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WINDHOEK CONSULTING ENGINEERS(Pty) Ltd

Engineering Excellence

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Branch Detail Windhoek Office Tel: +264 61 370 900Fax: +264 61 238 880Email: [email protected]

Branch Detail

Walvis Bay Office Tel: +264 64 206 401Fax: +264 64 206 525Email: [email protected]

Swakopmund Office Tel: +264 64 403 955Fax: +264 64 403 966Email: [email protected]

Lüderitz Office Tel: +264 63 204 047Fax: +264 63 204 025Email: [email protected]

Ondangwa Office Tel: +264 65 241 389Fax: +264 65 241 708Email: [email protected]

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Ondangwa Office

Walvis Bay Office

Windhoek Office

Swakopmund Office

Lüderitz Office


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Directors Directors Business principlesBusiness principlesJohan du Toit

Kemal Kelestura

Associates Associates

Cor Syfert Victor Rieger

Tertius Basson

Herman van der Merwe

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Directors Directors Business principlesBusiness principlesJohan du Toit

Kemal Kelestura

Associates Associates

Cor Syfert Victor Rieger

Tertius Basson

Herman van der Merwe

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MissionTo provide a world class Multidisciplinary Consulting Engineering Service in a timely and cost effective

manner and ensuring that we exceed our Clients’ expectations the first time, every time.

VisionTo be the leading and preferred Multidisciplinary Consulting Engineering Company in Namibia and

the Region.

ValuesAs a company we will achieve our purpose by adhering to a simple but strong set of core values that

will guide our decisions;

• Positive Motivation - WCE’s employees are committed to an encouraging, can-do, winning

attitude. We will always be pro-active.

• Teamwork - WCE’s multidisciplinary team is committed to putting the client first, bringing together

in unison the people, resources, and expertise best suited to meet our clients’ engineering and

management needs.

• Trust – We are all committed to treating others fairly, with integrity and truth in our words and

actions.

• Enthusiasm – We are committed to giving that “extra effort” required and to enjoy what we do.

We will be enthusiastic about our work and always do more than is expected of us. Pride in our

work is achieved by doing something special for the client.

• Respect - WCE employees treat clients, projects and project personnel as a priority.

• Communication - We strive to effectively communicate with our clients, colleagues and project

personnel.

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Company ProfilePage


COMPANY OVERVIEW

TRANSPORT ENGINEERING

URBAN & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN

WATER ENGINEERING

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PROJECT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

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GeneralWindhoek Consulting Engineers (WCE), established in 1977, is one of Namibia’s leading multidisciplinary consulting

engineering practices. The company has offices in Windhoek, Ondangwa, Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, and creates temporary

satellite offices in smaller centres as the need arises for individual projects.

WCE is engaged in the following fields of expertise: Transport, Urban, Water, Structural, Mechanical and Electrical

Engineering, and provides Project Management and Consultancy Services for Multidisciplinary Projects.

Over and above WCE’s involvement in Namibia, WCE has completed projects in Botswana, Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe

and the Middle East.

PersonnelWCE employs 49 people in Namibia ranging from Professional Engineers, Incorporated Engineers, Technicians and Technical

Assistants. A wide range of professional services are available in-house through our highly qualified and motivated staff. If

a project requires any additional specialist input or technical resources, we can source all required services from associated

companies.

Company OverviewCOMPANY OVERVIEW

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Namibian FootprintWCE is a Namibian Company, committed to the future of our country and

region, and we will nurture any opportunity to play a meaningful role

in its development. Our association with other Consulting Engineering

companies further enhances our technical capabilities, especially for

projects in neighbouring countries.

Windhoek Consulting Engineers was the first consulting engineering

company in Namibia to receive a certificate of compliance from the

Employment Equity Commission. It confirmed WCE’s commitment

towards redressing past inequalities by providing an environment of equal

opportunities and employment equity.

Special consideration is given to training and WCE proudly sponsors bursaries

every year in the fields of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. In

addition, previously disadvantaged engineers in training at the Ministry of

Works and Transport as well as other ministries, are given the opportunity

to gain in-service training at WCE at no cost.

