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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME CHRISTIAAN FRANCOIS (CHRIS) THERON
PROFESSION SENIOR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST
PROF. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER (PR.CPM)
POSITION IN FIRM DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST
ID NO. 640517 5042 089
HDI STATUS M / WHITE
YEARS WITH FIRM 6 YEARS
YRS RELEVANT EXPERIENCE 25+YEARS
NATIONALITY SOUTH AFRICAN
RESIDENT OFFICE BLOCK D, FIRST FLOOR, BROOKLYN OFFICE PARK, 1109
JAN SHOBA STREET, BROOKLYN
CONTACT +27 12 346 8599
DETAILED TASKS ASSIGNED:
As a member of the REDE team Mr. Theron performs the following tasks:
General office management;
Programme and project management;
Engineering feasibility studies;
Engineering detail designs, documentation and implementation monitoring;
Mine closure plans and environmental liability calculations;
Construction management.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Mr. Theron has 25+ years work experience, mainly in the water services sector in the Limpopo Province, in
planning, detail design and implementation of water and sewage conveyance systems, pumping stations
and to a lesser degree, treatment. This included technical advisory positions to Water Services Authorities.
Assignments completed in the water services sector focused mainly on the planning, design and
implementation of regional bulk water supply infrastructure as well as distribution and reticulation networks.
Many groundwater related projects were also designed and implemented during various “Drought Relief”
programmes in Limpopo. Management experience in the water services sector include the monitoring of
compliance to policy and legislation.
Furthermore, Mr. Theron has extensive programme and project management experience in the
implementation of civil engineering services, housing developments and civil construction projects. Project
management responsibilities performed include the management of project budgets, construction progress,
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valuation of sub-contractors works completed, quantity surveying and health and safety implementation to
OHS Act requirements. Part of his project management responsibilities also include the effective
communication with implementing agents, other professionals, clients, contractors, suppliers and community
members and leaders.
Mr. Theron spent 3 years as a technical advisor to the Department of Public Works in assisting the Limpopo
Department of Public Works and local authorities with the implementation and monitoring of labour intensive
construction projects (EPWP) and training.
EXPERIENCE WITH COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN PROGRAMMES INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING:
AutoCAD - www.autodesk.com
Civil Designer / AllyCAD - www.civildesigner.com
Pipen (Water distribution networks) - not available any more
Wadiso SA (Water distribution networks) - www.wadiso.co.za
Water Hammer analysis software - various
Microsoft Office Suit
Mr. Theron completed many short courses focusing on, but not limited to, water law, groundwater utilization
and management, pipeline design, pumping station design, water hammer analysis, water distribution
network optimization, water quality management, storm water management, labour intensive construction,
construction procurement, monitoring and evaluation, water demand management and cost recovery, mine
closure and environmental liability and project management.
EDUCATION:
2005 CETA NQF5 – Labour intensive construction
2000 Potchefstroom University (NWU) Certificate in Local Government Law
1996 Pretoria Technikon (TUT) B Tech: Civil Engineering: Water
1992 Cape Technikon National Higher Diploma: Civil Engineering
1991 Pretoria Technikon (TUT) National Diploma: Civil Engineering
1982 Pietersburg Secondary School Grade 12
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MEMBERSHIP(S) IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
REGISTERED AS: REGISTERED AT: REG.NO.:
Professional Engineering
Technologist
Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) 2018300167
Professional Construction
Project Manager (Pr. CPM)
The South African Council for the Project and
Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP)
D/426/2005
Member The Chamber of Engineering Technology 9540040
Member South African Institute of Civil Engineering
Technicians and Technologists
932509
Member South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE)
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EMPLOYMENT RECORD: 1983 TO 2018
March 2012 TO PRESENT DIRECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST
REDE Engineering & Management Solutions (Pty) Ltd
RESPONSIBILITY
Programme / Project management;
Civil engineering design and documentation;
