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“ Let us stand together, and through focused and strategic efforts do the right things to ensure sustainable water supply into the future. Every challenge presents opportunities. And by saying that we have a challenge: it is imperative that we [ the private sector ] work with government to achieve the goal of a water secure future for South Africa. All of this provides a way to help develop business opportunities— including small business development— and helps create employment,” he says.

Extensive experience

Badenhorst has extensive experience as design engineer, project manager, specialist advisor, and design reviewer, and is an approved professional engineer( a South African Water Act requirement) in dam engineering.

He also has experience in design, quality assurance of reservoirs, canals, pumping stations and pipelines, as well as lining and capping work regarding waste landfill sites.

“ Throughout my 40-year career, I have been directly involved in planning, design, feasibility studies, quality assurance during construction, safety inspections and safety studies of earthfill, rockfill and concrete dams.

“ My extensive experience covers the entire scope ranging from feasibility studies, geotechnical investigations, water yield

Badenhorst is the project manager for the design, procurement of contractor, and construction supervision of the repair works for the CFR Mohale Dam. analyses, planning, identification of dam sites, tender design and detailed design, to specifications and contract documentation as well as quality assurance and training.

“ I have about 30 years of applicable dam engineering experience and was involved in tasks related to more than 100 medium and large dams. In 1986 / 7, I held the position of deputy chief engineer in the Dam Safety Office. In line with creating awareness for civil engineering in South Africa, I have represented the country at the annual meetings of the International Congress of Large Dams for several years. I have also been the chairperson of the South African National Committee of Large Dams for the past seven years,” he says.

Badenhorst is currently the study leader for the engineering investigations of the bilateral Noordoewer / Vioolsdrift Dam feasibility study. On this project, he trains clients and subconsultant staff on various aspects of dam-design considerations at the feasibility level.

He is also involved in the Itare Dam Water Supply Project in Kenya for the design of the dam and the water treatment plant, and also in the Mooi Mgeni Transfer Scheme for the Spring Grove Dam and Appurtenant Works. Other major projects that Badenhorst is engaged in are: the Umkhomazi Water Supply Project, together with the rehabilitation of 20 large dams for the Department of Water and Sanitation; and in Kenya, he is the project manager and dam design engineer for the 100m-high Earth Core Rockfill ECR Arror Dam that has a 6m diversion tunnel and 1km-long, 4m diameter conveyance tunnel with tunnel plug to pipeline.

Badenhorst is also the project manager for the design, procurement of contractor, and construction supervision of the repair works for the 145m-high CFR Mohale Dam, as part of the Mohale Consultants Group.

“ For my role in managing repair works at the Mohale Dam during Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, together with my role as the design engineer for the dam, I received the BKS prize for Innovative Engineering for the design of a river diversion mechanism using a breaching section for the coffer dam,” he states. u

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