Information Computer Technology (ICT)WCE constantly evaluates new ICT software and hardware in our quest to

stay abreast of the rapid changing ICT environment. We currently operate

approximately 40 CAD stations and a further 15 Desktops for administration

and word processing purposes. The office is equipped with state of the

art printers and plotters which can produce high quality documents and

drawings.

Multidisciplinary CapabilitiesWCE offers a host of engineering services and we are still recognised as

an industry leader in the primary service area in which we operate. Our

world class multidisciplinary capability towards analysis, design and

engineering consulting services for a wide variety of large and prestigious

projects for more than 33 years. WCE provides services in the fields of road

infrastructure, pavement design and rehabilitation, traffic engineering,

railway development, airport development, municipal infrastructure

design, bulk water design, water and waste water treatment, structural

engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, as well as

project planning and management services.

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Transport Engineering

Pavement Design and RehabilitationWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Construction material prospecting

• Borrow pit investigations

• Evaluation of locally available material

• Pavement designs utilising locally available material

• Material modification of sub-standard locally available materials

• Pavement life cycle evaluation

• Evaluation of existing pavements and design of rehabilitation

strategies

• Visual assessments of existing road surfacing for maintenance and

rehabilitation actions

• Surfacing selection and design.

Traffic Engineering and Transportation PlanningWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Traffic studies including data collection and interpretation

• Traffic impact assessments for new developments

• Regional and local network modelling

• Road network analysis

• Public transport planning and infrastructure design

• Traffic signals and control systems

• Road traffic signs.

Railway Infrastructure Development and RehabilitationWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Construction of new railway lines

• Rehabilitation and upgrading of existing railway lines

• Construction of railway stations halts and sidings

• Construction of new station infrastructure such as station buildings,

maintenance sheds, inspection pits and storage.

Roads and Runways

Bridges

Reconstructed road

Road Construction and Rehabilitation WCE supplies consulting services for:

• Construction of new surfaced roads ranging

from national roads to urban roads

• Construction of new gravel roads in rural areas

• Rehabilitation of existing surfaced roads

• Upgrading of gravel roads to surfaced standards.

Road construction and rehabilitation include:

• Feasibility studies

• Preliminary designs and route determination

• Construction material prospecting and

evaluation

• Pavement design

• Geometric design

• Storm water design

• Contract documentation and tender facilitation

• Full time site supervision and quality assurance

• Labour based and labour maximized

construction methods.

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Transport Engineering

Services provided in these fields include:


• Preliminary designs and route determination

• Construction material prospecting and evaluation

• Sub-ballast design




• Sleeper and permanent way material procurement

• Full time site supervision and quality assurance

• Experience in labour based and labour maximized construction

methods.

Airport Development, Rehabilitation and UpgradingWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Construction of new airports and landing strips

• Upgrading of existing international and national airports facilities

• Terminal building planning

• Land side infrastructure planning, design and development

• Air side infrastructure planning, design and development

• Apron and runway lighting.

Services that are provided in the field of Airport development, rehabilitation

and upgrading include:


• Preliminary designs

• Construction material prospecting and evaluation

• Pavement design




• Full time site supervision and quality assurance.

Railways

Bituminous surfacing

Road Rehabilitation

Road Rehabilitation

WCE’s employees are committed to an

encouraging, can-do, winning attitude.

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URBAN & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

Urban & Rural Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Design ServicesThe WCE team is well experienced in the development of:

• Industrial and commercial developments

• New residential developments in the entire spectrum of low income

to luxury developments

• Security villages and estates

• Golf estates

• Retirement villages, and many more.

WCE offers the following services and expertise towards Urban and

Rural infrastructure development projects:

• Planning and preliminary designs

• Feasibility studies and costing

• Detail design, tender documentation and tender facilitation

• Contract administration

• Full- or part time site supervision and quality assurance

• Application of labour based and labour maximized construction

methods.

Water Supply and Reticulation Design• Bulk Water Supply including extraction, pump stations, storage

reservoirs and conveyance

• Water distribution networks with the application of best practice in

design and optimization

• Water demand management and water tariff calculation.