Construction coordination, procurement management, quality
inspections and quality control of installations;
Mine closure plans and estimates of closure liabilities;
Business planning, costing models associated with the design,
implementation and management of large water supply infrastructure
projects;
AUG 2007 TO DEC 2011 DIRECTOR (FREELANCE TECHNOLOGIST)
Amplector Investment (Pty) Ltd t/a TeamW
RESPONSIBILITY
Programme / Project management;
Civil engineering design and documentation;
Technical assistance - Labour intensive construction
Water network analysis and optimisation / master planning
Construction coordination, procurement management, quality
inspections and quality control of installations;
Building of costing models associated with the design, implementation
and management of large water supply infrastructure projects;
JAN 1998 TO JULY 2007 Bigen Africa Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd
RESPONSIBILITY
1998 – Technologist
2002 - Senior Technologist
2006 - Projects Associate & Polokwane Office Manager
Programme / Project management;
Civil engineering design and documentation;
Construction coordination, procurement management, quality
inspections and quality control of installations;
JAN 1992 TO DEC 1997 Sennett & Wessels Consulting Engineers (Now S&W Limpopo)
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RESPONSIBILITY 1992 – Technician
1994 - Senior Technician
Civil engineering design and documentation;
Water network analysis and optimisation / master planning
Construction coordination, procurement management, quality
inspections and quality control of installations;
Business plan compilation and Building of costing models associated
with the design, implementation and management of large water supply
infrastructure projects;
JULY 1988 TO DEC 1991 TECHNICIAN
Van Tonder, Botha & Blom Consulting Engineers
RESPONSIBILITY Civil engineering design;
Construction coordination, procurement management, quality
inspections and quality control of installations;
Business planning and preliminary designs for bulk water schemes
1983 AND
JANUARY TO JUNE 1986
SOIL LABORATORY ASSISTANT
TPT Laboratory
RESPONSIBILITY General laboratory and field tests on soil and concrete
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:
SPEAK READ WRITE
Afrikaans Excellent Excellent Excellent
English Excellent Excellent Excellent
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RELEVANT ASSIGNMENTS
Date Project / Assignment Assignment Type Position
Held Location Client
Design, Documentation and Implementation - Civil Engineering
2017 - 2018 New infrastructure – Eastern Cape Dept. of Health
Water supply infrastructure to rural clinics and hospitals
Engineer Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape Department of Health / Sakhiwo
2015 - 2018 10Ml Reservoir and appurtenant works
Thabazimbi water supply Engineer Limpopo Anglo American Platinum
2012 - 2018 Closure Costing Mine closure plans and estimates of financial provision
Engineer National and Africa
Various mines / Exigo
2012 - 2017 Studies - Water supply to mining activities
Conceptual studies, Pre-feasibility and Feasibility studies on water supply options
Engineer
National and Sub-Saharan Africa
Various mines
2012 - 2017 New infrastructure - Limpopo Dept. of Health
Water supply infrastructure to rural clinics and hospitals
Engineer Limpopo Limpopo Department of Health
2012 Study - Sewage effluent from Ekurhuleni to Olifants River system
Conceptual study - Sewage effluent from Ekurhuleni to Olifants River system
Engineer Limpopo Anglo American Platinum
2011 New infrastructure - Limpopo Dept. of Health
New residential infrastructure at 7 hospitals of the Limpopo Department of Health – October to December 2011
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Limpopo Department of Health / Sakhiwo
2010 - 2011 New / refurbishment of infrastructure - Limpopo Dept. of Health
New infrastructure, upgrading and refurbishment of infrastructure at hospitals and clinics (Approximately 30 facilities)
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Limpopo Department of Health / Sakhiwo
2010 New internal bulk distribution networks for Polokwane Municipality
Conceptual designs and costing of various future pipelines with diameters from 300mm to 1500mm diameter steel pipelines
Technologist Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
2007 - 2010 Polokwane water master planning
Bulk water distribution planning and network analysis for Polokwane municipal area (30 year design horizon)
Technologist / analyst
Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
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2008 - 2009 Vaalkop pipeline Design and Construction documentation – Magalies Water bulk water supply (42km of 950mm dia steel pipeline)
Technologist North-West
Magalies Water / Barrick / Boynton
2008 Blue Ridge pipeline and Pumping station
