Civil Engineering April 2022 | Vol 30 No 3

STEFANUTTI STOCKS Industry-leading geotechnical capabilities Stefanutti Stocks’ industry experience within the Geotechnical Discipline spans over two decades, during which it has delivered many technically challenging and pioneering piling and lateral support projects across South Africa and in sub-Saharan Africa. The Stefanutti Stocks Geotechnical Discipline offers the full spectrum of geotechnical services to all sectors within which the Stefanutti Stocks group operates – including building, energy generation and industrial plants, mining infrastructure, transport infrastructure (freeways, roads, bridges, rail infrastructure), as well as water infrastructure construction. Design & construct This specialist contractor offers the design and construct of deep-level foundations and lateral support solutions in the most challenging geological environments. “Our design and construct capability has made us invaluable as a construction partner to our clients, as we offer innovative and cost-effective design and construction solutions, that often result in time and cost saving for our clients,” says Tiaan Erasmus, Stefanutti Stocks Geotechnical Discipline’s Commercial Director. The company’s geotechnical contracting services include: Plant & equipment Stefanutti Stocks owns a fleet of state-of-the-art equipment that includes crawler mounted hydraulic piling rigs, percussion/rotary drill rigs and investigation/exploration rigs. Projects Stefanutti Stocks’ Geotechnical’s project portfolio includes several high-profile geotechnical contracts, successfully and safely completed to the satisfaction of its clients. It has completed prestigious cross-border contracts within the transport infrastructure and the luxury hotel & • • • • • • • • geotechnical investigations and reports, including diamond core drilling, reverse circulation drilling, DPSH testing and auger trial holes, piling in all soil conditions, design and construction of various types of piles, lateral support, rock anchoring, shotcrete, void fill, and grouting – including specialist consolidation, compaction and dolomitic sinkhole remediation and repairs. For more information on Stefanutti Stocks Geotechnical and the projects it has undertaken, please visit the geotechnicalcontractor.co.za website, or call +27 11 571 4300 to discuss your geotechnical and lateral support requirements. Open hole auger piles at the new Steve Tshwete Hotel and Conference Centre in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. Continuous flight auger pile installation that forms part of the new infrastructure development at iThemba labs in Cape Town, Western Cape. Lateral support and temporary cast in-situ cased auger piles on the N2 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal. Open hole auger pile installation at the Amandelbult Platinum Mine in Thabazimbi, Limpopo. • • • • leisure sector including piling projects in Zambia (for the new Mosi-oa-Tunya Hotel as well as for a new office block); in Swaziland (Bridge 2 at the Manzini Golf Course interchange); and Namibia (for the Swakopmund River Bridge as part of the upgrade of the railway line running between Walvis Bay and Kranzberg); as well as geotechnical investigations for the upgrade of the road between Ha Mpiti and Sehlabathebe in Lesotho. In South Africa Stefanutti Stocks’ recently completed geotechnical project portfolio has included mining, industrial, luxury hotels and leisure developments, as well as transport infrastructure contracts, including projects such as: