www.civildesigner.

com
 A MESSAGE FROM
VINCENT BESTER

I started Knowledge Base to develop

professional design software

for civil engineers.

Civil Designer is the realisation of

that dream – it is a world-class

platform for fully integrated

infrastructure planning and design.

Chief Executive
Knowledge Base Software (Pty) Ltd
Telephone: +27 (0)21 701-1850
 CONTENTS

The History of Civil Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

What is Civil Designer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

You and Civil Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Civil Designer Modules:

Design Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Survey + Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

CAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

The Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Existing Civil Designer Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

 THE COMPLETE
INTEGRATED SOLUTION

The Civil Designer

range of integrated software
offers you the benefits of working
in a visual design environment with
seamless interaction between the design
tools for even greater productivity.
 THE HISTORY OF CIVIL DESIGNER

Knowledge Base was started in Initially we only wanted to integrate

1989 with a very simple mission Stardust, Sewer and Stormwater, but
statement: to develop professional we soon discovered that our existing
“When Vincent Bester
software for civil engineers. Initially we graphical engine had to be upgraded
took over AllyCAD I
developed software to analyse and in order to offer the full range of realised that at last
design sewer and stormwater functionality we desired. here was someone
who had the vision to
networks. In time we formed a close Fortunately we were able to see that AllyCAD
relationship with the developers of acquire AllyCAD, the premier should be part of a
greater suite of
Stardust and AllyCAD. draughting program for civil engineers
software.”
This lead to a basic form of data and surveyors in Southern Africa, Redmond Taggert:
Cities Revealed
exchange between the various from Paul Harper, the original owner
programs, largely by means of macros and developer. In 1998 we
and external routines to query the
DTM and CAD databases. Although
this worked, we wanted a simpler and
more efficient system to extract
ground levels for use in our Sewer
and Stormwater programs.
In 1995 we purchased Stardust from
Rob Wooding Associates which
enabled us to develop an improved
interface between the three programs.
For six months we burnt the
midnight oil as we tried to understand incorporated the AllyCAD graphical Its amazing how
frustrated you can get
the code while sorting out the bugs, engine into Civil Designer. with computers.
Vincent Bester (CEO -
but it was well worth the effort as we Today Civil Designer is the
Knowledge Base) with
released Stardust V5.14 in undisputed leader in integrated Paul Harper, the original
developer of AllyCAD,
November 1995. infrastructure design in Africa and the at the eleventh hour just
before the release of the
By the beginning of 1997 we had world, and proof that sometimes the
first MS-DOS version of
mastered the Stardust code and impossible can be achieved if you AllyCAD in 1987.

started on the project that was want it badly enough.

destined to become Civil Designer.

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 WHAT IS CIVIL DESIGNER?

Civil Designer consists of a suite switch on the contour display or slope

of fully interactive design modules shading. When a design module
which combine to form an integrated needs an elevation it simply queries “For me, using Civil
Designer Roads as
data gathering, drawing, surface the DTM without any effort from you.
well as Survey +
modelling and design system for civil Similarly, you can produce plans Terrain was wonderful.
It saved me so much
engineering infrastructure. with multiple services overlaid on the
time, particularly on
All the modules interact with the cadastral and terrain data. the earthworks...It is
user and each other through a In a matter of seconds you can also so accurate and easy
to use.”
simplified and logical interface. There calculate where services may Tiaan de Necker:
V3 Consulting Engineers
is little inter-dependency between clash or are within a certain distance
different routines in the suite. You can of each other.
run virtually any routine at any time
which means that you have complete
freedom and flexibility to decide how
to handle your tasks.
This seamless interaction between
the design tools results in even
greater productivity. No longer do you
have to transfer data between
different design programs. In Civil
Designer each design module will
share its data with the other modules
when required. Civil Designer will handle the
The industrial-strength CAD whole process from initial field work “Civil Designer gives
me answers quickly, it
engine allows you to easily display through digital terrain model creation saves me days.
backdrop drawings or bitmaps, and to and editing, contour generation, bulk Another way of
looking at the saving
use CAD functions to define the earthworks, infrastructure design,
is that it allows me
design elements. draughting and plotting. more time to
For example, you could load a With Civil Designer all your design engineer.”
Sampie Laubscher:
cadastral drawing of a new housing tasks will be faster and easier, NHL Consulting Engineers

development, import ASCII data from and you will be able to do much more
the topographical survey, and than before.
generate the DTM. Now you can

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 YOU AND CIVIL DESIGNER

When you become a member of been developed according to our

the international community of Civil users’ requirements and from the
Designer users you are buying into experience that we have gained over “The attitude we take
to priority support is
much more than just a CD and a the years.
relatively simple. If you
manual, you will be signing on to the As part of the Knowledge Base have a problem then
broad range of support services that all family you will also receive regular we have a problem.”
Vincent Bester:
Civil Designer users enjoy. information bulletins, which include Knowledge Base

