Johannes Louis
Aucamp,
South Africa
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CV LOUIS AUCAMP, SOUTH AFRICA
Summary
As a manager and consultant in the infrastructure,
building, consulting, energy and water sectors, I have
aquired a solid base of experience and expertise in
infrastructure maintenance management, liaising with all
parties fromclients, state organisations to various
professional bodies, the delivery of small and large capital
multi-disciplinary infrastructure and management type
projects. I also have a thorough grounding and experience
in the financial, procurement and contract administration
side of business and projects. I have excellent
communication skills and for the last couple of years has
been involved in various aspects of the development of
private and state retail projects stretching from clinics to
retirement developments and retail developments.
Skills Highlights
Engineering design and contract management,
maintenance management, civil infrastructure
Building work management
Business and Project
management/supervision/administration
Contract and procurement management and
administration
Business and financial modelling, analysis,
forecasting and implementation
Marketing strategy & analysis
Utility service provision evaluation and
implementation,
Economic and financial modelling
Business and organisation process modelling and
implementation,
Business evaluation, ring fencing and privatisation
Budget and tariff analysis and implementation,
Business planning and review
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Management consulting in service provision,
Tender and contract preparation, evaluation and
adjudication
Risk management frameworks,
Regulatory and legal review and process
implementation
Restructuring and chance management
Expertise Summary
Maintenance and infrastructure management –
Maintenance and building infrastructure
management on Transnet assets, Eskom assets and
in recent times on various development and
building projects such as Fynbos building projects.
Expert communication and liaison expertise on
projects, development and consulting projects
Project/contract management/administration –
Medupi package 10 infrastructure project
management and technical design team leader,
GGV contract administrator, small and big
contracts/feasibility studies etc. as team
leader/manager including back into Eskom days.
Information Management – Advanced user of MS
office suite including Word, Excel, Access and
Powerpoint. Familiar with the operating principles
of various accounting and financial packages
including SAP, Quick books, Pastel and Gnubooks.
Able to build web sites and pages with various
tools. Advanced user of engineering design and
drafting programs.
Contract/procurement management –
preparing/compiling/evaluating etc. contract
documents, supporting documents, procedures,
specifications etc. (Fidic, NEC, Civil engineering blue
book, client own GCC)
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Infrastructure design/management – Wide range
of design and management of design experience
including storm water, water , roads, earth works, ,
sewer, rail and all related work from township to
mega projects. Also feasibility and other studies.
Recent experience on coal mines, Leeuwpan,
Goedgevonden, Grootgeluk, Thabametsi,
Tweefontein, Greenside mine. Fluor – Nokeng
Mine, Copper/Zinc – Gamsberg, Mines in Africa –
Revuboe and Estima in Mozambique, Mayoko in
the Congo and Iron ore in Liberia.
Education
Matriculation – Port Elizabeth 1969
Higher National Diploma Technicians (Civil Eng)(T4),
Technicon Pretoria 1978
B Com, (Economics & Statistics) Unisa 1983
Engineering: Roads and supporting infrastructure design
course, CSIR 1984
Project Management: Practitioner development; Time
Systems for Eskom Engineering 1986
Water Infrastructure, Graduate engineering development,
Wits University 1987
Small dam design, Graduate engineering development,
University of Pretoria 1986
M B A, (Financial & Information Systems Management)
University of Potchefstroom 1988
Level 2 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
(UK) 1993
New Engineering Conditions of Contract. CSIR & SAICE
1993
Diploma in Project Management, School for Project
Management (Pretoria) in conjunction with Eskom 1995
Graduate Marketing Management Program, RAU 1995
Graduate Program in Utility Management, Global Utilities
Institute, Samford (USA) 1996
Managing Small Business Program, Business Enterprises
South Africa, 1997
Contract management courses for NEC, Fidic and OSH act,
Eskom, 2006 -2008
Financial courses on SAP, Eskom, 2007
Safety and Health for Managers, Xstrata, 2011
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Employment History
EMPLOYER
POSITION
Loufrandini Consult and The Complete Back Office
Project manager and Consultant
Period – Current
Support to Loufrandini Consult and professional companies. .Some of the support includes the following:
(the projects run in concurrent mode)
Pro Deo Projects – Building supervisor on housing projects at Fynbos resort.
Loufrandini Consult – Financial and feasibility studies, Project programs, Risk analysis, Project
executions plans, communication plans, Investment reports, executive submissions and other project
related studies for various projects such as Nooitgedacht retirement village, Wit rivier, Univen Student
Housing; Platinum Ridge housing development Polokwane; Burgersfort, Masianokeng, Ivydale, Mzinti and
Trichardsdal shopping centres; Student housing for Bloemfontein and Johannsburg Universities. Ongoing
project evaluation of new projects.
