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NEWS In This Issue: Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, one of the largest storage schemes in the world Knight Piésold continues to deliver highest standard in structures design SANRAL appoints Knight Piésold to rehabilitate SA national routes

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NEWS

In This Issue:• Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, one of the largest storage schemes in the world

• Knight Piésold continues to deliver highest standard in structures design

• SANRAL appoints Knight Piésold to rehabilitate SA national routes

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FROM THE MD’S DESK

F E Kanthack and Partners was one of the very first consulting engineering firms to be established in South Africa. Starting operations in 1921 shortly after World War One (WW 1), the company in its early years dealt with various global issues such as the Great Depression in 1930 and World War II in 1939. Over the following successive years, the company also witnessed the emergence of the ANC out of the SANNC in 1923; the establishment of a National Party rule in 1948; the adoption of the Freedom Charter in 1955; Sharpeville in 1960; the proclamation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961; the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly resolution 1761 in 1962 (imploring member nations to halt all diplomatic, military, and economic relations with SA); the International Disinvestment Campaign in the 1980s; the establishment of ANC rule in 1994; and the country’s on-going quest for equality and justice for all.

Despite the difficult trading environment, F E Kanthack and Partners pursued regional and international projects and

successfully commissioned its first hydropower scheme in Zambia in 1923. F E Kanthack and Partners’ market expansion continued over the years, enabling the company to operate several permanent offices in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia, Ghana, Australia, Canada, USA and various South American countries.

In the 1960s, F E Kanthack and Partners changed its name to Watermeyer Legge Piésold and Uhlmann and later to Knight Piésold. The company has remained 100% employee-owned, independent and international.

In today’s world of turmoil, where uncertainty is the norm and the past is no indicator of the future, the widely held notion that financial markets create wealth is shattered. The world is yet to learn that wealth can only be produced through agriculture, mining and industry. We need to recognise and accept that society, government and financial markets are just service industries. It is in this context that Knight Piésold forecasts what the future holds.

Knight Piésold is entering into an era where value-add to clients’ operations is the competitive advantage and will be achieved by being trusted business and technology partners that share clients’ vision of success, with continual cultivation of a culture of innovation to provide world class solutions at effective prices. This can be illustrated by the recent commissioning of the Eureka Room, in the Rivonia offices, where state of the art technology enables teams to communicate, conduct workshops, to create designs, drawings and layouts interactively both on and off site.

This issue, highlights Knight Piésold’s flagship projects that showcase its approach, experience, local knowledge and international expertise. I hope that you find this edition of our newsletter informative and fun to read. Enjoy!

Leon Furstenburg Managing Director

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Burkina Faso-Kiaka Mine

In Burkina Faso, Knight Piésold designed a fully lined integrated TSF for the Kiaka Project, using the overburden waste rock material for wall construction, which reduced the size of the waste rock dump, and optimised the cost of wall building. The TSF is fully lined using HDPE to raise the life of the mine to provide the required capacity.

The design of the stock pile area for low grade ore and flood protection berms minimised the risk of storm water runoff from flowing into the nearby water course, aided by Knight Piésold’s geotechnical investigations, which provided a distinct value-add on to the limited real estate.

Namibia-Tschudi Mine

In Namibia, Knight Piésold designed the Heap Leach Pad, a related collection solution as well as pond storage facilities for the Tschudi Project’s which involved HDPE lining. Through geotechnical investigations, the company was able to determine the materials used for the pad construction and the depths for the excavation of the ponds.

Knight Piésold offers clients specialised services including the design of clay and synthetic lining systems, their associated filter drains and low permeability zoned wall construction. From local, regional to international projects, Knight Piésold has the capacity to deliver on projects of any magnitude as evident by these projects that exhibit the company’s exceptional expertise, skilful approach and use of diverse construction techniques to establish facilities that can stand the test of time. The combination of material understanding and management are the basis to Knight Piésold ability in the selection of the most efficient and effective solutions for TSFs, heap leach pads, and other mining waste products, assisting clients in creating stable systems best suited for their environments.

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Andrew CopelandSection Manager: Mining

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TRANSPORTATION

SANRAL Appoints Knight Piésold to Rehabilitate SA National Routes

Roads, particularly well-maintained roads, make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth and provide important social benefits. According to the World Bank and various international development agencies, poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle operating costs, increase accident rates and their associated human and property costs, and aggravate isolation, poverty, poor health, and illiteracy in rural communities.

