AFLA · CIVIL ENGINEERING SPECIALISTS
AFLA delivers the full lifecycle of structural health services — inspection, monitoring, supervision, advisory, and rehabilitation — backed by 14 years of unbroken delivery to Eskom Koeberg and Bombela Gautrain, and powered by SITES Group technology from Paris.
AFLA is a Johannesburg-based civil engineering firm specialising in the structural health of critical infrastructure. Founded in 2012 in technical partnership with SITES SAS (Paris) — pioneers in structural health monitoring since 1984 — AFLA continues this technical alliance while operating independently across South Africa.
We are a Level 2 BBBEE contributor, registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa, and certified to international quality and safety standards. Our safety culture has produced zero incidents across 14 years of plant work.
From the day a structure is commissioned to the day it is decommissioned, AFLA can inspect, monitor, advise, supervise, and rehabilitate.
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Visual, remote, and structural health monitoring of civil infrastructure. Drone, 3D scanning, fibre optic, geotechnical sensing, ground-penetrating radar, vibration monitoring. The discipline AFLA has been trusted with by Bombela and Eskom for over a decade.
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Strategic advice for owners and operators of complex civil assets. Maintenance strategy, structural risk rating, lifecycle cost analysis, asset management system implementation. We engage at CXO and engineering-management level.
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Independent third-party oversight during construction and commissioning. Instrumentation of works-in-progress, baseline establishment for long-term monitoring, latent-defect identification before warranty expiry.
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Design and supervision of corrective, reinforcement, and rehabilitation works. We specify the repair, supervise its execution, and verify the outcome — backed by the same instrumentation and inspection standards we apply to monitoring.
Learn more →AFLA's inspection and monitoring capability rests on the toolset developed by SITES Group (Paris) over four decades and deployed internationally on the Louvre Pyramid, Charles de Gaulle Airport, the Millau Viaduct, and 100% of EDF's nuclear cooling towers in France. In South Africa, we deploy:
VERAO
Computer-aided inspection · SAP-integratable
ScanSITES 3D
Remote inspection up to 300m · no rope access required
ScanTubes
360° tunnel inspection for rail and underground
MoovSITES 3D
Soil deformation monitoring up to 100m depth
SIMon-e
24/7 web platform · SMS & email alerting
Two flagship engagements. Fourteen years. Zero incidents.
FLAGSHIP CONTRACT · ACTIVE
Continuous structural health monitoring and inspection of the Gautrain civil works infrastructure across stations, viaducts, retaining walls, embankments, fill slopes, culverts, and underpass structures. Recent scope includes 3D laser scanning of 14 retaining walls (~3km) between Pretoria and Hatfield, periodic embankment surveys, and culvert condition assessment under the master service agreement.
Contract phase
Year 10 → 14 (2026–2031)
Scope
Inspection & Monitoring · Civil Works
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE · NUCLEAR-GRADE
Containment building inspection and instrumentation programme delivered for Koeberg Unit 1, including liner inspection, topographic monitoring (TAM), and crack instrumentation in support of Integrated Leak Rate Testing (ILRT). Delivered under Eskom's nuclear safety and quality protocols, in technical alliance with SITES Group France.
Programme
Containment Inspection · ILRT support
Standards
Eskom nuclear-grade · SITES Group
A small, deliberate team. Engineers, technicians, and operators with combined decades of experience in critical civil infrastructure.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Managing Director
Leads AFLA as Managing Director, with overall responsibility for strategic direction, commercial execution and client delivery. Focused on scaling advanced monitoring technologies, strengthening client relationships, and positioning AFLA as a trusted partner to infrastructure owners and operators.
Non-Executive Director
Serves as Non-Executive Director, providing independent oversight and governance support to the board. Her role supports the long-term sustainability of AFLA as the company expands its footprint across infrastructure sectors.
MANAGEMENT
Chief Financial Officer
Senior executive with deep expertise in corporate finance, investment strategy and infrastructure-linked industries. A former McKinsey & Company consultant, he has operated across Africa, Europe and Asia in sectors including mining, energy, cleantech and fintech. At AFLA he contributes financial strategy, governance and capital discipline.
Chief Technology Officer · Pr.Eng
Professionally registered civil and structural engineer with more than 20 years of experience, primarily within mining and heavy infrastructure environments across Southern Africa. Expertise includes structural design, dynamic and vibration analysis, repair and rehabilitation, failure investigation, and Structural Inspection Maintenance & Management programmes.
General Manager
Civil infrastructure professional with long-standing experience at AFLA, progressing through technical and project management roles into operational leadership. As General Manager he oversees project execution, site coordination and delivery standards across AFLA's monitoring and engineering services.
HR & Corporate Affairs
Leads Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, overseeing organisational development, talent coordination and internal systems that support delivery across AFLA's operations. Central to aligning people, processes and culture with the company's technical and commercial objectives.
TECHNICAL
Engineer
Engineer with experience spanning infrastructure operations, depot engineering and energy-linked ventures. His technical background combines mechanical and electrical engineering principles with practical exposure to infrastructure systems and operational environments.
All credentials current. All registrations independently verifiable.
ECSA
Engineering Council of South Africa, registered since 2012
SABS / ISO
Quality management system certified
NOSA
Safety graded — current
COID
Compensation Fund good standing
BBBEE
Level 2 contributor
CSD
Central Supplier Database — MAAA1117775
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