Civil Engineering July 2021 | Vol 29 No 6

of the region as well as strategic business development. The nature of the work and projects undertaken by this region revolved around the engineering design and con- struction project management of buildings and stadia, civil infrastructure projects, roads, gas pipelines, rail, and general civil engineering infrastructural services for industrial and residential townships. From October 2010 to 2014, Tim was appointed as the chief operating officer and operations director for BKS/AECOM. His responsibilities included inter alia the co-ordination of business activities across the various business entities and districts within AECOM Africa, with emphasis on project delivery, strategic management, leadership and business development initiatives, dealing with skills scarcity and staff growth, risk management and corporate governance. As project director Tim was responsible for large projects such as the Transnet EPCM programme (major civil infrastructure work, material handling facilities and bulk power up- grades to the ports of Saldanha and Cape Town), Volkswagen Press Shop and Sasol Meerkat II project. From July 2015 to September 2018 Tim was the managing director of the engineering unit in AECOM Africa responsible for the design and manage- ment of projects in the industrial, mining, power, commercial, sport, housing, educational and health sectors. In this role he led a multi-disciplinary team of more than 400 built environment professionals, consisting of engineers (civil, structural, electrical, mechanical and fire), project managers, architects and quantity sur- veyors, delivering large multi-disciplinary projects both within South Africa and globally. The team focused on being the industry leader in digital project delivery, with the development of high- technology BIM systems, providing service models to meet the changing tech- nical needs of the client. This served as a key differentiator in delivering integrated professional services on multi-disciplinary projects globally. As project director, Tim was responsible for large projects such as the Gibela (Alstom) new passenger rail assembly facility and various projects for Daimler. Tim ended his tenure at AECOM as its European, Middle East and African region’s industrial market sector lead. In this role Tim was responsible for business development and key client relationships with global clients in the industrial sector across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Tim was actively involved as project director on large industrial building and infrastructure projects for Daimler and Heineken during that year. For the last year of his life, he was the business owner of TTH Engineers & Project Management. After having resided in Durban and Pretoria for 17 and 10 years respectively, moving back down to the Cape was an exciting time in his life, and he and his wife planned their dream home in Struisbaai with great excitement. The Covid-19 lockdown of 2020 was the only thing that could force Tim to slow down, which allowed him to spend quality time with his family in Struisbaai. In retrospect, this time would turn out to be invaluable. A large number of tributes were received from former colleagues when the news of Tim’s passing was circulated, all of which resonated the same underlying message: Tim had a fantastic career and was blessed to work on amazing projects and with fantastic people. Equally as important in life, Tim always enjoyed the company of family and friends, usually including yel- lowtail, good wine and always ice-cream! Although Tim’s life was short and he was taken from us too soon, he treasured every moment and made every second count. Prepared by Carine Schwartz and Barto van der Merwe of AECOM Tim was awarded the Stellenbosch University H.L. Reitz medal for his Master’s thesis Civil Engineering July 2021 51 Tim always enjoyed the company of family and friends, usually including yellowtail Working as project director/lead principal on the Moses Mabhida Stadium was one of Tim’s most celebrated achievements