Brakspruit Bridge
The Brakspruit Bridge project has received recognition by winning the 2011 Project of the Year award from Transnet Capital Projects. Congratulations to the Durban team for this prestigious honor!
Success in his New Role
Nick van den Berg graduated from UCT with BSc Eng (Civil) in 1998. He joined Goba in 2006. He is an Associate and heads up the Eastern Cape Structures and Bridges Division of Goba. Nick was appointed President of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA) in 2011. Through his position as President of the Society, and in recognition of the role the Concrete Society plays in the construction industry, he was invited, and formally appointed by the Minister of Public Works, Honourable Minister Thembelani Nxesi, to be part of the 4th Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) Council for a 4 year term commencing from 2012. Nick follows in the footsteps of Mr Trueman Goba who served on this same council for two terms and was elected President during one of his terms on council. In his role as Council Member to ECSA Nick will represent the interests of professionals in the industry in ensuring that a high level of education and training of practitioners in the engineering profession is maintained.
New Appointments
GOBA management would like to announce the appointment of the following new Associates: Leon Mbongwa (Sunninghill Office), Rochelle Rajasakran (Sunninghill Office), Nicholas Featherstone (Sunninghill Office), Immanuel Bantom (20 Anderson Street Office), Tim Dubber (Port Elizabeth Office) and Sipho Mlangeni (Durban Office).