These services include regular KnowHow – a technical factsheet to

upgrades, hotline support, specialised improve your working knowledge of
training to meet your needs and Civil Designer – and Reknown
regular bulletins. – showcase news about the industry.
Civil Designer is continually
evolving in response to requests from
the user community. Our Upgrade and
Support contract will therefore ensure
that you receive the latest updates as
soon as they are released.
We have also established a
well known Support Centre that is
manned by highly experienced and
dedicated professionals who have an
extensive knowledge of the software.
Our Customer Support
They are available to help registered This close relationship is highly
centre at work.
users every working day of the year prized by our existing clients and is
between 08h00 and 17h00 (CAT). another reason why Civil Designer is
The support team has the added the number one choice of consultants,
benefit of having our development local authorities, technical colleges
“Having this kind of
staff just across the corridor in the and universities in Southern Africa. support is absolutely
event of a specialised query. We are When you buy a Knowledge Base amazing, it is unheard
of in the industry.”
dedicated to ensuring that all your product you don’t just get the Donovan Hugo:
enquiries are answered. software, you get the whole Hawkins Hawkins Osborn

Our outcomes-based training Knowledge Base team. We are only a

programs will show you how to telephone call or email away. You can
become efficient and productive users be assured that the sale is only the
of Civil Designer. The courses have beginning of a lasting relationship.

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 DESIGN CENTRE

Design Centre is the alternatively, use the lightning

heart of the system and fast triangulation option for
includes the Graphical and more uniform sites.
Topographical Engines. It allows you You can generate contours with
to create new drawings with user-defined intervals, highlighting
Civil Designer
supporting digital terrain modeling and labels. In fact, you can even provides us with a
(DTM) data. display contours of multiple surfaces wonderfully easy way
to generate ‘what-if’
Design Centre lets you read in and simultaneously. scenarios.”
reduce survey data from various You can also calculate the volume Nazeer Rahbeeni:
Arcus Gibb
sources. We support a number of data of a single surface or the difference in
logging programs and total stations. volume between any two of your
The terrain database has a theoretical 128 surfaces.
limit of two thousand million points, Add multiple large
which may be allocated into any one bitmaps such as ortho
of 128 terrain surfaces. photos or a cadastral
You can create a digital terrain backdrop to view the spatial
model from the raw coordinates with relationship of your design
full control over the break and feature to other manmade or
lines on the site. If you want to natural features.
remove the background clutter simply The Plot Expert takes
filter the points display to show only all the hassle out of creating final
certain points and break lines. drawings. No longer do you have to
When you use the interactive cut and paste your design into your “Using Civil Designer
graphical functions to manipulate the title block. Our flexible sheet files for all the design and
drawings helped a lot.
data, the contours will be updated as allow the precise placement of all the
The software really
you change the break or feature lines. design elements in your title block. made this project
possible - it is so easy
Intelli-Line break line generation The CAD functionality allows you
to use and saves so
allows you to use cheap computer to add annotations or details to the much time.”
Lumko Makonza:
time to define the model features as final drawing. Full TrueType font
Civil & Rural Consultants
opposed to slow and painful manual support and definable line widths
breakline definition. mean that you can create professional
Thereafter, you can fill in the rest drawings without an expensive CAD
of the site in a matter of seconds, or system.

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 CAD FUNCTIONS

General Bitmap Handling

Use standard or custom paper
Display multiple large bitmaps with
sizes fast zooms and pans

Cartesian or Surveyor coordinate
Handle JPG, TIFF and BMP
systems
Supports TFW, LOG

Southern or Northern Hemisphere and HGR geo-
survey coordinates referenced bitmaps

Place the origin point anywhere on Edit Functions
the drawing
Cut and paste using

Change drawing scale at any time the Windows clipboard

Metric, Imperial or user-defined
Select by a mouse click,
units an enclosing rectangle,

65,000 layers with layer names of a crossing rectangle or
up to 31 characters an enclosing polygon

256 pens (colours)
Double click to edit any

Custom line styles such as fences, entity
rail and telephone lines
Move and rotate selected entities

Undo/Redo up to 1000 levels with a simple click and drag

Exceptionally fast zooms, pans operation
and redraws
Copy and move

Single key magnify,de-magnify, selected entities
pan and redraw
Rotate and scale
Geometry selected entities about

Geometry (construction) entities any point
allow the precise layout of
Move selected entities
complex shapes to the front of or behind

Create an outline from composite other entities
construction entities with a couple
Move or copy selected
of clicks entities to another layer

Convert existing entities to
Linear or radial repeat of selected
geometry entities entities

Draw construction lines, arcs,
Trim or snip away
circles entities

Perpendicular bisector between
Divide and extend arcs
two points or through a point and lines
parallel to an existing element
Join two lines
Drawing Entities
Fillet two lines or arcs

Points with a specified radius

Free and chained lines
Chamfer two lines by

Sketch lines offset / offset or

Rectangles offset / angle

Arcs by three points or radius
Snip all items inside or

Circles by centre and radius outside a box or circle

Circles by two points
Snip all items inside a polygon

Ellipses and part ellipses
Remove duplicate entities, unused

Arrows layers and blocks

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 CAD FUNCTIONS

Hatching
Mid-point or at any ratio between

User-defineable hatch patterns the points

Solid fill with 16 million colours
Intersection of any combination of

Includes ANSI standard and entities
monochrome land-use symbols
Absolute or relative to

Auto perimeter tracking with a known position
rectangular, circular and polygon
Absolute or relative polar
islands (distance and bearing)
Text
Lock cursor to any