Sewerage Infrastructure• Selection of the appropriate sanitation system with due consideration

of the socio economic factors influencing sustainability

• Design and optimization of all types of sanitation systems including

waterborne networks

• Planning and design of pump stations

• Design and optimization of sewer rising mains.

Rossmund Golf Estate

Afrodite Beach

Shalom Park

Fairway Estate

WCE’s multidisciplinary team is committed

to putting the client first.

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URBAN & RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

Urban & Rural Infrastructure Engineering





• Design of effluent treatment facilities or plants including:

• Oxidation pond systems

• Wetland systems

• Bio-filter plants

• Trickle filter plants

• Activated sludge reactors

• Design of irrigation and other systems for the re-use of grey

water or semi-purified effluents.

Roads and Storm Water Infrastructure• Geometric design of urban and rural roads

• Earthwork platform designs for bulk earthworks

• Material investigations

• Pavement designs for all types of road surfaces including

sidewalks

• Design and optimization of surface and subsurface storm

water drainage networks.

Electrical Supply Networks and Distribution• Design and optimization of HT networks

• Substations and minisubs

• Design and optimization of LT networks both above ground

and buried systems

• Demand management and metering systems.

Solid Waste Management• Design of materials recycling infrastructure

• Composting of organic material

• Hazardous waste disposal facilities & landfills.

...bringing together in unison the people, resources,

and expertise.“ “

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Bulk Water Infrastructure DesignWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Dam construction, rehabilitation, upgrading and maintenance

• Irrigation schemes

• Water abstraction from dams, rivers and bore holes

• Water reservoirs

• Water towers

• Pump stations

• Large diameter pipe lines

• Associated electrical and mechanical design.

Bulk Water and Waste Water ConsultancyWCE supplies consulting services for:

• Preliminary and detail design of water abstraction facilities, pump

stations, pipelines, reservoirs and water towers, water and waste

water treatment plants

• Evaluation of various treatment processes

• Evaluation of various pipe materials available

• Construction cost estimates

• Tender documentation and tender facilitation


• Supervision and quality assurance


• Integrated water resource planning and management

• Master plans.

WATER ENGINEERING

Water Engineering

Hardap Dam

Bulk Water Storage Hardap Dam

Otjomuise Pump Station

Ndonga Linena Irrigation Project

We meet our clients’ engineering and

management needs.

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WATER ENGINEERING

Water Engineering

Water and Waste Water TreatmentWCE specialises in the following water and waste water design fields:

• Treatment of eutrophic water

• Water quality assessments

• Removal of algae by dissolved air flotation (DAF) and filtration (DAFF)

• Advanced water treatment using PAC, ozone and membrane

technology

• Municipal and industrial waste water treatment

• Biological and chemical nutrient removal

• Desalination plants.

Water Resource ManagementWCE specialises in the following water resource management fields:

• Water resource planning and management

• Environmental Impact Assessments

• Hydrological modelling

• Storm water management

• Water quality assessments

• Flood line determinations

• Water conservation and demand management

• Catchment analysis; and

• Dams.

Ohorongo Cement Plant

Effluent Treatment

Sewerage Treatment Plant

Inlet Works

WCE is also involved with the provision of internal and bulk services to townships in

Namibia.

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Structural Engineering FieldsWCE specialises in the following structural engineering fields:

• Reinforced concrete

• Post tensioned concrete

• Pre-cast concrete

• Structural steel structures

• Masonry structures

• Timber structures.

Commercial and Industrial BuildingsWCE has completed the following commercial and industrial structures:

• Multi storey hotels

• High rise office buildings

• Commercial buildings

• Retail buildings and shopping malls

• Factories and warehouses.

Water Retaining and Civil StructuresWCE has completed the following water retaining and civil structures:

• Dam walls

• Bridges

• Rail/Road overpasses

• Retaining walls

• Canals

• Reservoirs and purification works.


Structural Engineering

Millennium Building

GIPF Swakopmund

Windhoek Country Club

Windhoek Supreme Court

We are all committed to treating others fairly, with integrity and truth in our

words and actions.

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Structural Engineering

Eliakim Namundjebo Plaza Hotel

GIPF House Windhoek

Stadtmitte Swakopmund

Nedbank Windhoek

Institutional FacilitiesWCE has completed the following institutional facilities:

• Educational facilities

• Health care institutions

• Military bases

• Police colleges.