Design and Tender documentation – Ridge Mining bulk water supply (350mm dia steel pipeline)
Technologist Limpopo Ridge Mining
2008 MP Mamabolo pipeline Design and Tender documentation – MP Mamabolo bulk water supply (350mm dia steel pipeline)
Technologist Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
2008 - 2010 KNP upgrading and renovations
Kruger National Park upgrading and renovation programme – various facilities/camps
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo SanParks
2007 Bela-Bela services
Design of water and sanitation reticulation services for 900 stands, tender documentation for first phase of 140 stands for the Bela-Bela Municipality
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Bela-Bela Municipality
2007 CDM Technical Assistance
Technical and Management Assistant to the Capricorn District Municipality
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality
2006 GSDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality – assistance in capital programme, planning and implementation
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality
2002 - 2006 Water services networks Design, documentation and supervision for town and village reticulations
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
2002 - 2004 VDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Vhembe District Municipality – assistance in capital programme, planning and implementation
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Vhembe District Municipality
2004 - 2005 VDM Section 78 Infrastructure assessments/reviews towards the completion of a Section 78 Process for the Vhembe District Municipality
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Vhembe District Municipality
1998 - 2005 Vondo RWS Supervision on the Vondo Regional water scheme (Supplying 530 000 people with water) including raw water abstraction works
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo DWA (BoTT Programme)
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from a river, a water purification plant, pumping-stations and several bulk pipelines and reticulation. Cost recovery strategies and processes included.
1991 - 2002 Bulk water supply Preliminary designs of various rural bulk water supply schemes with the total value in excess of R100M (1991 value) in Limpopo Province
Technologist Limpopo DWA / Lepelle / Municipalities
1992 - 2005 Bulk water supply
Design and implementation of various rural bulk water supply schemes including pumping-stations with the total value in excess of R70M (1991 value). Bulk cost recovery processes included.
Technologist Limpopo DWA / Lepelle / Municipalities
2001 - 2002 Pre-paid water meter installation
Pre-paid water meter installation (500) – management of SMME contractors. Implementation of management system
Technologist Limpopo Phalaborwa Local Municipality
2000 - 2001 Flood damage repair Implementation of flood damage road repair projects for the RAL (Former NPRA)
Technologist Limpopo RAL
1999 - 2005 Municipal services Municipal Services – various preliminary designs and documentation on new townships
Technologist Limpopo Various
1997 Mankweng bulk water supply
Design and documentation of 500mm dia. AC gravity main to the value of R8M
Technician Limpopo Lepelle Water Board
1997 Specon BWS 59km Bulk distribution with 11 reservoirs Technician Limpopo DWS
1997 Olifant/Sand rural BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo DWS
1996 Chuene Maja BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo DWS
1994 - 1996 Ebenezer bulk water supply
Design and documentation of 30km x 600mm dia. welded steel pipeline (pumping + gravity)
Technician Limpopo Lepelle Water Board
1995 Mphahlele BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo DWS
1995 Groothoek BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo DWS
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1994 Sand River rising main Design and documentation of 400mm & 500mm steel rising main
Technician Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
1993 Ebenezer Pumping station and WTW
Design and documentation on the upgrading of the Ebenezer WTW and pumping-station from ±40 Ml/day to 72 Ml/day
Technician Limpopo Lepelle Water Board
1993 Molepo BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo Former Lebowa Government / DWS
1993 Laaste Hoop BWS Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo Former Lebowa Government / DWS
1992 Chuene/Maja WTW Design and documentation for Slow sand filter purification plant (15 l/s) and pumping-stations
Technician Limpopo DWA (Former Lebowa)
1992 Mankweng / MP Mamabolo BWS
Regional bulk distribution with service reservoirs
Technician Limpopo Former Lebowa Government / DWS
1991 S Mamabolo RWS 25km Bulk distribution with 10 reservoirs Technician Limpopo Former Lebowa Government / DWS
Date Project / Assignment Assignment Type
Position Held
Location Client
