SANDILE KAWULA

CAREER SUMMARY

1.Contract Administration

• Performed bidding and negotiated rates with sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Managed all legal aspects of the contract documentations.
• Performed site surveys and maintained survey reports.
• Worked with technical and construction teams to finish projects within budget.
• Supervised Surveyors, Foreman and construction crew to ensure work is completed on-time.
• Addressed client escalations and managed client expectations.

2. Programme Management

• Planning, organizing, coordinating, delegating and controlling all activities of the staff of Technical services Department.
• Manage the provision of services including roads, storm water, buildings, sports facilities, housing project etc.
• Manage project management unit (PMU).
• Develop and implement strategic goals and plans for the department.
• Manage all capital projects and projects funded by MIG.
• Supervising and monitoring of consultants and contractors during implementation of projects.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reports to Municipal Manager and Council

3. Roads Construction

• Planning of daily logistics and managing contractors plant returns
• Measuring of quantities
• Material testing pertaining to soils, concrete, and bitumen
• Construction Supervision (Earthworks, Layer works construction, Construction of culvert, Steel fixing, Excavations,Pipe laying and formwork,Sidewalks and rock fall protection: Headwalls, manholes, V-drains, Verge maintenance ,and Installation of guard rails
• Managing materials on site, Setting out formwork, Steel fixing for concreting and beam survey.
• Surveying (Leveling and setting out points for side drainage, kerb and channel, and culvert levels).
• Preparing weekly, monthly reports, site diaries and construction site instruction

4. Road Maintenance

• Daily supervision and reporting of the daily tasks, Preparation of scopes, and Managing labour returns.

5. Infrastructure Asset Management

• Management of facilities e.g. Community Halls, Museums, Libraries, Stadia, Swimming pools, Parks and Cemeteries.
• Conduct physical verification of asset (position, condition, present value and attributes.
• Compile asset management plan, level of service, future growth and demand life cycle management plan, risk profile.
• Critically examining asset lifecycle and condition survey information and establish asset maintenance, replacement or disposal according to specific engineering standard.
• Participate in various meetings. Prepare budget for maintenance.
• Grap 17 Infrastructure Asset Management Compliance
• Attended infrastructure asset management course and awarded competency certificate.

6. Asset Management

• Condition assessments Infrastructure (Roads and stormwater, Buildings (halls, Creches, libraries etc., Beach facilities, Recreational facilities, Swimming pools and Municipal offices.
• Condition assessments of Water and Sanitation Infrastructure (Water Treatment Works, Waste Water Treatment Works, Water Pump stations,Sewer Pump stations, Reservoirs, Bulk lines and Reticulations.

7.Housing Projects

• Advice on the acquisition of land and Prepare, call and adjudication of implementing agents and tender recommendation.
• Definition of the outside figure of the project and approval on the concept and designs.
• Submission of project pipeline to the Department of housing.
• Presentation to the TSC, TEC and TAC for the Appointment of contractors.
• Site handover, Start of construction,attend site meeting facilitate the technical meeting and Project Steering Committees
• Supervising and Monitoring of contractor during construction period.
• Approval of all payment certificates

8. Design and Management

Structural drawing (cad) AutoCAD 14 and 2000

• Drawings of storm water structures: inlet structure, channels and outlet structure.
• Drawing of steel structures- beams, columns and angles details

Civil drawing (cad AutoCAD 14 and 2000 and GIS)

• Drawing of site layout plans tailings dam and drainage system.
• Layout plans on storm water evaluation in townships showing cadastral, storm water pipeline to be repair and pipeline to be cleaned on GIS.
• Drawing of floods lines along river stream.

Concrete design

• Concrete design of slabs, beams foundations and retaining walls.
• Tachometry on new piece of land, which was proposed for development e.g. community facilities and shopping centres.

Soil Testing Materials

• Checking soil profile and describe the nature of soil.
• Working out samples in the laboratory: grading, liquid limit, plastic index, linear shrinkage and CBR etc

Administration

• Preparing tender documents, bill of quantities, measurements and specifications.

Over 20 years experiance in Engineering projects designs and implementation, with most experience in Roads, structural engineering, i.e. multi-storey buildings (both concrete and steel), Water and Waste Water Treatment works, Reservoirs, bridges, drainage structures. Being in a position with higher responsibility.

 Sandile kawula has undergone civil works design programs, i.e. civil designer and Autocad Civil 3D, such that he is comfortable to design roads, storm water, water reticulation and sewer reticulation. Infrastructure Asset Management and Asset Management 

• Road Projects, Construction of road (Technological hub), Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, R3,89m5m, Construction of road works for ward 20 (Bhobhoyi), Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, R2,25m, Construction of road works for ward 23 (Mbotsha), Ray Nkonyeni Municipality, R1,65m, Construction of Bangibizo access road, Umzumbe municipality, R3,6m, Nyangwini access road, uMzumbe Municipality, R1.93m, Bhekulwandle access road regravelling, uMzumbe Municipality, R0.5m, Madadeni internal road, Newcastle Municipality, R2.8m, Blauboch internal road sidewalks, Newcastle Municipality, R1.3m, Tathan road sidewalk (Bergville), UKhahlamba Municipality, R1.48m
• Housing Projects, KwaDlamini cluster B housing projects, uMzumbe Municipality, R98m, Mathulini Cluster A housing project, Umzumbe Municipality, R88m, KwaQoloqolo Cluster D housing project, Umzumbe Municipality, R51m

• ID Number: 7408 1154 5608 7
• License: Code 8
• Date of Birth: 08/11/74
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: South African

• Mr Vela Mtshali (CA), Musgrave Building, Durban, 4001, (031) 2011 241
• Mr Lawrence Palmer, 2 Club Lane, Pinetown, 3610, (031) 311 6384, 083 378 9093
• Mr Maxwell Piwandiwa, 21 Hospital Road, Newcastle, (034) 317 1270, 076 500 5781

Graduate Member: Institute of Municipal Engineering of South Africa (IMESA)