Gerrit Van Wyk Email & Phone Number

South Africa

Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa

Prince Albert, Western Cape, South Africa

 Multiple daily on-site inspections to review the quality and progress. Involved in initial planning of the project through to construction phase.  Meeting with architect and subcontractors on a weekly basis to discuss design concepts, timeline and deadlines, materials and equipment required on site and all structural elements necessary. Taking daily.

Prince Albert, Western Cape, South Africa

 Established carpet and upholstery business as a monopoly to service 93 guesthouses, other businesses and the residents of a popular tourist town. Cleaning carpets and upholstery of various materials and fabrics using professional equipment. Marketing of the business in the local newspaper, sending weekly news flash emails to all local businesses.

Somerset West Area, South Africa

 Soil profiling and classification by means of test pits and soil testing by doing over 500 DCP tests or using a shear vane. Design and detail reinforced concrete elements for more than 45 residential structures. Design and detail steel structures and elements for residential and commercial structures. Review proposed structural elements from other.

Knysna Area, South Africa

 Designed and detailed reinforced concrete and steel elements for residential and commercial structures. Represented the company at 10 building site and architect meetings.

George Area, South Africa

 Calculated pre- and post-development precipitation runoff. Used AutoCAD to compile bending schedules, plot and TRA camp layouts. Conducted site and progress inspections of RDP houses. Used Civil Designer program to design new layouts for bulk sewerage with man holes.

Somerset West Area, South Africa

 Filed snag lists, architect drawings, and calculations of engineering features. Carried out inspections on a wide range of civil structures from foundation steel to timber roof elements. Wrote a program using Java programming language to calculate load distribution of a reinforced concrete slab on beams.