Select any TrueType font angle, line, geometry

Select font color line or isometric angle

Rotate single lines or paragraphs
User-defined grid
of text
DTM point

Choice of 15 text origins including
Design Entity reference
decimal point Input

Text balloons and bubbles
Import, scale and position

Frame around text drawings in the current drawing

Solid fill behind text
Read AutoCAD 12 to 2002
Dimensions DWG/DXF, Caddie CEX,

Define dimension parameters ArcView SHP and
such as pen, witness lines, arrow ASCII files
style, font Output

Type over dimensions to change
Write AutoCAD 12
the size of drawn parts through 2002/LT

Associative dimensions with DWG/DXF, Caddie CEX
tolerances and ArcView SHP files

Horizontal free, chained or running
Print any part of a
dimensions drawing at any scale to

Vertical free, chained or running CAD or directly to printer/plotter
dimensions with user-defined line thickness

Slope dimensions based on and colour
dimension points or specified Digitizer Support
angle
Support for most

Arc or circle radius / diameter popular digitizers as

Arc length well as a generic ASCII

Angle between two lines or three input stream where you
points configure your

Survey dimensions with distance own format
and/or bearing
Map any button to any
Jumps and Snaps CAD function

Point
Accurate scaling from

End of line, arc or circle tablet to drawing

Tangent to circle coordinates

Perpendicular to a line
Use the digitizer at any time

Mid-line or at any ratio along the interchangably with the mouse
length of the line

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 DTM FUNCTIONS

Input
Intelli-Line break and feature line

Import ASCII data in fixed column generation
or delimited formats
Lightning fast triangulation with

Import ASCII data in serial or feature lines
breakline string format
Edit break and feature

Import Stardust BLK files lines with auto crossing

Convert DXF text entities to survey line removal
points and heights
Model validation

Convert 3D DXF lines into survey function checks for
points with heights and break lines duplicate points,

Import ModelMaker TOT files unconnected points

Tache field book and crossing break lines
• create and input
Dynamic contour
• load, save and list update as breaklines
• reduce are changed

Traverse field book
Generate contours with
• create and input user-defined:
• load, save and list data • pen
• flat traverse • line type
• slope traverse • interval
Survey Calculations • highlighting

Joins • labels

Polars • smoothing

Coordinate transforms of single or
Display contours of two
multiple points surfaces simultaneously

Rotate points
Slope shading in

Move points in X, Y and Z user-defined categories

Move points between surfaces and colors

Delete single or multiple points
Height shading in user-defined

Remove duplicate points categories and colors

Screen out points that are close Output
together
Export data in fixed

List points in various formats column or delimited

Unit and coordinate conversions ASCII file format
Graphical Calculations
Generate plans with

Joins points identified by:

Polars • name

Calculate plan and slope areas • height
Digital Terrain Model • circle

Unlimited model size with • symbol
128 surfaces
Grid lines

Optimized 32 bit engine for fast
Contours with labels and
access and redraws highlighting

Filter the points display to remove
Slope shading
background clutter
Height shading

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 SURVEY + TERRAIN

Survey+Terrain is a the terrace with the

digital terrain modeling underlying ground profile to
module that provides create a final site model “We needed to know
exactly how much
interactive earthworks design and quickly and easily.
clean material to take
calculations. You can choose to have the out for the cover and
In addition to the functions in volumes reported in either SABS 1200 layerworks. Civil
Designer just made
Design Centre, this module or COLTO format with user-defined the job so easy, it is
incorporates more complex survey depth categories, top soil stripping reliable and easy to
use, so I could get on
calculations, error figures and and compaction or bulking factors.
and simply work.”
control surveys. You can also extract long and Nazeer Rahbeeni:
Arcus Gibb
You can create a terrace in a cross sections which can be viewed
number of ways by importing, typing or plotted, and you can even edit the
or graphically defining the corner cross sections graphically.
coordinates. Generate the terrace To help you to see
banks and toepoints with variable the bigger picture you can
slopes by simply specifying the visualize the final project
bank criteria. If you do not like the in a rendered three
terrace you can change the layout dimensional view. In fact,
or simply drag it to another position you can even "fly" through
on the site. the site if you want to.
Calculate the volume of a terrace The pipe functions allow you to
in seconds or balance the cut and fill generate pipeline long sections with
“The area was not the
volumes with the optimization pipes between manholes, pipes easiest I have worked
function. You can even manipulate defined by length or pipes parallel to on...This is where Civil
Designer starts to
an individual terrace on a the ground profile. You can fine-tune
really shine. In order
multi-terrace site. the design graphically before to achieve our
objectives, we had to
The ability to store the terrace calculating trench volumes to SABS
play with the design,
design in any one of the 128 surfaces 1200 or COLTO specification. trying a wide range of
allows you to very easily switch Survey+Terrain has the ability to options before we
succeeded. Civil
between different ‘what-if’ scenarios, handle just about every bulk Designer makes this
and to calculate the difference in earthworks application that you can so easy and just saved
us so much time.”
volume in each case. Once you have think of. Nevil Tyler:

finalised your design you can merge NET Projects

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 SURVEY & TERRAIN FUNCTIONS

Input Survey Calculations

Import:
Extended calculations including:
• ASCII XYZ data in various • joins and placing joins
formats • single and double polars
• ASCII break lines • trig heighting
• Stardust BLK files • intersections
• ModelMaker TOT files with • resections
break lines • trilateration
• Geographical coordinates
Network reduction of