Phele Mining consulting – Review of mine infrastructure and recommendations for improvement at
Waterval West Chrome mine, Rustenburg
NRR Mining consulting – Storm water management plan for Ogoedenhoop Colliery and Geluk Mine.
BVi Consulting Engineers – Position - Senior Project manager. Storm water design for a railway line
and mine in Liberia. Infrastructure design Gamsberg Mine, Infrastructure design for Leeuwpan mine,
Infrastructure design for Nokeng Fluor mine. Thabametsi storm water and water design.Design of pumps
and water line system for Mayoko mine in the Congo, Review of storm water design for Mayoko.
Preparation of feasibility studies for Kumba at their Sishen Mines, mostly storm water, and other
infrastructure. Design of infrastructure for Revuboe mine in Mozambique. Infrastructure expansion at
Greenside Colliery. Various tender and proposal preparations. Preparation of design reports on various
infrastructure projects at Kolomela Mine, Design criteria for Greenside infrastructure projects. Conceptual
design and hydrological review for dams at Nacala and Nacopo in Nampula province, Mozambique,
Compilation of design criteria for Thabametsi and Leeuwpan mining complexes.
EMPLOYER
POSITION
PB Global Mining
Senior Consultant and Contract manager
Period – 2008 to 2013
Proposal preparations for tenders – Infrastructure costing and proposal detail for Sese, Thabametsi,
Ncondezi, Namene and other projects..
Xstrata water purification plant Witbank – Financial modeling over operational life
ENRC mining projects – Estima Mine: Detail design management for all infrastructure detail.
Pre-feasibility studies for Cahora Bassa north shore coal concessions: Design optimisation, contract
documents, health and safety documentation, risk management
Tweefontein Optimisation project – Package Manager on bulk earthworks and mine infrastructure contract
(R 800 million). Include management of design consultants, procurement and tendering process,
adjudication , site management etc. later converted from EPC to Owner’s team.
Danville School Cloakroom, Mafikeng – Site inspection, administration and liaison with Stakeholders
including Architect and Contractor.
Medupi PS project – Enterprise architecture, design of workflow and procedures
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PB Mining division. Preparation and development of standard project procedures and specifications
Revuboe Mining Project. Design of mine access road and haul roads, Input to design of storm water
management around site. Preparation of BoQ and estimates.
Mamabula PS project. Review of civil designs and drawings submitted by contractor Shanghai Electrical.
Goedgevonden Colliery Project. Contract administration, variation orders and claims, budget forecasting,
final handover inspections, technical assistance, supervision of final phases of various Civil and pipeline
contracts (Total value R 400 million)
EMPLOYER
POSITION
PBA
Senior Consultant and Project manager
Period – 2006 to 2008
Medupi PS Project. Project management of technical design, tender and contract preparation, contract
negotiations, site project management for the contract (PPM package 10 ) including earthworks and
terrace construction, water reticulation, electrical reticulation, sewer reticulation and treatment, access
roads and provincial road, storm water reticulation and dams, telecoms reticulation, security fencing,
bridges, temporary office and access control facilities and staging area. (Total value R 1 400 million)
EMPLOYER
POSITION
Self employed as contractor
Consultant
Period – 1999 to 2006
Lukhanyo Dyosi Consulting – Preparation of operations plan, organisational design, workforce planning
guidelines and budgets for the Project Management Office of the Department of Agriculture.
PB Power Consulting Engineers - Project management, tender preparation and evaluation, asset valuation and
infrastructure projects, market research for various projects including restructuring and privatisation projects for
SA and Africa, financial and commercial modelling and planning and business development and evaluation.
Some projects included:
- Kriel and Matla Power station , mid life refurbishment projects – review and project management of
feasibility studies, financial and commercial cases.
- Nampower – Generation tariff modelling
- Central African Power Corporation Liquidation – for the Governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia. Projectfinancial and sub-contractor management, asset valuation and modelling.
- Kariba North Bank Company – Separation from ZESCO Ltd. Project- financial and sub-contractor
management. Inputs into Tariff study, legal and commercial issues, HR issues and customer base.
- Conducted the Generation rate base review of Eskom’s 2005 revenue requirement application on behalf of
the NER.
- Financial team leader on the review of the refurbishment life extension project for Kriel Power Station
including independent financial modelling of the 20 sub projects. Same for Matla Power Station.
- Development of an asset valuation and Discounted Cash Flow asset valuation model for asset transfers
from municipalities and Eskom to the REDS including application to City Power, Sol Plaatjes municipality
and Eskom Eastern Cape Distribution Region.
- Johannesburg Metropolitan Board. – Project management and review of and evaluation of business plan,
financial and tariff modelling including customer model for customer satisfaction measurement, key
performance management indicators etc. for City Power, the privatised electricity department.
Benchmarking for and setting of key performance indicators for City Power. Review of the impact of the
formation of RED’s on the municipality for SALGA and National Treasury. 2002, reviewing and assisting
with business plan, tariff setting and financial modelling.
