Maseabata Joyce Nama

Client: LHDA

Project description: Provision of infrastructure services (roads, protection works, and water) and housing for the resettled community around the Polihali area

Approximated project cost: LSL 800 million

• Responding to RFI, and issuing of revised drawings
• Redesigns due to changes on site: Water supply, roads, stormwater, and buildings.
• Monitoring the construction of platforms to ensure correct alignment and levels.
• Monitoring the casting of reinforced concrete footings, reinforced concrete beams, and columns.
• Reviewing the mix designs and inspecting the cement, aggregates, water, reinforcement, and admixtures prior to mixing.
• Overseeing the concrete batching processes, including material selection, to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Overseeing the production of concrete by verifying mix designs, batching accuracy for targeted strength, water/cement ratio, and mixing time to ensure workability.
• Monitoring blockwork, brickwork, and architectural finishes.
• Monitoring excavation, installation of water supply pipes, and construction of water storage structures.
• Monitoring the setting out of alignments and levels, and the construction of road layers as per designs.
• Monitoring the construction of drainage works, including side channels, precast box culverts, reno mattresses, and gabion boxes.

Courses: Hydraullics, structures and materials

• Conducted laboratory demonstrations and practical sessions
• Provided academic support as a tutor, helping bridge the gap between students and senior lecturers
• Assisted students in understanding key concepts and using engineering design software, including HEC-RAS, AutoDesk, PROKON, and MATLAB
• Marked student assessments, laboratory reports, and tutorial submissions with attention to accuracy and feedback quality

Client: Johannesburg Development Agency

Project Description: Integration of a multi-story mixed-use facility, encompassing extensive taxi holding and ranking areas along with a significant retail and office components, designed to enhance urban mobility and invigorate the local economy

Approximated project cost: R107 million

• Civil drawings using Revit.
• Structural designing in collaboration with the architect.
• Monitoring architectural changes relative to structural models. Also guaranteeing accurate and functional arrangement of structural elements.
• Meeting with the client and consultant to ensure that the structural functionality is met.
• Publish weekly reports detailing the project's stages and obstacles.

Client: Multiple clients

Project description: Multiple concurring projects

• Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting
• Worked closely with professional engineers to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete structural design and structural inspection projects and civil drawings
• Performed duties in accordance with applicable mining standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment when doing structural mining inspections
• Provided technical documents to plan work and address concerns for on-going projects
• Reviewed calculations and analytical data to maintain accuracy of technical reports.

• Reviewing structural designs using both software packages and hand calculations
• Reviewed operational costs for accuracy and budgetary compliance for pending projects.