Mlungiseleli Tyatyaza
Managing Director, BSc (Hons) QS, PrQS, PMAQS
Mlungiseleli Tyatyaza is a Professional Quantity Surveyor and the Managing Director of Kini Consulting. After building his skills as a quantity surveyor with companies working mainly in the multi-disciplinary engineering field, he established Kini Consulting, a multi-disciplinary practice specialising in quantity surveying, consulting engineering and project management in both the construction and mining sectors.
His experience covers traditional construction cost consulting and project management functions in the engineering sector, gained with companies in coal mining, transportation, marine engineering and water treatment, with all related infrastructure.
His fields of expertise are civil engineering, opencast mining, mechanical structures, architectural buildings, Eskom power lines and EPC projects, mainly for Anglo Thermal Coal.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Quantity Surveying Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2006
- Advanced Course in Construction Contracts University of Pretoria, 2011
Professional bodies
- Professional Quantity Surveyor (PrQS 4061), South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
- Professional Member, Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
Skills
- Feasibility studies
- Estimating
- Cost management
- Project planning
- Project management and contract administration
Career
- Kini Consulting Professional Quantity Surveyor and Managing Director. Current.
- Mott MacDonald Principal Quantity Surveyor. 2013 to current.
- Eskom Holdings Senior Quantity Surveyor. 2011 to 2012.
- Venn and Milford Incorporated Project Services Quantity Surveyor. 2007 to 2011.
- Phambili Training and Management Emerging Contractor Training Facilitator. 2005 to 2006.
- Randcivils Junior Site Quantity Surveyor. 2003 to 2005.
Projects undertaken
A record of projects on which he served as quantity surveyor before and since founding Kini Consulting.
| Project | Client | Scope | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mogalakwena SIB Projects | Anglo Platinum | Mine infrastructure buildings, bulk infrastructure services, structural remediation at concentrators, tailings dam, electrical and instrumentation, and purchases of heavy machinery equipment. | R 1.8 billion | 2019 |
| Kusile Power Station Water Treatment Plant | Eskom | An EPC contract for the construction of a water treatment plant, mechanical pipe racks, tanks, piping and associated civil engineering infrastructure. | R 960 million | 2010 |
| Lowveld Transformation CAP Expansion | Eskom | Upgrade of an existing substation, a new 275 kV substation, new 275 kV overhead loop-in and loop-out transmission power line, and supply and installation of transformers. | R 400 million | 2011 |
| Medupi Section G 400 kV Transmission Power Line | Eskom | Construction of a 400 kV transmission power line and associated civil engineering infrastructure. | R 158 million | 2011 |
| Kromdraai Water Collection and Distribution Infrastructure, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Polluted mine water collection infrastructure, treated water distribution and general civil engineering infrastructure. | R 400 million | 2007 |
| Blaauwkrans Dump Extension Upgrade, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Polluted mine water collection infrastructure, treated water distribution and general civil engineering infrastructure. | R 400 million | 2009 |
| Navigation West Main Civils, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Haul roads, terraces, pump stations, stormwater drainage, water and sewerage reticulation, security fencing and a pollution control system. | R 96 million | 2008 |
| South Block Extension Roadworks, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Haul road, access road, ramp, bridge culvert, stormwater road crossings and security fencing. | R 32 million | 2010 |
| South Block Extension Topsoil Stripping, Drilling and Blasting, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Topsoil stripping and overburden removal to enable the opencast mining operation. | R 36 million | 2009 |
| Navigation West Contractors Camp, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | An office block, workshop, ablution block, stores and guardhouse. | R 8 million | 2008 |
| Navigation West Hayford Railway Siding Extension, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | A terrace, V-drain and railway line, with demolition of the existing fence and erection of a new one. | R 14 million | 2008 |
| Operation and Maintenance of Coal Waste Product and Disposal Facilities, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Management of waste coal, slurry deposition and rehabilitation. | R 150 million | 2010 |
| Opencast Mining Contract, Maccauvlei Box Cut Reserve | Anglo Thermal Coal | Topsoil stripping and sand removal. | R 233 million | 2009 |
| Macwest Pre-stripping of Sand at Ramp 0, New Vaal Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Overburden removal. | R 4 million | 2009 |
| Excelsior Opencast Mining Operation, Landau Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Opencast mining operation. | R 95 million | 2006 |
| Vlaklaagte Opencast Mining Operation, Goedehoop Colliery | Anglo Thermal Coal | Opencast mining operation. | R 158 million | 2006 |
| Usher Memorial Hospital | Department of Public Works, KwaZulu-Natal | New nurses’ home, electrical installation, fencing, water reticulation and site works including paved parking, stormwater channels and drainage. | R 15 million | 2007 |