It goes without saying that over time, the condition of roads will deteriorate and at which point, they must be maintained. So, the importance of road maintenance cannot be overstated for the wellbeing of any country. The primary objective of road maintenance is to ensure that roads are restored, improved and maintained to their original condition so that communities and nations can realise economic and social benefits.

Recognising the importance of road maintenance and the negative effects and cost implications of delayed maintenance, the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) appointed Knight Piésold as the consulting engineers to provide the detailed assessment, detailed design and construction supervision for the rehabilitation of the 33.3km of road, national route 6, section 6 from Aliwal North to Rouxville, located in the Free State of South Africa. The Company was commissioned to prevent repair defects; improve the road through maintenance; and construct a safer road for users. Knight Piésold determined suitable construction material and obtained relevant environmental authorizations to ensure that all maintenance work will in line with specifications to deliver on a safe road.

Knight Piésold was also appointed as consulting engineers charged with the Detailed Assessment, Detailed Design, Contract Documentation and Construction Supervision of the Plaston Project, D636 and D2690 Provincial Roads near White River, in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa.

Increased heavy vehicle traffic and a lack of maintenance on the route had decreased the life span of the road structure and led

to a need for extensive rehabilitation of the roads. Knight Piésold had to devise an efficient, targeted plan that would result in a cost effective design solution that would operate within the modest, limited project budget.

Adding on its road maintenance portfolio for the year 2013, Knight Piésold was also appointed by SANRAL as the consulting engineers to lead the City Deep project Detailed Assessment, Detailed Design and Construction Supervision for the launch of the City Deep Kazerne Freight Hub Roads Upgrade Programme, for traffic infiltration into the City Deep area. The resolution necessitated the upgrade of the Bonsmara Road intersection, the Cleveland Interchange as well as the upgrading of Rosherville Road.

It is important to note that regular and timely maintenance will increase the life of roads enabling effective tracking on when a road must be reconstructed. In addition to social and economic gains, road maintenance is cost effective, and provides a higher rate of return on the initial investment. As the yearly cost of maintaining a road is a small fraction of the investment cost, the economic logic for effective preventative maintenance is undeniable.

Wayne HuntSection Manager: Transportation

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John CraigRegional Manager: Western Cape

Kayad Knight Piésold Appointed to Rehabilitate Muizenberg Road

Kayad Knight Piésold Consulting Engineers was appointed by the City of Cape Town to rehabilitate Muizenberg road.

The scenic 4.5 km stretch of coastal road between Muizenberg and Clovelly is one of the three routes linking the Cape Town metropolitan area with the far south. The road was last re-surfaced in 1994 using a hot insitu recycling method which was designed to last approximately ten years.

In addition to the generally poor condition of the road pavement, the underground services (water mains, storm water, and both gravity and pressure sewage pipes) were severely degraded and also needed to be replaced. The scope of the work included, the removal of existing asphalt wearing course and Bitumen Treated Base (BTB) layer, removal and stockpiling of all existing hand-dressed stone kerbs and channels. These elements date back to the late 1880’s. Kayad Knight Piésold was also tasked with the replacement of the 300 mm and 500 mm diameter water mains together with all the necessary fittings and specials. The Company also had to replace and/or rehabilitate the existing 250 mm diameter gravity sewers and manholes, construct retaining walls and reinforce concrete slabs in selected areas as well as replace existing concrete storm water lines and/or rehabilitation of catch pits amongst others. In addition, Kayad Knight Piésold undertook ancillary work which included the upgrading of the Night Shelter and Public Ablution Block near Kalk Bay Harbour. This work included upgrading of all external plumbing and construction of retaining walls, wheelchair-friendly brick-paved ramps, landscaping and new fencing and hand rail. The engineers also upgraded and widened the raised pedestrian promenade adjacent to Kalk Bay Harbour. This included upgrading and repairing the existing stainless steel hand railing, re-plastering the promenade wall on the road side and widening and brick-paving the walkway to provide an attractive thoroughfare for pedestrians.

