Construction World July 2024

CONSULTING ENGINEERINGS

Five decades ago three pioneering South African engineers started SRK Consulting (SRK) with the aim of establishing a consultancy with a culture of innovation and a broad based business model based on employee ownership, one that facilitates people to grow specific areas of technical consulting. Originally started as a consultancy focusing on mining, more areas of expertise were added as the company grew its global footprint and network of people with a shared outlook. Construction World spoke to SRK’s Managing Director, Andrew Van Zyl and Steve Bartels, Partner and Principal Civil Engineering Technologist about the company’s innovative approach to growth, its changing involvement in infrastructure in Southern Africa and how innovation still forms the backbone of everything this company undertakes. “Doing what we do, BETTER”

SRK’s Managing Director, Andrew van Zyl.

Steve Bartels, Partner and Principal Civil Engineering Technologist.

“T he three founders believed that there was a place for a specialist and technical consultancy despite the fact that mining houses were self contained entities,” says Van Zyl. As new areas of expertise were added, a network

was established that brought together people with a similar outlook. “The founders believed in broad based ownership and in enabling people to be independent experts able to solve complex technical problems,” he says.

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