Plankonsult Incorporated Curriculum Vitae Town Planners & Regional Planners
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PLANKONSULT INCORPORATED CURRICULUM VITAE TOWN PLANNERS & REGIONAL PLANNERS Post Office Box 72729 389 Lois Avenue Lynnwood Ridge Waterkloof Glen PRETORIA PRETORIA 0040 Republic of South Africa Republic of South Africa Telephone number : (012) 993 5848 Facsimile number : (012) 993 1292 Electronic mail address : [email protected] : [email protected] 1. THE COMPANY Plankonsult Incorporated was established in 1980 as an independent Town and Regional Planning practice. The company consists of three offices: Plankonsult Gauteng (in Pretoria), Plankonsult Kwa-Zulu Natal (in Port Shepstone) and Plankonsult Western Cape (in Hermanus). 2. PLANKONSULT GAUTENG Plankonsult Incorporated was originally established in Pretoria. The Pretoria office has more than thirty two years’ extensive experience in the Town Planning industry and offer the following professional services: Township Establishment; Rezoning; Consent Uses; Subdivisions and Consolidations; Removal of Restrictive Title Deed Conditions; Feasibility studies and Land Development Investigations; Development Potential Studies; Site Investigations; Site Identification; 3. THE TEAM Plankonsult Gauteng has 1 Director, Mr Pierre Danté Moelich, who has been working at this company since 1988. He has obtained two degrees: Baccalaureus in Town and Regional Planning and MSc. in Real Estate and is also a registered member of the South African Council for Town Planners and South African Planning Institute. Our company further consists of 5 qualified Town Planner, Technical Assistants, 1 Assistant Town Planner and office Manager, 1 administration assistant and 1 town planner in training. Plankonsult Gauteng consist of the following trained, professional and friendly staff: Mr. Dante Moelich TRP (SA) B.T&RP (UP) MSc (Real Estate) UP MSACTRP Director and Town Planner Mrs. Anna-Marie Potgieter B.T&RP (UP) Town Planner Mrs. Jolien Janse van Rensburg B.T&RP (UP) Town Planner Mr. WJ Erasmus B.T&RP (UP) Town Planner & Project Manager Ms. Zhan Goosen B. Art et Scien (NWU) M. Art et Scien (NWU Town Planner Mr. Phathu Mashamba N.Dip TRP (UJ) Town Planner Mrs. Anna-Marie Scheepers Assistant Town Planner and Bookkeeper Mrs. Avryll Olivier Technical Assistant Mr. Adriaan Mulder Technical Assistant Mr. Amos Muganda Town Planner in training Ms. Pontsho Motlalane Administration Assistant 4. BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Plankonsult Gauteng has been independently rated as a level four contributor B. E. E. Company in terms of the BBBEE codes of good practice by BEE SEESA since 2011. Our Pretoria Office is attributing to many previously disadvantaged organisations and individuals. Plankonsult Pretoria has also offered bursaries to three previously disadvantaged students in the past, and is currently employing a qualified town planner of the University of Johannesburg who is busy with his two year internship 5. MISSION Our mission is to satisfy our clients through excellent and timeous service and innovative, thorough planning at an acceptable price. In parallel with the transformation of South Africa the needs and desires of people are also changing. All forms of development are now closely linked to the promotion of the ideals of the RDP. We at PLANKONSULT are as committed as the authorities to the promotion of the RDP and its aims of transparency, community involvement, capacity building and empowerment. 6. STRUCTURE In order to accommodate both the structural changes and the aspirations of the population, we have re-evaluated our role in development. We have restructured our services in such a way as to render streamlined specialist services to suite the broader and more in-depth requirements in the development field. With a sound core of professionals we have created a number of departments, each dedicated to a specific mission, to address these needs. We offer professional services countrywide from our offices in Pretoria, Hermanus and Port Shepstone. A total of five professional town planners are employed in the Pretoria office with other supportive staff in order to give a professional service to our clients. 