Civil Engineering

Civil consulting engineers, project manager.

Civil & Engineering Contractors.

the pioneer of a one-step casting process for the erection of homes,”…Simply cast a whole house in a day

Project management, Civil Engineering and Community Development Services.

Afri-Coast Engineers is a leading independent multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy. With its head offices in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, Afri-Coast’s multidisciplinary team have extensive skills and experience. Our clients include financiers, developers, public and private sector organisations.

Our highly responsive team of project managers and engineers has considerable experience in delivering conventional and turnkey projects. This takes the highest levels of scientific, technical and operational expertise, which we have at Afri-Coast Engineers.

Afri-Coast’s vision is to be amongst the world’s leading companies in providing sustainable consulting engineering and project management solutions.

Afri-Coast’s mission is to be a world-class infrastructure consulting engineering and project management company providing a service that will add sustainable value-engineering solutions to the operation of its clients in commerce, industry and the public sector.

Afri-Coast Engineers is certified as a Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Level Three Contributor in compliance with the Construction Sector Codes.

Core Services:

Transportation

Transportation studies and traffic engineering
Design, maintenance and rehabilitation of bridges
Bridge inspections and management systems
Pavement design
Maintenance and rehabilitation of urban and rural freeways
Road Safety assessments and audits

Water and Waste Water

Water resources planning and water quality analysis
Water treatment and waste water treatment design
Water Demand Management
Stormwater management
Reticulation design

Pipeline Services

Bulk water supply pipelines; bulk waste water mains;
Cathodic protection systems;
Pipeline corrosion investigations pumping systems designs

Structural Rehabilitation

Concrete Repair and Rehabilitation;
Life Cycle Costing; and modeling
Electrochemical treatment design: Chloride Extraction, re-alkalisation of Concrete; Chemical Treatment; Cathodic Protection
Building Renovation and Waterproofing Design and Rehabilitation

Building/Structural

Structural reporting and evaluation of alternative designs
Design of industrial, retail, residential and office buildings
Design of basement and elevated parking garages
Design of water and earth retaining structures
Design of foundations for specialist machinery
Building alterations, strengthening and extensions

Asset Management

Inspections and Forensic surveys and audits
Corrosion diagnostic investigations
Rehabilitation design, documentation and specification
Quality Management
Profile of the Consortium Companies

Project Management

Contract documentation
Feasibility studies, estimating and budget control
Construction Monitoring
Quality Management auditing

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

GIS user needs analysis
GIS based applications development and customization
Spatial Database Design and Management
GIS Project management, project design and implementation
Spatial Data Analysis
Map preparations service

Environmental Services

Environmental management services and policies
Scoping reports, strategic environmental assessments
Environmental impact assessments,
Environmental management plans

Coastal Engineering Field

Data collection and analysis: wind, waves, currents, water quality, bathymetry and beach surveys
Numerical modelling of coastal processes
Coastal zone monitoring and management
Design of coastal structures: coastal protection, port & harbour, amenity enhancement

Renewable Energy

Data collection, wind monitoring masts up to 70m
Site selection using wind maps, environmental and Civil Aviation restrictions
Grid connection studies
Solar PV and solar hot water studies using System Advisor Model (SAM) software

Energy Efficiency

Logging of Electrical Load
Baseline for Measurement and Verification
Energy efficiency for buildings including auditing lighting
Insulation
Payback period calculations
Energy efficient street-lighting
Eskom subsidised projects as ESCO
Compact fluorescent lamp roll-out
Energy efficiency in water and waste water treatment and pump-stations
Promotion of energy efficiency benefits and options