Convert text entities in a DXF file control points with:
to survey points and heights • up to 200

Convert 3D lines in DXF files to observations
survey points with heights and • specified direction
break lines accuracy

Tacheometrical reduction • specified distance
• create and input field book accuracy
• load and save • acceptable closure
• list data • calculate the observation matrix
• reduce of distance and angle
• edit the orientation correction corrections
• supports ASCII, Booker, Logger, • displays the error
Wild, Geodos and CEASER ellipse

Traverse reduction
Rotate points
• create and input field book
Move points in X, Y
• load and save and Z
• list data
Move or copy points
• uses Bowditch method for between surfaces
reduction
Delete single or multiple
• flat traverse points
• slope traverse
Remove duplicate points
• full traverse with mean elevation
Screen out dense points
and temperature correction within a specified

Level reduction distance of each other
• create and input field book
Helmert transforms of
• load and save single and multiple
• list data points
• reduce by rise and fall method
Convert from Clarke

Cross section reduction 1880 to WGS84
• create and input field book
Unit and coordinate
• load and save conversions
• list data
Compare the difference
• reduce to ASCII cross section between points in two
file surfaces - lists the difference

Error figure with: in position and elevation between
• least squares reduction the two surfaces as dY, dX and dZ
• graphical display

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 SURVEY & TERRAIN FUNCTIONS

Terrain Modeling Terrace Design

Unlimited model size with
Multiform terrace profile with
128 surfaces complex shapes and levels

Optimized 32 bit engine for fast
Fixed cut and fill slopes
access and redraws
User-defined (variable)

Intelli-Line break and feature line cut and fill slopes for
generation defines features each leg of terrace
automatically
Toe point calculation

Lightning fast triangulation with with auto removal of
feature lines / constraints existing banks

Edit breaklines with auto crossing (if any)
line removal
Perimeter (terrace top)

Dynamic contour update as calculation in restricted
breaklines are changed areas is ideal for

Model validation checks for: determining detention
• duplicate points ponds
• unconnected points
Dynamically drag and
• crossing break lines drop a terrace anywhere on the

Convert polyline vertices to DTM site
points
Volumes by user-defined

Convert break lines to feature lines grids or cross sections

Interpolate elevations from any
Volumes by
surface user-defined depth

Height tracking shows elevation of increments with top
two surfaces plus the difference at soil stripping and
the cursor position compaction or bulking

Name filters display only points of factors
interest
Calculate volumes

Calculate plan and slope areas within a user-defined

Delete points within or outside a polygon only
user-defined polygon
Volumes are reported

Line of sight calculations show to SABS 1200 or COLTO
viewable area from a specified specification
point and height
Cut / Fill volume

Iso-grade line function tracks a optimization to
route along a fixed slope in a user-defined
specific direction specification

Slope shading in user-defined
Remove ground points
categories and shades beneath the terrace

Height shading (contours) in user-
Merge the terrace and
defined categories and shades the ground model with

Extract long and cross sections auto-connection of the
along any centre line break lines between

Convert cross sections into DTM the two models
points
Generate a grid of the

Generate a grid of interpolated elevation differences between
elevations two surfaces

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 SURVEY & TERRAIN FUNCTIONS

Contours Drawings

Generate contours with
Generate plans with points
user-defined: identified by:
• pen • name
• line style • height
• interval • circle
• highlighting • symbol
• labels
Split the point height
• smoothing into two parts at the

Generate a single contour decimal point

Contours between two elevations
Auto-hatching of bank

Contours of multiple surfaces batter slopes with:
plotted simultaneously to allow • line style and pen for
comparison between surfaces fill bank

Contours of the difference • line style and pen for
between two surfaces with the cut bank
cut-to-fill neutral line • spacing of cut/fill lines
Pipe Long Sections • ratio of short bank line to bank

Alignment defined by manholes width
and bends
Grid lines or crosses at

Pipes defined by: user-defined intervals,
• manhole to manhole pen, line style and font
• user-defined length
Smoothed contours
• fixed depth below the ground with labels and
profile highlighting at

Graphical editing of the manhole user-defined intervals
and bend positions with configurable pen,

Include manhole data for plotting line style, and font

Trench volumes with user-defined
Slope and height
depth increments shading in configurable
Three Dimensional Views intervals and colours

Rendered views of single or dual
Auto insertion and orientation of
surfaces with definable: north arrow
• vertical exaggeration factor
Scale bar
• colour by elevation or specify
Key plan of multiple
ground and terrace colour plots
• contour overlay
Cross sections with
• multiple light sources at different up to 20 layers,
positions specified line styles,

Bitmap draping for enhanced labels, annotations
visualization and grids

View from any angle, zoom in
Long sections with up
and out to 20 layers, multiple

Print or save as a high resolution sections and pages and automatic
bitmap datum steps

“Fly” through the site and save the
Output directly to printer or to
images in .AVI format various CAD systems