Despite the lack of sufficient space because of the multitude of existing services which had to be ‘kept live’ for the full duration of the operation, and the fact that the road was constructed in half widths to maintain the flow of traffic, the newly rehabilitated road, services and ancillary work have considerably enhanced the attractiveness of this popular and charming area.

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G�nter LeicherRegional Manager: Namibia

Knight Piésold Rehabilitates and Reconstructs Namibia’s Ongwediva and Okandjengedi bridges on the MR92

Knight Piésold has been responsible for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Ongwediva and Okandjengedi bridges both located on the MR 92, between Oshakati and Ondangwa in Namibia. The MR 92 through Oshakati and Ongwediva acts as a dam wall with small openings to transport water through the town without damming up.

Knight Piésold was appointed for the project by Namibia’s Roads Authority after the President of Namibia, Hon. Hifikepunye Pohamba declared the Oshana Region as a flood disaster area. Knight Piésold was appointed to provide detailed engineering design, including surveying, geotechnical and materials prospecting and testing, pavement and geometric design, structural and drainage design, preparation of technical documentation, cost estimates, preparation of construction drawings and tender documents for the road construction works, tendering process, adjudication and award of contract, contract management and supervision of construction.

The company’s primary task was to demolish the bridge and re-build it with an additional heavy pedestrian walkway on both sides of the bridges and construct a 5 meter walkway/island between the New Jersey balustrades of each bridge. The construction of the bridge also had to allow for a dual carriage way to pass over.

On completion, the Main Road 92 between Ondangwa and Oshakati, are expected to significantly increase access to numerous businesses, enhance traffic flow during peak hours, and provide a safe walkway for pedestrians.

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Namibia to efficiently cultivate the arid country’s fertile soil by maximizing the use of its rivers’ seasonal floodwater, the construction of the dam and associated irrigation scheme will provide a major economic boost for the Karas Region. Since inception of the project, Knight Piésold has been responsible for various functions including the analysis and design of all the reinforced structural concrete components of the dam project as well as the drawing and detailing of the reinforced concrete and structural steel components of the project.

The Knight Piésold structures team was responsible for the design and detailing 80 000+m3 of reinforced concrete comprising a wide number of structural components including apron slab for the main dam, stepped side chute, spillway training wall and diving wall, raised ogee, intake tower structure, control room, sleeve valve house, turbine room, crump weir wall, and assorted valve chambers, among others.

Several teams were also responsible for the design and detailing of the reinforced concrete structures for Eskom’s Kusile Power Station near Witbank, in Mpumalanga Province.

Kent Georgala, Section Manager: Structures has spent most of his professional life in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga and has played a pivotal role in setting up Knight Piesold operations in both Mpumalanga and Mozambique. He specialises in all aspects of structural engineering and civil structural work and is particularly adept at business development, contract negotiation, project management and community liaison. He also has a special interest in the upliftment of previously disadvantaged young people, especially within the construction industry.

Kent Georgala Section Manager: Structures

STRUCTURES

Knight Piésold Continues to Deliver Highest Standard in Structures Design

Knight Piésold has been responsible for the design of a wide variety of structures and has played a fundamental role in the architecture and engineering of industrial plants, public buildings, bridges, commercial developments, power stations, mining and housing complexes in South Africa and in the rest of the Africa for the past 92 years.

The Knight Piésold Structures Section provides a full range of structural engineering services from initial feasibility and cost studies to detailed design, detailing, specification and construction supervision. In May 2013, the company took a strategic decision to move its Structures Section from Nelspruit, Mpumalanga Province to Johannesburg head office. The move has proved fruitful in better servicing clients, especially those offshore.

Knight Piésold’s Structures Section was appointed in 2009 to take on the complete structural design conceptualisation and implementation of the Neckartal Dam Project, located in the Karas Region of Namibia. The project was commissioned by the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry as a means to systematically harness the Fish River to facilitate the irrigation of vast stretches of arable land. Designed to enable

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Kusile/Eskom programme

As the principal supplier of electricity in South Africa, Eskom embarked on an expansion programme in 2008 to develop new power stations as a solution to meet the country’s growing demand for electricity. The programme involved the construction of several coal-fired power stations, one of which would be this new 4800MW coal fired power station.