Programme and Project Management
2013 - 2014 Revenue enhancement strategy
Revenue enhancement strategy Technologist / Team member
Limpopo MISA / Vhembe District Municipality
2011 Programme Management - NDoH
Programme Management Intervention – National Department of Health, Infrastructure Unit for 2011/12 capital budget implementation (2000 projects, R10 000M)
Assistant Programme Manager
RSA DBSA
2007 - 2010 EPWP Programme Technical and Management assistance to the Department of Public Works. EPWP programme responsible for Limpopo Province
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo NDPW
2007 CDM Technical Assistance
Technical and Management Assistant to the Capricorn District Municipality. Assistance with institutional transformation, cost recovery,
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality
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O&M strategies
2006 GSDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality – assistance in the capital programme, planning and implementation. Assistance with institutional transformation, cost recovery, O&M strategies
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality
2005 - 2006 NEIMS (Limpopo)
Programme Manager – Infrastructure assessments of all Department of Education infrastructure in the Limpopo Province – Fee value R4.3M
Programme Manager
Limpopo NDoE
2004 - 2006 Limpopo Drought Relief Programme Manager – Drought Relief in Limpopo Province to the value of R75M
Programme Manager
Limpopo DWA
2002 - 2004 VDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Vhembe District Municipality – full time involvement with setting up of Water Services Departments and management of Masibambane Theme III consultants – Total fee value of programme, R7M. Assistance with institutional transformation, cost recovery, O&M strategies.
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Vhembe District Municipality
1985 - 1999 Network analysis and optimisation
Network analysis to find problems in distribution systems - various towns and villages
Technician / analyst
Limpopo Various
1991 - 1998 Drought relief
Design, documentation and supervision on borehole related water schemes under the drought relief programmes of the former Lebowa and the El Nino Mitigation Programme - 180 villages
Technician / project manager
Limpopo DWA (Former Lebowa)
1998 El Nino mitigation programme
El Nino Mitigation - Emergency drought relief programme in the Northern Province – management of funds, consultants, contractors etc. for work to the value of R25M
Programme Manager
Limpopo DWA
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1998 - 2005 BoTT Programme
BoTT contract Limpopo Province - Assistant to Programme and Project Managers, Engineers in implementing projects up to the value of 150M/year. Cost recovery strategies and mechanisms included.
Technologist / Project manager
Limpopo DWA
1999 - 2007 Project management - general
Project leader for several consulting engineering projects implemented by the Polokwane office of Bigen Africa
Project Manager
Limpopo Various
Date Project / Assignment Assignment Type
Position Held
Location Client
Regional Planning & Preliminary Design
2017 Audit of Water Project Audit of water project with value in excess on R 10 Bn – fruitless and wasteful expenditure
Technologist Limpopo Auditor General SA
2007 - 2010 Polokwane water master planning
Bulk water distribution planning and network analysis for Polokwane municipal area (30 year design horizon)
Technologist / analyst
Limpopo Polokwane Municipality
2007 CDM Technical Assistance
Technical and Management Assistant to the Capricorn District Municipality. Assistance with institutional transformation and WSDP compilation and co-ordination. Co-ordination of Functional Assessment and refurbishment programme.
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Capricorn District Municipality
2006 GSDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality – assistance in the capital programme, planning (WSDP) and implementation. Assistance with institutional transformation through s78 process. Co-ordination of Functional Assessment and refurbishment programme
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Greater Sekhukhune District Municipality
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2002 - 2004 VDM Technical Assistance
Technical Assistant to the Vhembe District Municipality – full time involvement with setting up of Water Services Departments and management inclusive of WSDP compilation and whole s78 process coordination. Co-ordination of Functional Assessment and refurbishment programme
Engineer / Project Manager
Limpopo Vhembe District Municipality
1999 - 2003 Regional business plan Vondo Area Business Plan Technologist / Project manager
Limpopo DWS
1999 Regional business plan Levubu / Shingwedzi Area Business Plan Technologist / Project manager
Limpopo DWS