Work Experience Record

1. Ken Edgar
Life Experience Presentation
The Edgar Family

2. Introduction
My Family I love my family very much as
the keep me alive and vibrant.
This pretty much sums up
who I am and what my nature
is.
All of this energy is taken
through into the work place
and that is why I thrive on
challenges.
A wealth of experience that is
engaged through a drive to
succeed and provide the
highest level of service.

3. Executive Summary
During the course of my career I have had the privilege of working on many major projects which has given me a broad knowledge base to
handle single or multi-disciplinary contracts.
My career path has involved the following:
Multi-disciplinary construction management and execution
• Vertical construction packages including civil and electrical disciplines
• Turnkey design and construct services
• Fabrication and installation of structural steel, tankage, mechanical works and process equipment and piping
• Local and overseas fabrication and procurement
• Modularisation and off-site pre-assembly
• Plant commissioning
My expertise has covered:
• Structural steel supply and erection
• Installation of heavy mechanical equipment such as crushers, screens, mills, ship loaders, stackers, reclaimers, compressors, process skids,
boilers and turbines (gas and steam), draglines, conveyor systems and other plant with facilites.
• Installation of above and below ground piping systems for petrochemical, mineral processing, water and associated facilities
• Installation of large bins and tanks for the mineral processing and petrochemical industries including thickeners, process tanks, elevated
storage bins, silos and miscellaneous storage and reagent tanks
The companies I have worked for have specialised in:
• Overall project management, design, procurement, fabrication, erection, installation and commissioning of all major plant and equipment
• Subcontract management of all associated construction services including earthworks, civils, refractories, coatings and insulation
• Wet/dry commissioning of plant equipment, systems testing as well as pre-commissioning services •The management and coordination of
multi-disciplinary design functions through alliance partners and/or subcontractors

4. Employment Benefits
The benefits I bring to a Company are very wide and diverse with the main thrust being on efficiency. My extensive technical and management
experience combine to ensure target objectives are achieved in a healthy manner.
This experience has been gained from a low ground level up to the highest level through hard work. I have no fear of facing and overcoming all
challenges head on. In this regard I am constantly learning and applying any free time to further studies.
I also have extensive computer experience in a wide variety of software programs.
Having worked in a variety of different roles in the industry as given me a unique insight to the whole process of a Project from start to finish.
With this experience one is able to undertake any project efficiently and dynamically exceeding the client’s expectations.
On any new project I bring Quality Control and Safety to the fore. Quality Control together with Safety ensure a project that is to the highest
standards. These two issues I give all my attention to as they reduce risk management, if not completely eliminate it, and ensure proper controls
over all aspects of any Project.
Any lack of technical knowledge can be easily and quickly obtained but management and planning is something that is acquired over time and
through experience.
Each and evey contract brings with it new challenges that need to be addressed on their merits, this requires leadership and experience.

5. DUTIES
• Project Management Construction:
o Project Execution Plans
o Earthworks
o Closure Plans
o Pipe Lines
o Handover
o Civil Structures
o Pre-Commissioning
o Dams - Tailings, Return Water and Storage
o Commissioning
o Dam Linings
o Asset Management
o Concrete
o Construction Management Plans
o Pump Systems
o Earned Value Management
o Control Systems
• Construction Management
• Design and Constructablity reviews
• Contracts Input and Review
• Training
• Tender Documents/Reviews
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control, review of Quality Assurance
• Enviromental Audits
Plans
o EIA Studies
• Contract Administration (FDIC, GCC, DBO, etc)
o EMP Studies
• Schedule Control
o Record of Decision
• Financial Control – Costings, Claims, RFC’s
• Safety (Both Mine and OH&S regulations)
• Measurement and Payment
• Presentations, Reports
• Client Liason – Meetings, Presentations, Reports, Regulatory
• Regulatory (Governemental) Liason - Meetings,

6. Employers
Anglogold Ashanti Golder Associates Africa (Pty) Ltd
January 2011 – Current 2008 – 2010
Lead Project Manager Reason for leaving –
Footprint Reduction Project at Obuasi Mine, Ghana which comprises End of Contract
a number of projects– Office complex’s, change rooms, stores, Construction Manager (EPCM)
workshops, laboratories, lodge resort, etc. +$150mil 15ml/day Water Treatment Plant. (R600mil)
280ha Tailings Dam at Iduapriem Mine, Ghana $190mil Bulk Earthworks – Plant platform, 1.2mil m3 earth placed for three
Large Scale Housing Estates at Obuasi and Iduapriem Mine, Ghana ponds
Pipelines – HDPE, Stainless Steel, GMS and PVC
Bulk Electrical, light electrical and controllers – PLCs
Stefanutti Stocks Mining Sub stations – 15Mva and 6.6kVa
June – December 2010 Reservoirs, clarifiers, water tanks, intake (dam) and inlet (plant)
Reason for leaving – end of contract towers.
Project/Works Manager RO filters, UF filters, green sand filters
Tailings Dam facility for Gold Mine in Barberton area Acid and lime storage tanks
Tailings Dam and Thickner for iron ore mine in Northern Cape Pumps, valves, controls, flow meters
The Directors have assured me that I am welcome back at Roadworks
anytime and we keep in regular contact. Administration blocks, laboratory, control room, MCC’s
Drainage systems

