Civils 2000
Engineering Services in Cape Town

Civils 2000 Engineering consultants and project management in Cape Town South Africa, water reticulation, we focus on Road Works, storm water and waste water management.

With many years of experience in creating large-scale infrastructure projects, Civils 2000 (Pty) Ltd is dedicated to providing world-class civil engineering services, whilst ensuring that the highest health, safety and environmental standards are met. We pride ourselves on delivering each and every project on time, within budget and to the highest quality, in order to guarantee client satisfaction in both the public and private sectors. With this in mind, Colin Shapiro and Rob Starke founded Civils 2000 in 1992, with the aim of providing high-quality construction and engineering services to a growing market. With an initial focus on developments and commissions within the private sector, Civils 2000 soon started taking on major projects in the public sector, which included the construction of dams, roads, bridges, pipelines, building work and other much-needed infrastructure, in order to provide a meaningful contribution to the growth and development of the South African economy. Behind every great project is a dedicated team of people, and our strength and success lies in harnessing the expertise of each individual in order to meet our objectives and exceed our clients’ expectations. Our team has grown substantially over the last 2 decades and we currently employ over 500 permanent staff members. Founded in 1992, Civils 2000 has built up a peerless reputation in the civil engineering sector, with large-scale projects including the design, building and construction of roads, bridges, wastewater treatment works, reservoirs, dams, commercial and residential developments, building construction and renewable energy projects, amongst others. We currently operate across several areas of the country, with our head office based in Capricorn Park, Muizenberg and satellite offices in various locations. When we met on a sunny Durbanville afternoon, most of the straight had been carefully lifted and relocated to a nursery area that has been established in the centre of the track. Civils 2000 were granted the tender for the job and there was assorted earth moving equipment scattered around the track and groups of people studying, measuring, staring off into the distance and fastidiously making notes. This project was done in close consultation between Rabie property Group and Transport for Cape Town, City of Cape Town, as the tenant of the facility on behalf of the MyCiTi System. In a continuation of the MyCiTi design ethos, the project team concentrated on developing aesthetically pleasing infrastructure that would enhance the Century City urban environment and attract passengers into the system. This has been achieved through appropriate and creative architectural design, the hard and soft landscaping of the IRPTN precinct, and the implementation of local artwork. A 5.5km pathway is being built adjacent to the N2 as part of the South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) project to make it safer for people to walk to their destinations without their lives being endangered by having to cross the highway on foot. The Pacaltsdorp footbridge is a new and valuable link crossing the N2 national highway for the commuters from the new Pacaltsdorp township accessing work opportunities in George and the surrounding industrial areas. For SMEC South Africa, the challenge set by SANRAL was to create a design that complemented both the surrounding built and natural environments. Of course, it also had to attract pedestrians towards it and away from the highway. First, concepts with simply supported precast concrete beams and cast-in-situ continuous concrete decks were considered. However, after some review, the idea of giving the bridge some individual character gained support. More natural forms were investigated and the concept of a multispan arch structure supporting a stress ribbon deck was chosen. The shallow arches flow across the highway and the stress ribbon across the arch. It was an exciting yet tentative time as the two experts stood alone and began to build the company which today employs hundreds of people throughout its office in Tokai and supporting offices in Port Elizabeth, George, Plettenberg Bay and Hopefield near Saldanha Bay. Four old buildings were demolished to make way for the expansive and impressive flagship dealership, which is viewed as a massive injection of investor confidence into the area. It was subsequently determined that, in addition to the generally poor condition of the road pavement, the undergoing services (water mains, stormwater, and both gravity and pressure sewage pipes) were severely degraded and needed to be replaced urgently.