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 ROADS

Roads is an interactive Precise control of the

embankment design module road edge levels allows you
that is eminently suitable for to apply complex super- ‘We used Civil
Designer to optimise
urban and rural roads, freeways, elevation conditions and it makes
everything. By using
airports, railways and dams. provision for changes in lane widths all the modules we
You can create multiple design for climbing lanes or bus bays. were able to check
very quickly for
codes for horizontal and vertical The Road Expert will keep track
service clashes,
alignment as well as super-elevation of the design progress and if any and to optimise the
and simply load the one you require changes are made it can earthworks to the last
cubic meter.”
for a particular job. Roads will automatically update the design. Pieter Goosen:
Tolplan Consulting
determine the horizontal curve radii, Up to 20 layers may be plotted on
vertical curve lengths and super- long and cross sections. Plot your
elevation based on the design speed long sections with the
and design criteria. ground line at the stake line
The Road Rehabilitation function as well as at the left and
will calculate the horizontal right road reserve. You can
alignment, vertical alignment and even include intermediate
super-elevation of an existing road and hard material lines.
from cross sections. Sections are stored in
Display a bitmap showing the up to 128 layers. Keep
natural features, the cadastral layout track of construction
drawing or the site contours while progress by recording each month’s
defining the horizontal alignment results in a separate layer. Calculate “Using Civil Designer
graphically by indicating the position cut and fill volumes between any two saved me at least a
couple of months in
of the HPIs. Once the HPIs have been layers with topsoil stripping and
iterations, in fact I
defined you can drag them to modify bulking or compaction factors. wouldn’t have been
able to finish on time
the alignment. “Drive” down the completed road
without the
The vertical alignment function in a rendered 3D view to check for software...Civil
allows you to display up to 4 profiles blind rises and other anomalies Designer certainly
helped me in this
such as the ground and rock profiles (requires Survey+Terrain module).
project.”
at the centre line, as well as the left Calculate sight distances in both Donovan Hugo:
Hawkins Hawkins Osborn
and right road reserves. The cursor directions of travel with a few easy
position is dynamically displayed on steps.
the plan view so you know exactly Road design and route planning
where the horizontal curves are. has never been so easy.

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 ROADS FUNCTIONS

General
Move sections vertically and/or

Up to 250 named roads per horizontally
project
Generate sections from road

128 named layers per road profile layerwork definitions

Create, copy or delete roads
List sections to screen,

Suitable for urban streets, rural printer and/or ASCII file
arterials or major freeways,
Display section data in
runways, railway embankments spreadsheet format
and dams Cross Section Editing
Data Input
Insert, edit, delete and

Import ASCII cross section files in move cross section
various formats points

Import CARDS cross sections
Remove points

Import ASCII longsections in between two offsets in
various formats a specific chainage

Import Stardust road files range
Road Profile
Expand or shrink sections

Suitable for single and dual
Create layerwork boxes by
carriageway roads deducting a specified

Compulsory additions layer depth
such as kerbs, gutters,
Extend layerworks to
retaining walls, etc. meet batter slopes or

Pavement design determines to form a box
layerwork specification
Transfer points between

Create your own pavement design surfaces
libraries for re-use
Graphically edit sections

Cut / fill profiles vary according to with the following
height from shoulder to NGL options:

Fixed toe point offset with variable • display centreline, chainage,
slopes offset and elevation

Test the profile graphically against • view up to 10 layers
various cut / fill scenarios before simultaneously
you apply the profile • set magnification and

Apply multiple profiles along a vertical exaggeration
road • set grid spacing
Cross Sections and colour

Input sections as offset and • insert, move and
elevation delete surface points

Store sections in up to 128 layers
Interpolate elevation at

Regular and irregular stake values any point on an existing

Stake interval optionally section
decreased through curves
Add a fixed feature such

Graphically skew sections at any as a V-drain onto the end of a
stake value section

Optimize cut and fill areas
Calculate section areas inside a
graphically or automatically defined polygon

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 ROADS FUNCTIONS

Design Criteria
Coordinate at regular and irregular

Create multiple design criteria files stake values
e.g. for each region or client
Calculates centreline coordinates

Supplied with TRH 17 design with:
parameters • join data between

Design speed determines stake values
horizontal alignment, vertical • tangent data
alignment and super-elevation • setting out data from
parameters various stations and

Horizontal alignment: key points
• minimum radii • offset coordinates
• minimum and maximum curve
Extract cross sections
length at every stake value from
• minimum tangent length digital terrain model
• criteria for handling broken-back
Read centreline
and compound curves coordinates from digital terrain

Vertical alignment: model
• by terrain type
Calculate relative stake value and
• minimum curve length offset at any point
• minimum K-values for sags
Long and short chains
and crests
Translate cross sections
• maximum grades for each into YXZ survey data
terrain type Vertical Alignment

Super-elevation:
Graphically insert, edit,
• super-elevation for straights delete and move VPIs
• lane factor
Displays up to 4 ground
• TRH and G2 development profiles at user-defined
methods for transition curves offset and from
• editable super-elevation graph specified terrain surface
• specify per design speed:
Grade envelope for each VPI
• slope factor
Grades and curves checked
• minimum runoff length against design criteria
• maximum super-elevation
Symmetrical and
• compound curve lengths asymetrical vertical
• limiting tangent length for curves or kinks (no curve)
broken-back curves
Cursor position
Horizontal Alignment dynamically displayed

Graphically insert, delete, edit and on plan layout
move HPIs
Status bar displays

