willie swanepoel

Portside Development - Portside is a R1.6bn, 139m RC tower in the Cape Town foreshore, boasting 31 floors and over 50 000 square meters. I worked as a site engineer performing and supervising the following: Form-work inspection, rebar fixing and checking, concrete cutting, concrete pouring & pumping, quality assurance checks, concrete quantity calculations & orders, dimensional checks, labour management, planning, management of section of construction work.

* Theory of Structures 314 * Worked as junior lecturer and lecturer's assistant in teaching students the basic principles of structural design and modelling. Introduce under-grad students to FEA Strength of Materials 134 * Lectured the basics of materials and engineering principles to first year students.

* Director of ET-Global, operating in the following capacities: * Professional Structural Engineer (ECSA 20150397) * New Client Relations * New Project Development * Lead Forensic Engineer * Lead Site Assistance & Asset Maintenance & Management Engineering

* Civil Structural Engineer in the Mining Industry Performing: * Structural Analysis & Design of Mining Plant Structures * SANS based Design of Structural Elements * Finite Element Analysis (Linear-& Non-Linear Static, Natural Frequency-, Harmonic Response-, Non-Linear Transient Dynamic- & Seismic Analyses) * Structural Reinforced Concrete Design (Foundations, Bases etc.) * Structural Steel Design (Light, Medium & Heavy Plant Structures, Portal-Frames, Conveyors) * Forensic Engineering & Structural Failure Root Cause Analyses * Analysis, Measurement & Re-design of Structural Vibration Issues * Structural Maintenance & Refurbishment Projects * Structural Inspections, Audits and Reporting

* Professional Structural Engineer (ECSA 20150397) * Senior Structural Engineer & Leader of Structural Engineering Team Performing: * New Mine Plant Structural Designs * Mine & Industrial Plant Expansion Project Structural Designs * Plant Construction Management & Technical Support * Plant Asset Management Investigations, Audits & Reporting * Structural Refurbishment Project Design & Quality Assurance * Corrosion & Structural Damage Audits & Technical Assistance * Forensic Engineering Investigations & Reporting * Engineering Team Resource Management, Planning & Cost Control * Project Quoting & Tendering Procedures * Client Relationships * Site Assistance

Exchange Course - Introduction to Bridge Design

Advanced Steel Construction - Advanced Mechanics of Materials & Modelling - Structural Dynamics - Advanced Finite Element Methods - MSc.Eng Thesis: The Biaxial Behaviour of Fibre Reinforced Materials (SHCC)