Other Building WorksOther buildings that WCE was involved in:

• Airport buildings

• Radar masts

• Sports, leisure and stadium developments.

We are committed to giving that “extra effort”

required and to enjoy what we do.

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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Electrical Engineering

WCE has completed to following types of buildings:

• Hotels up to 5 star

• Hospitals including special bed head units, nurse call systems and

isolated electrical supply to theatre equipment

• Shopping centres

• High rise office blocks

• Warehousing.

Industrial Installations and Process Systems • Pump Stations - Sewer and freshwater including variable speed drives,

automatic control with SCADA systems and automatic reporting as well

as Telmetry remote controls

• Factory installations: Fishing factories , Carton factories ,

Printing Presses, Diamond cutting,

Stone processing, Garment Factories

• Power factor correction installations

• Facility lighting: Sport, Airports, Public amenities.

Electrical Reticulations and Distribution• Regional medium voltage distribution networks

• Medium voltage reticulation including substations for new township

development

• Low voltage underground reticulation for new township developments

• Low voltage overhead aerial bundled conductor reticulation for low cost

housing developments

• Street lighting

• Rural electrification .

Electrical Building Services • Energy saving building electrical and building

management systems to accomplish green building

installations

• Uninterrupted power supplies and

Standby generators

• Earthing systems and lightning protection

• CCTV and access control

• Audio/Visual and conference systems.

Standby Generator

Maerua Mall

Motor Control Centre

Parallel Uninterrupted Power Supply

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Mechanical Engineering Fields • Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC)

• Fire protection and detection

• Elevators, lifts, hoists, overhead cranes

• Specialised material handling

• Compressed air systems

• Incinerators & sterilisers

• Cooling & freezing facilities

• Pools & filtration

• Commercial/Industrial kitchens & laundry equipment

• Medical and specialised gases

• Fuel storage facilities and product dispensers.

Services ProvidedServices that are provided in the field of mechanical engineering design

include:

• Preliminary and detail design of mechanical services

• Construction cost estimates

• Tender documentation and tender facilitation


• Supervision and quality assurance.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical Engineering

Fire Supression Systems

Extractor Fan Attenuator

Outdoor Condensing Units

Pump Control Centre

We will be enthusiastic about our work and always

do more than is expected .

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Project preparation

Project appraisal & selection

Project Negotiation & Approval

Project Implementation

Project Monitoring

Project Evaluation

Reject

Project Identification / Screening

Feasibility Study

Accept

Reject

Further feasibility study to strengthen data base

Modify

New Project

Accept

Project Planning and Management WCE has extensive experience with project planning and

management. These include:

Project Identification

• Conceptualisation

• Alternatives.

Project Preparation & Formulation

• Feasibility Studies (markets, technical aspects, financial

& economic analysis, environmental impact assessments,

and operational procedures)

• Detail planning & analysis.

Project Appraisal

• Critical reviews (objectives, inputs, outputs, funding and

staffing)

• Risk and sensitivity analysis

• Financial & economic assessments.

Project Implementation

• Organisation

• Funding

• Stakeholder participation

• Scheduling & programming

• Project development.

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitoring of physical progress as well as financial and

human resource application

• Evaluation of achievement of objectives and outputs

• Cost/Benefit and performance analysis.

PROJECT PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

Project Planning & Management

Namibia Radar Project

To the Optimist , the glass is half full. To the Pessimist the

glass is half empty. To the Project Manager the glass is

twice as big as it needs to be.

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Branch Detail Windhoek Office Tel: +264 61 370 900Fax: +264 61 238 880Email: [email protected]

Branch Detail

Walvis Bay Office Tel: +264 64 206 401Fax: +264 64 206 525Email: [email protected]

Swakopmund Office Tel: +264 64 403 955Fax: +264 64 403 966Email: [email protected]

Lüderitz Office Tel: +264 63 204 047Fax: +264 63 204 025Email: [email protected]

Ondangwa Office Tel: +264 65 241 389Fax: +264 65 241 708Email: [email protected]

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Head Office

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