Move BC and EC points to adjust vertical curve info,
curve radius grades and K value

Fit curves through control or fixed
Fit curves through control points
points
Calculate curve length from K

Transition curves or kinks (zero value
curve length) at HPIs
Calculate stake line levels

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 ROADS FUNCTIONS

Edge Level Control
Bitmap draping for enhanced

Super-elevation wizard links to visualization
horizontal alignment or freeform
View from any angle

Handle compound and reverse
Print/save as a hi-res bitmap
curves easily
“Drive” down the road

Easily change road widths, cross and save the images
falls and profiles in .AVI format

Provision for climbing lanes, bus Construction Control
bays, etc
Setting out data for

Calculates edge levels and stake line from various
identifies high and low points stations
Volumes
Batter and profile boards

Areas and volumes between any 2
Layer checking and
layers with bulking/compaction comparison
factors and top soil stripping Intersections

Cut/fill volumes and bank areas
Design transition and bell mouth

Layerwork cut/fill volumes with and calculate control positions
cut/fill preparatory areas
Calculate edge of road
Sight Distance Checking levels to identify low

Calculate sight distances in both points
directions of travel Drawings

3D simulation - takes into account
Fully configurable
horizontal and vertical alignment layouts with long

Specify eye height, object height sections, cross sections
and minimum sight distance and plan plots on one
Road Rehabilitation sheet

Calculates horizontal alignment
Layout drawings with
from survey data, CAD lines or user-defined lines,
control points horizontal curve details at every

Calculates vertical alignment from curve, alignment tables and cut/fill
cross sections hatching of road embankments

Calculates super-elevation from
Cross sections with up
cross sections to 20 layers, specified
Road Expert line styles, labels,

Automatically keeps track of annotations, grids and
design procedures done symbols

Indicates what still needs to be
Long sections with up
done to complete the design to 20 layers, multiple

Run specified calculations without sections and pages,
prompting automatic datum steps

Options to specifically ask the and pipe crossings from
program for certain input dialogs Sewer, Storm, Water
Three Dimensional Views and Pipe designs
(requires Survey+Terrain)
Automatically define plots along a

Rendered view of road and road centerline
ground model
Key plan of multiple plots

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 SEWER

Sewer is a foul water branches in the network.

network analysis and design Attenuation is calculated at
module which combines every manhole resulting in a
interactive drawing functions with solution which is 30% to 100% more “Thanks to the
powerful design functions. cost-effective than simply adding the super Civil Designer
software, the
The DBase file format allows rapid inflow peaks together. generation of all the
data access that can find an entry in a The dynamic time simulation (unit plans took only two
days.”
dataset of 20,000 records in less than inflow hydrographs) allows you to Madeleine Sonnekus:
0.25 seconds and an unlimited model view the flow hydrographs of single or Jeffares & Green
Consulting Engineers
size. It also ensures compatibility with multiple culverts in order to gain an
most geographic information systems insight into the dynamics of the
and other programs. system.
The graphical functions allow you Once you have
to easily insert nodes and links, make completed the analysis the
changes to an existing layout by network can be displayed
moving a node, change the flow according to specific
direction or query a node or link with criteria such as flow or
a click of the mouse. calculated size much as a
Manholes and culverts are GIS system would.
displayed in WYSIWYG mode with The flexible pumps
user-defined line styles, colours and option allows you to simulate pump
annotations such as manhole name, stations with up to 4 pumps.
“The project included
inlet level, depth, link type, link size, Thereafter you can generate
the earthworks, the
flow, velocity and capacity. construction drawings such as layout internal reticulation,
sewers, and the pump
Combine new and existing plans and longsections or calculate
station. Using Civil
culverts, consisting of multiple types quantities. The ground profile is Designer for all the
and sizes, in one model. You can automatically extracted from the design and drawings
helped a lot. The
easily simulate the complex system of supporting digital terrain model. software really made
flows and overflows that are often The graphical functions make this project possible -
it is so easy to use
found in modern towns and cities. Sewer ideal for the data capture of
and saves so much
The design will take into account foul water GIS models. You can time.”
Lumko Makonza:
the hydraulic and geometric transfer the data between Sewer and Civil & Rural Consultants

relationship between the different our MAP module at any time.

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 SEWER FUNCTIONS

Design Parameters
Graphically move manholes up

Minimum and maximum velocity or down

Proportional flow depth Analysis and Design

Minimum/maximum culvert slopes
Comprehensive network analysis

Drops, defined steps, inverts
Auto numbering of
common or soffits common in branches and manholes
manholes
Analyze the entire

Supports pipes, box culverts, network, a sub-network
portal culverts, and custom or just a branch
culverts such as egg-shaped
Flows attenuated
sewers according to inflow

Define culvert types, sizes and method
flow characteristics
Flow calculations use

Fix culvert inlet level, slope or size internal culvert

Limit the flow in any culvert and dimensions for
direct the excess flow to another hydraulic accuracy
manhole
Calculates culvert size, slope, inlet

Stormwater infiltration as a and outlet level, flow, capacity,
percentage of inflow velocity, flow depth and
Unit Flow inflow method hydraulic grade

10 inflow classes with average Quantities (SABS 1200)
daily flow and equivalent
User-defined trench
population per unit widths and depth