The dry cooled and dry-ash handling power station itself would contain six boiler/ turbine sets with a nominal electricity generation capacity of approximately 4800MW (800MW per unit), and would be designed for base load operation. The Knight Piésold Structural Section was responsible for the design and detailing of the large reinforced concrete structures including, among others, station dirty dam settling tank, stockyard settling tank, ash dump dirty water drain, and armco culvert headwalls.

Another project currently being managed by Knight Piésold is the R104-million Olifantsvlei Wastewater Treatment Works Unit 3 Module 3 project in Johannesburg. The Olifantsvlei Wastewater Treatment Works are being extended to treat more efficiently the residential and industrial effluent in SA’s largest city.

Knight Piésold’s Structural Section has been a key part of the project being responsible of the structural design and detailing of reinforced concrete structures including reactor structures, the screw pump station design, flow divider and clarifiers, and the design of the MCC room. Without a doubt the Knight Piésold Structures Section continues to deliver on quality projects that meet local and international standards. Looking into the next decade, Knight Piésold plans to introduce more innovative and cost effective ways of doing structural designs to further improve safety and efficiency.

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Amelia BrielSection Manager: Environmental

ENVIRONMENTAL Closure Planning for Kinsevere Copper Mine

Located near Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinsevere Copper Mine produces 60 000 tonnes of copper cathode per year. The extraction process takes place through a Solvent Extraction Electrowinning plant and tailings is deposited on a lined non-neutralised tailings facility. Kinsevere is owned by Minerals and Metals Group Limited (MMG).

Knight Piésold has been involved at Kinsevere since 2008. One of the latest projects completed is a Closure Plan and Closure Cost Model in conjunction with Limpitlaw Consulting.

Stakeholder consultation regarding closure planning is an emotive issue, as the mine is often associated with a large part of the livelihood of local communities. It is, however, very important to include communities in the process of selecting and planning for the post-mining land use. To ensure post-closure sustainability, communities and third parties have to be capacitated to take ownership of infrastructure such as schools, clinics and water supply hand-pumped boreholes.

There are numerous closure cost models available that most adequately cover the physical aspects of closure. The MMG corporate closure standard requires the inclusion of various additional aspects such as closure management, human resources and community development. An Australian model was adapted for use at Kinsevere. Two scenarios were assessed, namely current unplanned closure and future planned closure. These numbers were taken forward into a cash flow forecast.

Rehabilitation and revegetation trial

The closure of Kinsevere will require the broad-scale revegetation of the waste rock dump, ore stockpile areas and the tailing storage facilities. Most of these areas will have soil with a high copper concentration, which is generally toxic to vegetation. Kinsevere has a relatively short planned life of mine and the designs do not all accommodate typical progressive rehabilitation. Therefore, on closure of these facilities, revegetation needs to work first-time round and, according to the DRC legislation, must not require any maintenance after six years.

Kinsevere Mine has vegetation types adapted to high copper concentrations. Some species can withstand concentrations at extremes however, in general, they are slow growing and their reproduction is poorly understood.

A revegetation trial using the indigenous and hardy Cynodon dactylon was set up. Seed and a sterile variant of live plantlets, known to withstand high salt concentrations, was used in the trial plots. Various fertilizer treatments were used to test plant establishment on various soils and even HMS tailings.

The results from this study will dictate the soil preparation requirements for the establishment of vegetation on the various areas requiring rehabilitation.

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power demand, generally during the night, the water is pumped back to the top reservoir. In 2004 the design and site-monitoring contract was awarded to the Knight Piésold, Arcus Gibb and RHK-DHV (SSI) who form part of the Braamhoek Consultants Joint Venture.

The project consists of various components including work to the upper reservoir (Bedford Dam) – a concrete-faced rockfill dam 50m high, 810m in length, with a 40m high intake tower and a 60m long access bridge with outlet/river diversion conduit beneath the embankment. Other components include construction to the lower reservoir (Braamhoek Dam - a RCC dam 45m high); building a powerhouse cavern (190m x 30m x 40m) and waterway tunnels (concrete lined 9.5m diameter) as well as an 8m x 8m access tunnel and four 333 MW Francis Pump Turbines (operating under a head of 460m and 80m submergence).

