rd, Eldorado Park, Soweto · Jun 2025

Community-embedded jointing crew executing PILC / XLPE terminations kerbside — full jointer's inventory, heat-shrink kits and hydraulic crimping.

08
Rail substation

Rail-side kiosk substation commissioning

Metrorail · 2025

Final positioning, plinth alignment and commissioning of an outdoor kiosk substation on an active rail reserve with flagged safe-work zone.

09
Transmission lines

Johannesburg South cable stringing

Johannesburg South · Jun 2025

Substation yard cable stringing and drum-out for an HV transmission tie-in — includes duct preparation, drum stands and pull-through rigging.

10
Rail electrification

Western Cape rail corridor OHTE fleet

Metrorail · 2025

Musi Palfinger PK 23500 fleet deployed on rail corridor for OHTE mast replacement and heavy lift operations.

11
Logistics & rigging

HV kiosk transport & rig-down

Gauteng · 2025

Load-out of decommissioned HV kiosks for refurbishment with Musi's own transport and lifting equipment.

12
Substation lift

Track-side substation lift

Cape Town · 2025

Precision crane lift of a new outdoor kiosk substation onto a rail-side plinth with live-line HV disconnection.

13
Substation swap-out

Mini-sub replacement programme

Johannesburg South · 2025

Removal and replacement of aged mini-substations, including HV cable jointing, terminations and commissioning.

14
Reticulation

Township reticulation upgrade

Gauteng · 2024

Underground reticulation upgrade with youth-hire model and community access negotiation.

15
Fibre backbone

Municipal fibre backbone extension

Gauteng municipality · 2024

Backbone fibre optic build with fusion splicing, OTDR testing and campus network cutover.

16
Solar PV

Commercial rooftop PV plant

Johannesburg · 2024

Design, feasibility and construction of a commercial rooftop PV system with grid interconnection.

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