Three professional engineers and scientists have achieved the status of partner at SRK Consulting: principal environmental geologist Lindsay Shand and principal geotechnical engineers Malcolm Maber and Linda Spies.
Shand has been in the environmental sciences since 2000 and has published several contributions on sustainability, climate change and water management. Based in SRK’s Cape Town office, her expertise also includes water stewardship, land contamination assessment, waste management, water quality assessment and environmental impact assessment. Shand officially joined SRK in 2004 and has worked on assignments across Africa, in countries including Mozambique, Malawi, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, and Nigeria – as well as across multiple provinces in South Africa.
With extensive experience in the field of mine residue deposits (MRD), Maber has over 21 years of industry experience. He has been a part of SRK since 2002, when he joined the Johannesburg office as a technician. His area of experience is in tailings storage facilities (TSFs), where he has been involved in all aspects of project development from planning and design to execution. Maber’s involvement in tailings engineering projects spans across South Africa.
Spies has more than 15 years of experience in the field of geotechnical engineering and includes tailings operations, geotechnical investigations, and design of foundations and earthworks. Since joining SRK in 2017, she has been an integral part of SRK’s tailings department, where her role sees her undertaking detail design, construction technical support and monitoring of tailing dam construction projects. She also holds the role of Engineer of Record for two tailings facilities. Her expertise extends to infrastructure development, which has seen her undertake ground investigations to develop recommendations and designs for earthworks.
“We are honoured to be surrounded by people with leading abilities and insights grounded in practical experience,” said SRK Consulting (SA) managing director Andrew Van Zyl.
“We are able to harness and grow the skills and expertise of our team leading to successful innovations not only for us but for our clients as well. This can only be done by having a strong and ever-growing internal team on which the reputation of SRK rests. We are thrilled to appoint Lindsay, Malcolm and Linda as partners who will continue to lead and add value to our team.”
