Gavin R Brown & Associates cc
Engineering Services in Durban

STARTED CONSULTING ENGINEERS PRACTICE IN 1982 GAVIN R BROWN & ASSOCIATES CC.

After our conception in 1975, Gavin R. Brown & Associates specialised in the investigation and design of sewage works for major Durban City developments. We have architecturally designed schools; warehouses with both timber and steel and raised hotels with reinforced concrete engineering. Forever a student of the world, our company strives to educate our teams with the most up to date, innovative knowledge to so that we do better because we’ll know better. The application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to activities in order to meet the requirements of a project. is a civil and structural engineering consultant’s agency. We also have an internal library with reference books, codes of practice technical journals and files which cover all aspects of civil engineering undertaken in this office. Gavin R Brown & Associates is a multidisciplinary engineering practice. Gavin Brown gained experience working the Durban City Engineers Department and then for a medium-size civil engineering contractor, constructing various civil and structural projects in KZN. The most intricate of these projects was a turnkey project, constructing the Tongaat Waterworks which involved flood routing of the Tongaat River, and building reinforced concrete structures, pipe lines and pump stations. When starting this practice, Gavin Brown undertook projects involving the design of timber roofs structures, reinforced concrete, structural steel and geotechnical investigations. On various projects, especially appointments from the KZN Department of Works, the appointments include geotechnical investigations, and civil engineering services followed by the designs of the structures involving reinforced concrete, structural steel and or timber. The design of services includes the provision for the design of storm water control, sewer, and water and fire protection services. Thereafter the construction of works are monitored and inspected. Gavin Brown is also recognized as a competent Timber Engineer in South Africa and is registered with the Institute for Timber Construction of South Africa. We are specialists in the design and commission of sewage; geotechnical; structural steel and timber; as well as reinforced concrete. Our expertise can be verified by our large clientele and portfolio which ranges from contracts of R600 000 to projects which exceeded 25 million Rand in value. We are a corporate company but we are passionate about our work and believe that it is our responsibility to plan and architecturally engineer developments for generations to come.