Introduction

Malcolm Dold is a well experienced civil engineer who has specialised in the field of the planning and delivery of infra-structure such as roads and services within urban and rural areas. His experience includes water supply and distribu-tion, the provision of sanitation facilities such as sewerage reticulation and sewage treatment, rural roads and bridges, urban and suburban roads and stormwater drainage, and solid waste landfill development and closure. He is also ex-perienced in bulk earthworks projects and in the provision of services for commercial and industrial building projects. He has been active in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and the Comores.

He has served on committees within CESA and the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), and is a past Vice-Chairman of the Urban & Rural Division of SAICE.

Professional Qualifications

Registered Professional Engineer with ECSA
Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering
Fellow of the Water Institute of South Africa
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, U.K.
Chartered Engineer with International Council of Engineering Institutions

Introduction

Karl Bailey is a highly experienced Structural Engineer who, after obtaining his Honours degree in Birmingham in the UK, undertook formal training with the Institution of Structural Engineers before moving to South Africa. Here he has contributed to a broad variety of prestigious projects over a thirty year career. He has managed projects in the residential, commercial, retail, mining, medical and education sector throughout South Africa in countries including Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi and the Comoros.
He has served on the committee of the Structural Division of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering and is a past chairman of the Institution of Structural Engineers (South African Branch)

Professional Qualifications

Registered Professional Engineer, Engineering Council Of South Africa
Chartered Engineer (UK / Europe)
Fellow of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering
Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers (U.K.)
Past Chairman, Institution of Structural Engineers (SA Branch)

Introduction

Marius Els is a professional civil engineering technologist whose experience includes the design and construction of waste disposal facilities (including cell development, leachate collection and waste transfer), roads, stormwater drain-age, water & sanitation. His projects have been in both urban and rural environment. His speciality is the construction of projects which include elements of training and empowerment of Historically Disadvantage Individuals and Organi-sations.

Marius obtained his National Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1995 from the Vaal Triangle Tecknikon. He furthered his studies by completing his Bachelors Degree in Technology at the Technikon Pretoria in 1997. Marius is in the process of obtaining a BSc (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

Professional Qualifications

Professional Engineering Technologist of the Engineering Council of South Africa
Associate Member of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering
Member of Institution of Professional Engineering Technologists
Member of Institute Waste Management of Southern Africa
Member of Geosynthetics Interest Group of South Africa
Member of Landfill Interest Group of South Africa

Introduction

Boyiki Dube is a civil engineer with experience in a wide variety of all aspects of Municipal Engineering. He has designed and constructed projects involving water supply and distribution, the provision of sanitation facilities, rural roads and bridges, urban and suburban roads and stormwater management, as well as solid waste landfill development and closure, bulk earthworks and in the provision of services for commercial and industrial building projects in both the urban and rural environment.

Mr Dube obtained a BSc Honours degree in civil engineering in 1990 from the University of Zimbabwe, and is registered as a Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa. Mr Dube holds certificates in Labour Intensive Construction (LIC) at NQF levels 5 & 7.

Professional Qualifications

Registered Professional Engineer, ECSA

Introduction

Magretha completed a B Tech in Construction Management at the Cape Technikon following which she obtained a B.Eng (Civil Engineering Management) at Hanze Hageschool in the Netherlands and her BSc Honours degree in structural engineering at Pretoria University.

She has over 12 years experience in the design of building structures in the retail, corporate, residential, bridge and education sectors. Notable highlights in her career have been work on the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in Henley on Klip and corporate offices for Dube Tradeport at the new Durban International Airport.

Professional Qualifications

Registered Professional Engineering Technologist

Sugen (pronounced “sooo-gen”) has joined the team as a Civil Engineer. He has been in the consulting engineering fraternity for the past 7.5 years now.  Sugen has consulting engineering experience in the design and management of civil engineering projects.

I’m Sugen (pronounced “sooo-gen”) and I’ve joined the team as a Civil Engineer. I’ve been in the consulting engineering fraternity for the past 7.5 years now. I’ve worked for three other Johannesburg-based consulting firms during this period.

I have consulting engineering experience in the design and management of civil engineering projects in South Africa, specialising in urban and rural developments for most land use types.  My project involvement was predominantly in the Gauteng province. I conducted numerous projects as both, principal agent and project consultant. My expertise includes the planning, design, management and construction monitoring of roads, bulk earthworks, sewer, stormwater and water (to a certain extent) infrastructure projects.

I was born in Durban on 31 October 1979. I matriculated from Greenbury Secondary School in Phoenix before heading to university to study civil engineering. I completed my BscEng (Civil) degree at the University of Natal (Durban) at the end of 2002. Yip, I’m also a coastal boytjie! I relocated to Johannesburg at the beginning of 2003, when my civil engineering career commenced.

On the social side, I enjoy reading anything on business, autobiographies and travel publications. I also enjoy cooking, gardening and exploring the great outdoors. As a true South African “brother” my favourite sport is soccer and I consider live sport as my all-time best TV viewing. I am a big Liverpool FC fan. I also enjoy drama, action and comedy TV shows and movies. Of course, my favourite cuisine has to be hot & spicy Indian dishes. I certainly enjoy good beer and whiskey now & again.

The Civil department is flat out on upgrading of public spaces in Orlando East. The Ekurhuleni Trade Test Centre, which went to sleep for a while, has come back to life which will also keep as busy in the short term.

Oprah’s vision of developing young girls from disadvantaged backgrounds gave rise to her academy at Henley-on-Klip south of Johannesburg.

Themba were part of a team with architects Mashabane Rose commissioned to bring that dream to fruition.

The site had previously been identified by the education department but presented significant engineering problems being underlain by Dolomites and with the near surface materials being highly collapsible. Following careful investigation these issues were addressed by careful positioning of the buildings, strict adherence to a water manage regime and pre-collapse by dynamic compaction of the in-situ materials.

The school itself comprises a variety of independent buildings each with unique structural features and challenges: the main theatre with its complex array of different levels, and expansive diaphragm masonry walls, the large clear span roof of the dining hall clad in heavy tiles and an intricate composite support system, the library with its beautiful exposed bolted timber trusses……