7. CURRICULUM VITAE: FIELDS OF EXPERTISE. Plankonsult was established in 1980 as an independent Town and Regional Planning practice. We offer the following professional services countrywide from our offices in Pretoria, Hermanus and Port Shepstone: TOWNSHIP ESTABLISHMENT APPLICATIONS REZONING APPLICATIONS CONSENT USE APPLICATIONS SUBDIVISIONS APPLICATIONS CONSOLIDATION APPLICATIONS DIVISION OF LAND APPLICATIONS REMOVAL OF RESTRICTIVE TITLE CONDITIONS APPLICATIONS TOWN PLANNING SCHEMES PROCLAMATION OF GAME RESERVES AND HOLIDAY RESORTS REGIONAL, STRUCTURE AND MASTER PLANS SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDIES PROPERTY FEASIBILITY STUDIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT 7.1. SYNOPSIS OF PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PLANKONSULT During the past thirty two years the partners and senior personnel at Plankonsult have accumulated valuable experience in the areas listed below: REGIONAL, STRUCTURE AND MASTER PLANS ESKOM SOUTHERN TRANSVAAL REGION o Strategic planning study in order to determine future population, settlement patterns and demand for Eskom services. PRETORIA STRUCTURE PLAN o Pretoria Structure Plan revision (in consortium). INANDA o Informal settlement upgrading (in consortium). STRUCTURE PLANS o Structure plans of Messina, Louis Trichardt, Masisi, Seshego (Pietersburg), Tsakane/Duduza, Thohoyandou Industrial areas and coastal towns such as Onrusrivier, Sandbaai, Botrivier, Franskraal, Vermont, Kleinbaai and Stanford on the Cape coast. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING o PRETRANS- Pretoria land use and transportation policy plan (in consortium). o N11 Route- Regional analysis for route choice for the proposed Pietersburg to Durban connector. o Transport Demand Model- Participated in the development of the National rural road needs model which is used to determine future transport demand on national main routes o Planning of various transportation corridors in Pretoria o Pretoria bus study: Strategic planning. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT o Detail layout and township establishment- Detail layout and township establishment for Bronkhorstspruit Ekandustria, Brits, Bloemfontein-Bloemdustria, Louis Trichardt, Thohoyandou, Lydenburg, Nelspruit, Bethal, Messina. And Samcor Park. TOWN PLANNING (TOWNSHIP ESTABLISHMENTS) o Detail layout and township establishment for Messina Town Council, Venetia Diamond mine, Pretoria, Doornpoort, Centurion, Waterval Boven, Midrand. o Detail lay out and township establishment for 14 000 low cost erven on the East Rand. o Detail lay out planning for low cost housing at Alexandra, Duduza, Tsakane, Messina, Thohoyandou, Mamelodi, Masisi (Venda), Atteridgeville Lotus Gardens, Gem Valley, Zwartkoppies and Nellmapius, in total 100 000 plus erven were planned. TOWN PLANNING SCHEMES o Compilation of town planning schemes for Louis Trichardt and Standerton and the amendment of the Musina Town Planning Scheme. REZONING AND CONSENT-USE APPLICATIONS o Filling stations, office parks, business developments, residential developments, guest houses, etc. PROCLAMATION OF GAME RESERVES AND HOLIDAY RESORTS o Madikwe Game Reserve, De Villiers Farm, Nooitgedacht Holiday Resort, Le Chateau, Broham Estate, Rietvlei etc. SUB-DIVISIONS AND CONSOLIDATIONS o Areas in and around the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Nokeng Tsa Taemane Local Municipality, Kungwini Local Municipality, Musina Local Municipality, Makhado Local Municipality, Emalahleni Local Municipality, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Standerton Local Municipality, as well as in and around various other local and metropolitan municipalities across the country. FEASIBILITY STUDIES o Various viability studies in Pretoria, Centurion, Messina, Standerton, Louis Trichardt. TOWNSHIP ESTABLISHMENT APPLICATIONS o Township Establishment applications in and around Pretoria, Centurion, Akasia, Bronkhorstspruit, Cullinan, Rayton, Johannesburg, Randburg, Midrand, Benoni, Germiston, Edenvale, Witbank, Musina, Louis Trichardt, as well as in and around various other major cities across the country. DEVELOPMENT FACILITATION ACT APPLICATIONS o Development Facilitation Act applications in and around Pretoria, Nelspruit, Johannesburg, Empangeni, Nokeng, Kungwini, Vaalwater, Kwa-Zulu Natal, etc. More than fourty Development Facilitation Act applications have been handled by Plankonsult across South Africa. LANDSCAPE, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL PLANNING o Kransberg National Park - Research, planning and development proposals, extensive viability studies for private sector involvement o Iscor mine at Tshikondeni- Environmental impact studies and rehabilitation proposals o Setsing, Phuthaditjahaba- Structure and sketch plan proposals for upgrading of the town centre in Qwa-Qwa. o Kroonpark holiday resort - Lay out of facilities (Master plan). Sketch layout plans of plants and detail design. o Mamelodi - Proposals for community facilities o Centurion - Open space master plan o Elandsfontein - Master plan of East Rand industrial area DATA ANALYSIS, SURVEYS, STATISTICAL, ANALYSES, PROJECTIONS o Scenario development - Scenario development for strategic planning o River catchments - Socio-economic studies for Letaba, Apies, Olifants, Sand, Inkomati and Nzelele rivers o Population 2000 - Detailed population projections for Southern Africa from 1985 to 2000 o Industrial data base- Industrial data base for the major cities and towns in the RSA. 8. SELECTED CLIENTS Our Pretoria office has a wide