OUR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS

Andile Sithole
Director and Geotechnical Lead
Andile Sithole is a Director and a Geotechnical Lead with over 12 years of experience in Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology across the African continent. Andile has spearheaded many geotechnical projects in the mining, civil, and renewables industries.
Some of the notable projects include
• Spring Grove Dam,
• Metolong Dam and Raw Water Pump Station,
• Metolong Dam Diversion tunnel,
• Medupi Power Station,
• Musingo Towers (20-storey Residential Structure),
• Lesotho Highlands Project – Phase 2,
• Mtentu River Bridge (1.1km and 223m deck height),
• Volspruit Chrome Mine (Tailings Storage Facility, Pollution Control Dams, Waste Rock Dumps),
• Beitbridge Border Post Upgrade,
• Bakubung Platinum Mine,
• Nyanza Titanium Plant,
• Morena Mall,
• Katlehong Mall
just to name a few.

Marco Capobianco
Lead Engineer
Marco Capobianco is a Lead Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the design, construction, and supervision of Infrastructures and more than 10 years in covering the position of Resident Engineer/Project Manager for different projects. During his worldwide experience, he worked for big international firms covering the position of Resident Engineer, Project Manager, and Structural and Geotechnical Engineer.
He has been involved in several Dams, Water supply, and Roads projects under FIDIC regulation in several countries such as Uganda, Lesotho, Ethiopia, etc. Important projects executed during his carrier are:
• Construction of GIBE III Dam – Ethiopia
• Supervision of Metolong Dam – Lesotho
• Design and Supervision of Julius Nyerere Dam – Tanzania
• Detailed Geotechnical Design of Saudi Land-bridge Project (Saudi Arabia)
• Detailed Engineering Design of Katuna-Muko (66.6 km) and MukoKachwekano- Kamuganguzi (Mali)

Sheila Mikkelson
Project Manager
Sheila Mikkelson is a Project Manager and a Geotechnical Engineer with 8 years of experience across the SADC region. She is registered with ECSA.
Sheila Mikkelson has been involved with many projects in the civil and mining industries, some of the projects she executed include:
• Metolong Dam Raw Water Treatment Plant
• Metolong Dam Raw Water Pump Station and Diversion Tunnel
• Polihali Diversion Tunnels
• Musingo Towers ( 20 Storey Residential Development at Fourways )
• Stellenbosch 132kV Overhead lines
• Bronkhorstbaai and Summer Place Water Purification Plant, Reservoirs and Pipelines
• Heilbron Bridge and Connecting Roads
• Rysmierbult Mega Farm School Dolomite Stability Investigation
• Makhadzi Student Village ( 6 – Storey Student Accommodation at Empangeni)
• Dlamini Residential (4 Storey Residential Development in Thembisa)