EFFICIENT ENGINEERING

EFFICIENT ENGINEERING

A zero-harm approach to efficient industry

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elebrating 50 years as one of South Africa’s most reliable industry players, Efficient Engineering’s almost 30,000 square metres of facilities across Gauteng and the Western Cape are testament to both the Company’s reputation and its philosophy.

Its ever-expanding and diversifying array of services cater for oil & gas applications, earth moving equipment, materials handling, site fabricated storage tanks, tank manufacturing, equipment design and customisation, and refurbishment and maintenance services; culminating in a one-stop service shop able to bring satisfaction to clients both nationally and internationally.

“We understand that projects are constantly evolving and that clients require a progressive, comprehensive product, systems and service solution,” the Company explains on its website. “As a result, we strive to constantly innovate and diversify our service and product offering. “This offering includes the provision of the latest software solutions, design engineering, industrial IT, project management and multi-disciplined engineering and field solutions, tailored for your company needs.”

All engineering is performed in-house by qualified personnel, facilitating a personable approach which entails ongoing, direct engagement with clients throughout every project.

As such, “we have an extensive working history with all major OEMs and a number of design houses, providing a vast understanding of local conditions, vital to successful project delivery”, the Company adds.

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Fit for the world stage

Remaining operational and successful for 50 years is no mean feat, and would certainly have been Giuseppe Cimato’s ambition upon incepting the Company back in 1968.

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Efficient Engineering’s 50-year evolution in South Africa inevitably alludes towards market-leading industrial capabilities, but also points to a much more socially responsible driving philosophy Writer: Matthew Staff Project Manager: Vivek Valmiki

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ince its inception in 2005, CSI has upheld the vision to remain client-centric in order to deliver best-of-breed or best-of-suite value-adding technology solutions that best empower customers with optimal automation and information management solutions.

This is achieved through joint professional partnering and the utilization of its engineering team that has more than 600 years combined knowledge and experience in engineering consulting, engineering design, project delivery, and customer support.

This value approach into the Southern African market and abroad, continually adds significant value to the operations of numerous industrial clients in different industry sectors.

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RTS AFRICA ENGINEERING

Back then he envisioned the formation of a dynamic engineering solutions company based in Africa’s economic capital, and as its remit has broadened, this goal has edged closer to, and then beyond, realisation.

The aforementioned selection of markets also include open cast mining, modular solutions, mineral processing and petrochemicals, and each are compounded by an increasingly substantial assortment of equipment at Efficient Engineering’s disposal.

“Key equipment include truck bodies, drag line buckets, bucket wheel reclaimers, thickeners, mills, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, gas storage bullets, storage silos, electro houses and drum reclaimers,” the business lists.

And such scope has inevitably

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translated into numerous high profile projects, as epitomised by one of its flagship projects, MeerKAT, back in 2016.

The Company describes: “The South African MeerKAT radio telescope, built some 90 kilometres outside the small Northern Cape town of Carnarvon, was a precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope and was integrated into the mid-frequency component of SKA Phase 1. The SKA Project is an international enterprise to build the largest and most sensitive radio telescope in the world, and is located in Africa and Australia.

“Efficient Engineering was proud to have been chosen as one of the local manufacturers tasked with delivering a world-class product showcasing an African product fit for the world stage.”

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TS Inertial Spin Filters provide an effective and maintenancefree solution to dust problems in MCC, transformer and control rooms.

The filtration principle is based on highly efficient cyclone technology and dust arrestance is 98 percent of 15µm and larger particles.

RTS Africa Engineering, in cooperation with Efficient Power, developed the concept of Back Channel Cooling for variable speed drives. This concept feeds dust free air at ambient temperature directly into the drive panels, providing effective cooling without expensive air conditioning equipment.

With numerous installations in the field, this technology has been well proven in demanding mining and industrial environments.

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RTS Inertial Spin Filters Eliminate Airborne Dust High Efficiency No Maintenance RTS Africa Engineering (Pty) Ltd Proud suppliers to Efficient Power info@rtsafrica.co.za

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Efficiency is at the core of Efficient Energy’s culture, as epitomised by its extensive and ever-evolving HSE Policy: • Maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all employees in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations • Promote a positive attitude towards safety • Establish safety and health objectives for all levels of management and employees • Commit appropriate and sufficient resources to protect and support company safety efforts including providing technical support for our field crews • Provide management leadership and require all employees to take responsibility and ownership for safety, including bringing the attitude that “I am individually responsible for safety” • Ensure that each employee understands that they have the RIGHT to STOP a job/task to prevent any incidents • Assure compliance with all company safety, health, and environmental programmes and practices.

• To provide industry leading training to our employees to better educate them how to comply with policies and procedures • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and commitment to safety and training • Regularly review and evaluate safety, health, and environmental programmes, procedures, and practices to assure that they are effective and up to date • Assure timely and thorough reporting and investigation of all incidents including the identification of causal factors and the establishment of effective corrective actions

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Uncompromising commitment to health & safety

Across each and every project, Efficient Engineering’s project teams assist clients with whom they have worked for decades, showcasing the scale of loyalty and trust that the Company has managed to foster in a competitive region.

“Often these clients come to us with large, complex and at times challenging projects that we assist in delivering from concept to completion and beyond,” the Company affirms.

And while this is of course due - in some part - to the quality of service provided, it can largely be attributed to the Company’s dedication to continuous improvement, corporate social responsibility, and health & safety.

Regarding the former, the business has implemented quality management systems in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 while it is also an ISO 3834-2 Appendix 10-certified company by SAIW.

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CSR-wise, Efficient Engineering is a proud Level One BBBEE contributor boasting more than 55 percent black ownership and significant black woman ownership as well.

And finally, and perhaps most significantly, HSE principles compound and underline everything that is successful and reputable about the Company.

“At Efficient Engineering safety is our number one core value,” the Company details. “We are uncompromising in our commitment to the health & safety of our employees, subcontractors, clients, and community. We continually improve our processes, demonstrate leadership, and promote a comprehensive safety culture. We require individual accountability, expect all employees to adhere to our safety standards, and actively participate in and support the advancement of our health &safety best practices.

Often these clients come to us with large, complex and at times challenging projects that we assist in delivering from concept to completion and beyond

“Safety is the responsibility of all employees, including both top management and the individual workers. Everyone is responsible for achieving zero incidents.”

Safety leadership, safety accountability and safety innovation are all achieved as a consequence of this wholesome ethos; subsequently realising a vision of zero harm to people, zero harm to assets, and zero harm to the environment.

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Cnr. Evergreen & Sam Green Roads Greenhills Elandsfontein Germiston 1429 South Africa Tel: +27 87 3101767 info@efficient.co.za

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