SERVICES

RASNCO Consulting Engineers is an interdisciplinary company that offers professional consulting engineering and project management services, in particular for the development of civil engineering and mining infrastructure.

Our services include

Civil Engineering Consulting Services and Project Management

Transportation and Traffic Engineering

We offer the public and private sector integrated transportation planning and engineering solutions, including
 

  • Design of
    • new paved rural roads (or design for the improvement of paved rural roads)
    • interchanges/intersections (new/improved)
    • public transport interchange and corridor
    • integrated nodal transportation infrastructure
  • Assessment and designs
    • for upgrading gravel roads to surface roads
    • for road maintenance
    • for asphalt pavements (inlays and overlays)
  • Traffic engineering solutions and investigations
  • Traffic counting and surveys
  • Geometric design for road widening
  • Seal designs on new roads and existing surface
  • Development of maintenance solutions on existing road pavement

Building and Structural Engineering

Our building and structural engineering services comprise residential property and commercial building development, as well as government Institution building maintenance and refurbishment. Services include

  • Residential building design
  • Structural design
  • Design of
    • Tiling – floor and wall
    • Block paving – parking and driveways
    • Parking lot shades
  • Assessment and design of parking bays
  • Conditional assessment and design for maintenance services of offices, schools, and private properties

Stormwater Design and Management

  • Stormwater design
  • Stormwater analysis
  • Stormwater management i.e., gabion installation designs
  • Stormwater drainage and channels assessment
  • Flood hydrological analysis
  • Canal and catch pit design analysis
  • Design of
    • Prefabricated manholes
    • Stone pitching drainage
    • Concrete down chutes
    • Stormwater pipes and culverts

Survey Services

Our geographical information survey services are undertaken by registered SAGC (Plato) or South African Council of Surveyors professionals, and include

  • Topographical survey
  • Engineering survey
  • Control survey
  • Strip survey
  • Industrial plant survey
  • Roads, powerlines, and water pipeline survey
  • Lidar surveys (ground-based surveys)

Pavement Engineering

RASNCO’s Pavement Engineering team offers expertise in pavement design, rehabilitation, and pavement maintenance design, including
 

  • Pavement design solutions
  • Pavement analysis for structural performance
  • Pavement rehabilitation designs
  • Pavement evaluation and maintenance designs
  • Conditional assessment analysis and development of maintenance solutions
  • Design of rural road pavements
  • Investigation of pavement material availability
  • Research and material utilisation plans

Geotechnical and Earthworks Engineering

We offer earthworks engineering for the construction of dams, roads, mine infrastructure and building structures, including

  • Earthworks design solutions for various infrastructural development
  • Geotechnical engineering investigation design
  • Research and audit of already developed designs and solutions

Water Engineering

We design and develop solutions for the construction and installation of water supply pipelines and wastewater treatment works (WWTW) reticulation services, including

  • Borehole water (drilling and connection analysis)
  • Water demand analysis
  • Water management designs

Ancillary Roadworks Designs

  • Assessment and design for guardrail installations
  • Conditional assessment for guardrails refurbishment
  • Assessment for fencing (vermin fence, stock-proof fence etc.)
  • Designs for the installation of road safety furniture (road signs, rest area furniture, bus bays etc)

Project Management

Our high-quality project management service ranges from project coordination and management of projects from inception to closeout, for

  • Project initiation
  • Preliminary design
  • Detailed design
  • Project estimate
  • Procurement management
  • Tender documentation
  • Contract documentation
  • Construction management
  • Project administration
  • Project close out

Mining and Mineral Exploration

Mining Engineering Services

  • Plans for
    • Tailing management facilities
    • Blasting
    • Quarry services
    • Crushing plant
  • Mine infrastructure designs
  • Mining development services
  • Mining project coordination and management
  • Quarry management (crushing and screening)

Geological reports and environmental management planning

We partner with geological engineering companies and environmental practitioners to provide
 

  • geological reports and due diligence investigations to determine the quality and quantities of ore
  • environmental management plans (compilation and review)
  • Identification of mineral zones
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Registration of prospecting and mining rights with Department of Mineral Resources.
  • Partnering with investors (funding of assets and mining operation activities)