Construction World June 2017

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The range of environmental-compliance solutions has a specific focus on the mining and industrial sectors, as prescribed by relevant national legislation and compliance standards, I-CAT environmental solutions director, Lourens Jansen van Rensburg explains. “The current economic climate in South Africa has resulted in companies cutting down on budget allocation for minimum environmental compliance, yet recognising their obligations to account for their activities impacting on the environmental, and to accept responsibility for them,” Jansen van Rensburg explains. I-CAT offers an Environmental Masterplan solution whereby all external environmental licencing, auditing, and monitoring requirements are addressed within its Environmental Solutions department. Benefits include cost and resource-savings, as well as ensuring that all environmental aspects are considered and assessed in an integrated, holistic manner. “Furthermore, we can assist our clients with their sustainability and integrated reporting requirements in line with the relevant standard, covering reporting on economic, environmental, social, and governance performance. Masterplan for licencing, auditing and monitoring One of the most rigorous and specialised processes for the mining, industrial, manufacturing, and commercial development sectors is environmental licencing and compliance assurance. I-CAT Environmental Solutions offers an ‘environmental masterplan’ in terms of the resulting compliance, auditing, and monitoring requirements.

New COO Attacq announced the appointment of Jackie van Niekerk as the JSE listed capital growth company’s new Chief Operating Officer. Van Niekerk joins with more than 14 years of property experience, starting out as a

Morné Wilken, CEO of Attacq, welcomed Jackie van Niekerk as the new COO of Attacq, with effect from 1 May 2017. “Attacq is fortunate to strengthen the management team with the appointment of Jackie van Niekerk, who has a proven operations track record in the property industry. Jackie’s experience in property and the business world, will add real value in her new leadership role at Attacq,” he says. Wilken explains that the role will lead the asset management, business operations, human capital and risk management teams. In her new role, Van Niekerk will provide strategic support and advise the Executive Committee on matters pertaining to profitability and strategic initiatives “I am excited about the appointment as COO of Attacq and am confident I can add real value, and strengthen and grow the South African property portfolio to the benefit of shareholders and stakeholders. I look forward to working with the strong and capable leadership team already in place at Attacq. I received a warm welcome from everyone at Attacq and have already hit the ground running,” says Van Niekerk about her appointment. Van Niekerk recently concluded the successful merger between Pivotal and Redefine Properties in her capacity as CEO of Pivotal at the end of 2016. She joined Pivotal Property Fund in 2009 and became the youngest and only woman CEO in the property sector at the time, where the fund grew to a R12-billion listed development fund. She established Pivotal’s offshore strategy by successfully concluding the merger of Mara and Delta Africa to create the MaraDelta Africa fund and acquired an equity stake in Echo Property Polska based in Poland. The establishment of Setso Property Fund, a unique black economic empowerment fund, was done under her mentorship. Van Niekerk is an esteemed leader and a pioneer for women in the property sector. She is also a wife and mother, proving that women have a significant impact in business. “Attacq is a fast-growing, JSE listed company and as we grow, so must our skill set in the team. As the owners and developers of Waterfall City and Waterfall logistics hub, Attacq requires a range of skills and we feel that Jackie adds to our diversity and compliments our already strong leadership team,” concludes Wilken. Waterfall is South Africa’s largest urban infill development, designed to provide everything expected of a world-class modern African city, with all the conveniences and advantages of a leading-quality urban environment.  property manager, working her way up through the ranks to her most recent position as the CEO of Pivotal.

“We present our clients’ values and governance models in a holistic manner, while determining the link between their business strategies and commitment to a sustainable global environment,” Jansen van Rensburg concludes. 

Business development and marketing director at I-CAT Environmental Solutions, Lourens Jansen van Rensburg.

He has more than 15 years’ experience in sales, management and electrical engineering and previously worked for Schneider Electric, Siemens and Mondi Business Paper. He is an electrical engineering graduate from the Durban University of Technology and recently completed a Management Excellence Sales director for Eaton Africa Power management company, Eaton, has appointed Malvin Naicker as director of sales for its Africa region, effective 1 April 2017.

Program at the Gordon Institute of Business Science. Naicker succeeds Neil Primrose who will be repatriating to the United Kingdom to take up the role as the head of EMEA sales for Eaton’s Energy Storage Division. 

Malvin Naicker, appointed as director of sales for Eaton’s Africa region.

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