7. Employers (cont'd)
Meetse Civils Durban Plasma Coatings
2001 – 2007 1975 – 1978
Reason for leaving –Owner had to undergo extensive surgery 1990 – 2000
Project Manger Reason for leaving –partners retired and sold off
Major pipelines, piping, earthworks, dams and other various civil Project Manager
structures reservoirs, infrastructure, roadworks, sewerage works, Durban Plasma Coatings specialised in the coating and repair of
administration blocks, housing, etc. Two such projects were - wearing surfaces and covered mainly mechanical engineering.
Marite Bulk Water Supply – pipelines, reservoirs, treatment plant These included but were not limited to pumps, valves, piping,
(R100mil) bearing surfaces, and hydraulic cylinders. Several teams did all the
Dwarsloop Water Supply – pipelines, reservoirs, treatment plant fiiting required as well as the shutdown work and modifications to
(R130mil) the following plants -
Moolman Mining and Earthmoving Sapref Refineries – Durban.
1986 – 1989 Iscor steel works (Newcastle and Van der Byl plants) - Mainly the
Reason for leaving –Personal divorce billet steel mills.
Site Manager Position Sugar mills – (all along the KNZ coast and Swaziland)
N3 toll road – Marianhill Toll plaza to Shongweni Mining projects – Processing Plants, new projects, additions (JCI,
Witbank to Richards Bay Railway additional line Goldfields, Anglo American) (both surface and underground)
Richards Bay harbor deep water berth
Coal Mining ventures – Witbank areas, opening, hauling and
rehabilitation
Andulusite process plant – Zeerust area
Bulk Earthworks - Mossgas.
Chief Buyer
Managed the buying department with twelve staff and responsible
for all contractual and consumable material ordering along with the
logistics of supply to sites throughout the Republic
Alternative Director
Resposibility for numerous sites

8. Employers (cont'd)
New Vaal Colliery – Amcoal Consolidated Diamond Mines – De Beers
1983- 1986 Namibia
Reason for leaving – 1978 – 1982
End of Contract Reason for leaving –received better offer closer to home
Project Manager Site Agent/Credit Controller
Greenfields Project Started in field workshops and then progressed to Base workshops.
Establishment of complete Opencast Mine including main plant, Establishment of No. 4 plant and pilot plant.
base workshops, bulk material conveyor systems, tip, crushers, haul An opportunity was given to move to the Financial Department
roads. This also included th establishment of the mobile equipment to broaden my experience. Here I took over the Creditors
such as draglines, face shovels, haul trucks, etc. The mine was Department which was processing in excess of $3mil per day
established to supply Lethabo power station with coal using a mix of excluding Capital Purchases
sub grade mixed with high grade coal. The changes I made to the exisiting systems improved efficiencies
by over 50% and this was brought to senior management’s
attention and I was then promoted to the accounts department to
head the Creditors section. We handled invoices to a value of R4mil
daily and employed a staff of eight of which 6 were just handling
queries. I then set up a computerized system to handle the
thousands of invoices received daily and bring better control over
the payments. It was also during this time that I began studing for
my B. Comm which unfortunately I only managed to achieve two
years and did not complete.

9. Some of my projects
Obuasi Footprint Reduction
Numerous roadworks, structures, bulk electrical reticulation, community relations, security, pipework, processing plant. $150mil
Optimum Coal Mines
15ml/day Water Treatment Plant. (Greenfield Project) – R600million
Marite Bulk Water Supply
Piping, reservoirs, pumps stations and pumps - +R100million
Dwarsloop Water Supply
Piping, reservoirs, pumps stations and pumps - +R130million
Consolidated Diamond Mines - De Beers
Main Plant, Pilot Plant – erection and fabrication
Sapref Refineries
Piping, pumps, control systems, shutdown major (major repair and modifications)
Iscor Steel Works
Plant modifications and extensions, repairs and maintenance
New Vaal Colliery – Amcoal
Complete Mine – greenfields project
Sugar mills – Numerous
Plant shutdowns, extensions, new sections, repairs and maintenance.
Mossgas
Bulk earthworks
Richards Bay/Witbank Railway line
Earthworks, bridges, culverts, crossings
Cullinan Diamond Mine
Underground production monitoring systems
Harmony Gold Mines
Underground water control systems