The Braamhoek Consultants Joint Venture is responsible for project management, project optimisation, transient analysis, waterways designs including intakes, screens, gates

WATER Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, one of the largest storage schemes

Knight Piésold is part of a joint venture, known as the Braamhoek Consultants Joint Venture (BCJV) that has been commissioned by Eskom to complete the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, previously known as Braamhoek situated in the magnificent Drakensberg mountain range. The Scheme is a 1,333 MW project aimed at augmenting the SA National Grid in peak power usage periods. It is one of the largest water storage schemes in the world and situated near Van Reenen, a town on the border between KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.

The project is designed to produce power during periods of high power demand, either in the mornings or in the evenings. During these periods, water is released from the top reservoir, flows through the turbines generating the power required and continues flowing into the lower reservoir. During periods of low

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per day. When the second phase is built the capacity of the plant will be doubled and this will be sufficient to provide the town of Nhlangano and the border post settlement of Mahamba with water into the distant foreseeable future.

Senior Resident Engineer, Blair Hammond, advises that although the process design is conventional, the project is both technically challenging and interesting as it not only encompasses a wide range of civil and structural engineering disciplines but also includes the supply and installation of mechanical and electrical items such as pumps, motors and sophisticated control equipment. The treatment plant site is located on a hillside with extremely varied geotechnical conditions making excavation difficult as the surface conditions range from silty clay to hard rock which has to be blasted. The treatment process starts with an intake structure built into the bed of the Mkhondvo River.

and stoplogs, penstock and steel liner designs, geotechnical investigations, site monitoring of the works, dam design, dam site selection, environmental monitoring and associated pump-stations and conveyance system of the scheme. The project is expected to be completed 2015.

Knight Piésold Awarded The Nhlangano Water Supply Consultancy

Situated on the south bank of the Mkhondvo River and only 5 km downstream from the scenic Mahamba gorge, the new water treatment plant for the town of Nhlangano is now taking shape. Knight Piésold was awarded the consultancy for the project in 2009 and construction has now started. The treatment plant is designed to be built in two phases. The current works constitute the initial phase and will be able to process up to 15 Ml of water

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Pumps in the intake structure transfer raw water past a chemical dosing station where soda ash, alum and polyelectrolytes are added to the raw water which causes the fine solid particles in the water to coagulate into heavier particles called “Floc”.

The process continues with the raw water passing along a series of channels which allows the flocculation chemicals to take full effect. From these channels the water flows to 25m diameter clarifier tanks. Two clarifiers are being constructed during this phase of the project. In the clarifiers the heavier floc settles to the bottom of the tank and is automatically removed by hydraulic pressure while the clarified water passes into a circumferential collection lauder and is led away to the filter building.

Six rapid gravity dual media filters are housed in the filter building which further cleans and then disinfects the water with chlorine before being pumped into a 1Ml storage reservoir. The filter building houses pumps for back washing the filters and for pumping water to a 45 m3 elevated tank which provides the potable water and firewater requirements of the plant. Blowers in the building basement provide the air required for the filter cleaning process. All the operations of the plant will be monitored and controlled from a control room which will be situated in the filter building.

A high lift pumpstation will take water from the storage reservoir and convey it through an existing 450 mm diameter ductile iron pipeline to a 10Ml reservoir located six kilometres away and 200 m above the level of the plant. Two gravity pipelines lead away from the reservoir; one a 400 mm diameter ductile iron pipe conveys water east to join an existing pipeline to Nhlangano and is 5 km long. The other pipeline which heads west and feeds the border post at Mahamba is 300 mm reducing after take-offs to 150mm in diameter. This pipeline is 7.4 km long. The 10Ml reservoir and the two gravity pipelines form part of the current project while the contractor has made provision for testing the existing rising main to ensure that it will perform as expected.

As the sludge generated by the process contains up to 5% of the total water passing through a treatment plant so it is therefore sensible to try to recover as much of this water as possible. At

the Nhlangano plant pipelines are being provided to convey sludge from the clarifiers and the filter backwash operations to a dedicated waste water recovery plant where a substantial amount of the waste water will be recovered and pumped back into the system.

To complete the works being undertaken at the plant an administration building and staff houses are being constructed.

In the past the local farmers have used a cattle dip located on the bank of the river immediately upstream of the new plant. The possibility of contamination of the water drawn off to supply the plant has made it necessary to relocate this communal facility to a location downstream.