Attenuation curve increments

Up to 5 inflow classes per
Excavation length and
manhole plus point source inflow volume
Harmon Formula inflow method
Bedding, backfill and

Design unit flow selected backfill

Contributors per unit volumes
Unit Inflow Hydrograph
Manhole depths

Dynamic time simulation spans up
Culvert lengths
to seven days
Sorted by culvert type and size

Up to 5 unit inflow hydrographs Drawings
per manhole
Long sections of single

Continuity or Time Shift routing or multiple culverts with

View the flow hydrographs of crossing pipes on single
single or multiple culverts or multiple sheets
Pumps
Plan layout with

Pump station with up to 4 pumps manhole and culvert
with different characteristics and annotations, schedule,
control levels manhole coordinate and

Specify pipe diameter, roughness connectivity tables
and minor loss coefficients
Annotations such as
Quick Long Sections manhole name, cover level,

Scroll through branch sections invert level, depth, culvert type,

Display up to 3 ground lines and size, length, slope, flow, capacity,
selected design data velocity and flow depth

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 STORM

Storm is a runoff event or an observed storm, or

network analysis and design even to use IDF curves.
module which combines a Flows are routed using “We used Civil
powerful design engine with the Continuity equation or the Time Designer, Roads,
Storm, Water and
interactive drawing functions. Shift method resulting in a solution Sewer on the project.
The DBase file format allows rapid which is 30% to 100% more cost- The guys at
Knowledge Base often
data access that can find an entry in a effective than simply adding the runoff
worked with us...they
dataset of 20,000 records in less than peaks together. all bought into the
project.”
0.25 seconds and an unlimited model Attenuate runoffs by means of
Malcolm Biggar:
size. It also ensures compatibility with reservoir routing. Reservoir results Biggar Engineering

most geographic information systems include a table of the water depth,

and other programs. inflow, outflow and storage
The graphical functions allow you for the duration of the runoff
to easily insert nodes and links, make event as well as a graph of
changes to an existing layout by depth vs time with the full
moving a node, change the flow storage level.
direction or query a link with a click of Once you have run the
the mouse. analysis the network can be
Manholes and culverts are displayed according to
displayed in WYSIWYG mode with specific criteria such as flow
user-defined line styles, colours and or calculated size much as a GIS
“I input (Storm) data
annotations such as manhole name, system would. View the flow
and get accurate and
inlet level, depth, link type, link size, hydrographs of single or multiple quick answers for all
flow, velocity and capacity. culverts in order to gain an insight into the ‘what-if’ scenarios
... Civil Designer gives
Combine new and existing the dynamics of the system.
me that valuable time
culverts of multiple types and sizes in Thereafter you can generate drawings to simply get on with
engineering work.”
one model. Simulate the complex such as layout plans and longsections
Sampie Laubscher:
system of dual runoffs, partial flow or calculate quantities. NHL Consulting Engineers

capture, local storage, detention The graphical functions make

storage and overflows that are often Storm ideal for setting up GIS models
found in modern towns and cities. as you can transfer the data between
The Illudas method allows you to Storm and our Map module
use a Chicago, triangular, rectangular at any time.

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 STORM FUNCTIONS

Design Parameters
Complex system of local storage

Minimum and maximum velocity and/or overflows supports the dual

Proportional flow depth runoff model

Minimum and maximum culvert
Hydraulic calculations use internal
slopes dimensions for accuracy

Drops, defined steps, inverts
Continuity or
common or soffits common in Time Shift routing
manholes
Calculates culvert size,

Supports pipes, box culverts, slope, inlet and outlet
portal culverts, open drains and levels, flow, capacity,
custom culverts such as parabolic velocity, flow depth and
channels hydraulic grade

Define culvert type, size and flow
View the hydrographs
characteristics of single or multiple

Fix culvert inlet level, slope or size culverts
at any point Quantities (SABS 1200)

Limit the flow in any culvert and
User-defined trench widths, depth
direct the excess flow to another increments and bedding
manhole classes
Illudas Time-Area runoff method
Uses overall culvert

Chicago, triangular, rectangular or dimensions
irregular storms
Sorted by culvert type

Storms from IDF curves and size

Infiltration Table allows calibration
Excavation length and
of soil types volume

Entry time calculators
Bedding, backfill and

Specify antecedent moisture selected backfill
condition volumes
Rational Formula runoff method
Manhole depths

Time of concentration calculator
Culvert lengths

Runoff factor calculators for rural Drawings
and urban areas
Long sections of single
Quick Long Sections or multiple culverts with

Scroll through branch sections crossing pipes on single

Display up to 3 ground lines and or multiple sheets
selected design data
Plan layout with

Graphically move manholes up manhole and culvert
or down annotations, schedule,
Analysis and Design manhole coordinate

Comprehensive network design and connectivity tables

Auto numbering of branches and
Annotations such as
manholes manhole name,

Analyze the entire network, a cover level, invert level,
sub-network, or just a portion depth, culvert type, size,

Runoff calculated with infiltration length, slope, flow, capacity,
and surface losses velocity and flow depth