- Organisational design and workforce plan for Morupule Power Station, Botswana.
3P Consulting – Participation in water utility reviews and service delivery options for Amanziwethu (Harrismith),
Mopani District Municipality (Limpopo Province) and Central District Municipality (Northwest Province).Review of
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current systems, performance indicators and recommendation on long term technical system strategies for
Metsi-A-Lekoa water utility, Project management of systems review project and data cleaning including
verification of valuation roll with cadastral information for Metsi, Business plan and budget preparation for
Johannesburg Zoo. Identification, research and implementation of benchmarks for the City of Joburg operating
utilities including City Power, Joburg Water and Pikitup. Position paper for SALGA on municipal finance,. Team
Leader of the development of Risk Management Framework project for the Shareholder’s Unit of the City of
Joburg including performance indicators, financial and risk impact modelling. Establishment of an abattoir as a
separate business for OR Tambo and Umtata Municipalities.
Rand Water – Member of team preparing the Water and Sanitation Departments of Sedibeng/Emfuleni as a
separate entity with responsibility for technical, financial and commercial issues, modelling of entity including
tariffs and budget/financial plan and advisor to the technical and HR teams. Investigation, development and
implementation of a high-level productivity model and EVA model and determination of Capex affordability as
part of management performance benchmarks and indicators for Rand Water Management Information System.
Metsi-A-Lekoa Water Utility – Metsi-A-Lekoa Water Utility – Operational and financial budgets and tariff
modelling including developing a water and sanitation services model WSSM for Emfuleni with benchmarks and
performance indicators. Tender evaluation on civil tenders.
TSI (Eskom) – Revenue management project for Randfontein municipality, Customer retention strategy study;
Convergence of Technology study;
ItZ Consulting – Financial, business valuation, marketing, technical and management consulting work on a wide
variety of subjects. Some projects included:
- Evaluation of reports on major Capital extensions to the Lesotho Highlands Project for Rand Water
- Review of tariff calculations by The Trans Caledonia Transit Authority for bulk water supply to the Vaal river
area on behalf of Rand Water
- Assistance to Bushbuckridge Water in the compilation of budgets and business plans, financial and
technical management. Demographic, economic and customer research.
- Water Audits and financial and commercial system evaluation for Heilbron Transitional Council.
- Assistance to and valuation of small businesses
EMPLOYER
POSITION
Eskom
Various last – Senior Specialist
Period – 1982 - 1999
Roads design: Major power stations and depot roads
Coal stockyards design: Majuba, Kendal, Matimba, Kriel, Arnot, Hendrina
Sewerage design: Major power station and depots
Water reticulation and fire protection design:. Major power station and depots
Storm water design. Major power station and depots
Dam design: Majuba storm water control dams, Kendal storm water dams, Remedial work to Kriel, Hendrina and
Ingagane ash dams.
Structural design: Various buildings portions.
Project Management: Majuba storm water, Majuba bridge, Majuba roads, Majuba single quarters, Kendal storm
water, Kendal single quarters, Stockyard designs for all listed, Koeberg facilities, Hydra phase 2, Eastern and
Western Cape depots,
Contracts: Compilation, evaluation and award for the work listed above
– Senior projects Specialist. Supplier liaison and financial analysis and tracking of financial risk, exchange rate
and interest modelling. Member of special teams for negotiation of complex technical contracts. Tender
evaluation, Tender compilation and the introduction of new conditions of contract. Eskom Claims committee for
arbitration of construction claims
- Senior Advisor Performance Management Transmission. Performance and productivity modelling and reporting.
Risk management and analysis and financial impact thereof. Reliability engineering in maintenance
management and the modelling and financial impact thereof. Tender and contract document compilation and
tender evaluation.
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– Senior Advisor Transmission Finance. Economic and Financial evaluation and modeling. Statistical models for
commodity forecasting on copper, zinc and specialist steels prices for Management Board, Supplier liaison and
financial analysis and tracking of financial risk, exchange rate and interest modelling. Member of special teams
for negotiation of complex technical contracts. Tender evaluation, Tender compilation and the introduction of new
conditions of contract. Eskom Claims committee for arbitration of construction claims.
– Senior Advisor Generation Finance. Tender evaluation, and all of above tasks. Economic Evaluation model for
Generation budgeting allocations development.
– Management Accountant for engineering design cost centres of Engineering Group.
EMPLOYER
POSITION
Transnet
Technician
Period – 1974 - 1982
Maintenance, construction and design of permanent way, roads, water and sanitation reticulation, structures and
townships including work on Thabazimbi – Grootgeluk and Richards bay coal line. This included various contract
works including documentation and procurement.
EMPLOYER
SABS
Period – 1971 - 1974
POSITION
Technician
Quality control on civil engineering projects and factory compliance inspections
