Eric Kobal Email & Phone Number

Involved in numerous roads and building projects ranging in project value from R2 million to R200 million. Became the office manager responsible for eight members of staff in 1989. Since this time I have been responsible for all administrative and engineering aspects of managing a multi-disciplinary consulting engineering practice. This includes procurement of work and project management of developments. Involved in projects as follows:• Design and supervision of a new 200 bed hospital. Responsible for the civil and structural engineering aspects of the project, including liaison with other consulting engineers for the position and accommodation of electrical and mechanical services.• Design and supervision of reinforced concrete multi-storey residential and retail complex (4 storeys) and a variety of other reinforced concrete structures.• Various industrial type structural steel projects for warehousing, shopping centres etc.• Renovations, which include major structural alterations to existing buildings.• Expert witness reporting and recommendations.• Eighteen kilometres of upgrading of a gravel road to a surfaced standard, Including storm water drainage. Other duties include direct liaison with our clients on a regular basis and the administration of an office. Became the sole owner of the company in 1989

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Employed as an Assistant Resident Engineer on a road rehabilitation project in the Kingdom of Swaziland. Contract value approximately E13 million). Responsibilities included measurement, checking the Contractor's monthly certificates, as-built records, contract administration, appraisal and solutions to technical design and construction problems and the subsequent issuing of site instructions and memoranda.

Involved in the design of a complex piled foundation system for an ash conveyor drive/transfer house at Tutuka Power Station. Responsible for producing detailed sketches and supervision of the working drawings for the design.

Employed on site as a Resident Engineer on a grain silo extension project in the Eastern Transvaal. Responsibilities included quality control, agreeing quantities, inspection, holding site meetings and liaison with the client and building contractors.

Employed as an Assistant Resident Engineer on a road rehabilitation project in the Kingdom of Swaziland. Contract value approximately E13 million). Responsibilities included measurement, checking the Contractor's monthly certificates, as-built records, contract administration, appraisal and solutions to technical design and construction problems and the subsequent issuing of site instructions and memoranda.

Specialising in the petrochemical field. Employed on two projects as follows:• Mossmorran/Braefoot Bay gas diffractionation plant (approximate value of contract 400 million). Duties included some draughting experience and steelwork for buildings design in liaison with other engineering disciplines included in the project.• Upgrading Caltex Oil Refinery, Bahrain. Duties included reinforced concrete design, quantities, preparing contract documents again in liaison with other engineering disciplines in the project team.

Employed as a Site Engineer on a roadworks contract (approximate value 2 million) and responsibilities included setting out, quality control and liaising with the client.