South Africa’s recent droughts are teaching businesses a life-changing lesson: we can no longer simply assume that clean water will always be available to keep operations running smoothly. According to Gert Nel, partner and principal hydrogeologist...
Starting at its source, exciting efforts to clean up the Jukskei River in downtown Johannesburg are gathering momentum – assisted by a range of organisations including SRK Consulting. The public-private initiative is being driven by NGO Water for...
Frequent spells of drought – combined with uncertainty of municipal water supply – are leading more South Africans to invest in their own boreholes. It is a trend that requires responsible management, warns SRK Consulting. While boreholes do help...
Achieving a 90-day turnaround for the water-use licence application (WULA) process will be a welcome step for the struggling economy, according to SRK Consulting principal scientist Jacky Burke. By SRK Consulting principal scientist Jacky Burke...
Engineering projects face a growing range of audits, assessment and monitoring, but will Covid-19 restrictions on movement make it difficult for consultants to carry out this vital work? The answer lies in leveraging information systems and...
The future of South Africa’s water security will depend heavily on renewed government vigour after the May elections. This is the view of industry expert Peter Shepherd. According to Shepherd, who is a partner and principal hydrologist at SRK...
From humble beginnings in 1993, SRK Consulting’s Pietermaritzburg office has grown to a world class operation that has served its region and beyond with a diverse range of projects. Rob McNeil, now a corporate consultant and principal geotechnical...
Dr Oskar Steffen, one of the three founders of SRK Consulting, has passed away the global engineering firm said in an announcement on Thursday. Steffen, who was 77 years old at the time of his passing, has enjoyed a long, successful career in...
The process for water use license applications is set to improve as the Department of Water and Sanitation prepares for the introduction of an on-line system. This is according to SRK Consulting principal environmental scientist Jacky Burke, the...