The main contractor for Phase One of the project is Inyatsi Construction, a prominent Swaziland Company. The Durban based company WPCP is responsible for providing and installing the mechanical, electrical and control equipment.

Construction started in July 2013 and is programmed to be complete by the end of September 2014.

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KP IN THE COMMUNITY

Knight Piésold believes that corporate social investment plays a pivotal role in bringing about meaningful transformation to the benefit of all. To this end, Knight Piésold commits to the social upliftment of the South African community, particularly the schools, by donating critical resources in the form of study aids, laboratory equipment and school stationery, providing financial assistance, as well a s creating study and career development opportunities to disadvantaged communities. Key to Knight Piésold’s Corporate Social Investment strategy, named the Bokamoso Social Development Scheme, is to nurture partnerships with government and reputable non-profit organisations whose objectives are aimed at providing viable, innovative and sustainable solutions in response to national and global priorities.

SAICE Bridge Building Competition

The SAICE bridge building is an annual event that attracts the participation of approximately 600 schools country wide. It is no surprise that Knight Piésold would be interested in the bridge building competition. This year, one of KP’s beneficiaries, Realogile High School constructed 2 bridges which were entered into the competition. Although they did not make it to the top 5, it was definitely a learning curve and an exciting experience for the learners.

Maths and Science Olympiads

Realogile High School, with Knight Piésold‘s assistance, hosted their first Maths and Science Olympiad this year. The students ranged from grade 8-12. Knight Piésold sponsored t-shirts,

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food and prizes towards the event. The aim of the Olympiad is to promote mathematics and science as subjects of choice amongst high school learners. The Olympiad is also held in preparation for the 2014 National Olympiads. All participants received certificates and medals for their efforts and the winning team members each received a scientific calculator and a R100 shopping voucher.

Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Campaign

Job Shadow Day

Students from Ennerdale Technical High School were invited to visit the Rivonia office and learn more about the engineering industry. These partnerships are meant to grow, and nurture learners to be the best in their chosen field of study.

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Mandela Day

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INVESTING IN OUR STAFF

Mentoring and Coaching Program

Successful companies use mentoring to develop employees. Mentoring is not only one of the most powerful development methods, but it also has special implications for organisations and their employees.

For Knight Piésold mentoring is about the development of the company and the industry as a whole. The company has had a mentorship programme in place for many years for its candidate engineers, technologists and technicians. Although many consulting engineering firms share Knight Piésold commitment, and many have excellent mentorship programmes, Knight Piesold was instrumental in releasing funding in 2012 for candidate programmes in the industry to the tune of R50 million over the next three years. Knight Piésold discovered that the period from graduation to professional registration is often far too long and by funding candidate programmes the company seeks to bridge that gap, effectively addressing the issue e by implanting a structured and disciplined mentorship programme. The program is aimed at building the confidence of new members of staff as well as sharing and imparting knowledge in a relaxed environment.

“Being on the mentorship programme has been very rewarding for me and I credit my successful registration as a Professional Engineering Technologist to the Knight Piésold Mentoring and

Coaching program,” says Preneshin Govender, a Pr Technologist who was part of the program.

Building on its partnership with Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) over the past few years, Knight Piésold has changed the nature of mentorship programmes into billable projects that continue to make a difference in the lives of professional engineers.

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Preneshin Govender on site with his mentor Amal Doorgapershad

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ZAMBIA OFFICE OPENING

Knight Piesold has once again expanded its global footprint in Sub-Saharan Africa by re-opening its Zambian office in the capital city of Lusaka, offering environmental and project management services to the mining, water, transportation and power sectors. Having established its reputation by undertaking key projects such as the Victoria Falls Power Station and the Mita Hills Dam Project, Knight Piesold will continue to provide value-adding engineering services to this region. At present, there are 8 transportation projects running, which include the design, review and supervision of the Great East Road from Arcades to Airport Junction in Lusaka, and the upgrading and realignment of D301 from Muyombe Junction to Chama and Chama to Luangwa River (86km) in the Eastern Province of Zambia. There are also several mining and water projects being undertaken.

The office is ideally situated in order provide an efficient service to its clients in the surrounding areas.

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Zambian offices in the capital city of Lusaka

Zambian offices in the capital city of Lusaka

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