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 WATER

Water is a powerful, failures, major pipe breaks

yet easy to use module for and empty reservoir
the analysis and extended conditions may be readily
time simulation of fluid handling determined.
networks consisting of pipes, valves, Attach external water consumption
reservoirs and pump stations. tables and compare the measured
Import data from various sources usage to the modelled consumption
such as ASCII tables, spreadsheets, to calibrate the demand or identify
dBase or MS Access tables as well problem areas in the network.
as DWG/DXF files. Up to 8 pumps may be handled
Graphical interaction allows you in each pump station.
to easily insert nodes and links, make The pumps are configured
changes to an existing layout by in parallel and may be
moving a node, change the flow controlled by pressure,
direction, and query or edit a link water level or be
with a click of the mouse. time-based (on/off at
View the network with a bitmap or certain times).
cadastral backdrop, or display the site Valves may be controlled
contours and slope shading to decide manually, by pressure,
on optimum network layout. by flow, or by level.
Analyse suburbs separately and Reservoirs may have any shape.
combine new and existing models to You can select one of the
“I have come to
simulate the complex system of most common shapes or define the appreciate the
networks that are often found in water depth versus volume for a handiness of the
Water module of Civil
modern towns and cities. The particular reservoir.
Designer. It is very
comprehensive network design will Display the results of an analysis helpful to be able to
put the drawing in the
take into account the relationship graphically by colour according to
background.
between different branches. calculated results, in tables, or on Using the model, you
Time-based demand patterns may time-based curves. can plug in demand
values to see the most
be defined for different categories of Generate long sections with the
cost-effective ways
water usage. Each draw-off point may ground profile automatically to develop.”
Chris Brand:
have a different demand pattern. extracted from the supporting digital
Jeffares Green & Parkman
The impact of extensions to the terrain model. This flexible design tool
network, increased demand, allows ease of use with an extensive
imposition of water restrictions, power array of functions.

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 WATER FUNCTIONS

Input Analysis

MS Access file format for
Error checking prior to analysis
unlimited model size and saves you time
compatibility with GIS systems
Extended time simulation of up to
and other programs 365 days

Data from various sources
Water loss analysis
such as: based on pipe pressure
• ASCII tables Results
• Various databases
Results browser allows
• Wadiso you to select a specific
• Pipen time slot in an extended
• Aquanet Dos simulation.

External databases can be View the following:
accessed through OLE DB • velocities

Convert a correctly formatted • flows
drawing into a network with full • pressures
intelligence • head losses

Read external water consumption • hydraulic grade lines
tables to calibrate the network • reservoir levels
demand • pump duty points
Design elements Output

Pipes of different materials with
WYSIWYG - specify line
allowances for minor losses and style and colour of
bends nodes and pipes or

Pump stations can consist of display according to
several different pump types attributes such as type,

Pumps may be controlled by size, flow, pressure,
pressure, water level, time or velocity, etc.
manually
Annotations consist of

Any type of valve such as user-defined text combined with
butterfly, flat disc, etc. can be any parameter, including:
modelled with manual, • manhole cover
throttle, flow and pressure • bottom levels
control valves • culvert type & size

Model reservoirs of any shape with • length and slope
separate inlet and outlet levels • flow

On-line pump and pipe catalogues • capacity
Demand Patterns • velocity

Demand patterns for large cities, • flow depth
villages, rural communities, hotel
Long sections of single
areas, boreholes, etc. or multiple culverts on

Enter readings from bulk meters to single or multiple sheets
simulate field conditions
Plan layout with node and pipe

Values can be specified in annotations
15 minute intervals per day, daily
Output directly to printer or save in
per week or weekly per year various CAD file formats

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 CAD

CAD is an add-on The Architectural ToolKit

module to Design Centre to allows you to draw the
give you the full functionality external and internal walls
of AllyCAD, our fast, powerful and of a house or other building easily. “The time savings are
very easy to use computer aided Joins between walls are automatically incredible. The range
and depth of function-
draughting program. cleaned up as you go along. Add the ality is enormous, in
AllyCAD is an industrial strength roof plan by simply indicating the fact I believe that
AllyCAD is restricted
2D CAD that has established itself as outside walls and specifying the
at times by the
the best of it’s breed in South Africa, overhang. available hardware.”
Chris McKay:
Europe and the United States. It is Insert door, window and fitting SKC Engineers
used by a wide range of engineers, symbols in no time at all. Thereafter,
surveyors, contractors, industrial you can generate elevations
designers, event management and sections in a matter of
consultants, furniture designers, minutes.
property developers, air-conditioning Surveyors can
companies, and even security effortlessly import, export,
companies. add, locate and connect
The CAD module includes all the survey points with the
drawing functions listed under the Survey ToolKit. The toolkit
Design Centre plus all the additional also increases your
functionality that a full-time draughts- productivity with functions for the
“AllyCAD operates
person could wish for. rapid generation of Survey General
seamlessly with all
Macros allow you to create Diagrams and General Plans. other software.
customised functions, or to use The Mechanical Toolkit helps you Another advantage of
AllyCAD is that you
functions developed by other users. to rapidly draw bolts, screws, nuts,
can design using
The specialised ToolKits allow you drill and tap holes at any angle or by simple geometry lines.
This means that you
to complete many time consuming simply clicking on the line.
can play with it and
tasks in a few seconds. The Structural Toolkit draws hot adjust the design to
The General ToolKit increases and cold rolled steel sections easily get it right first time.”
Gary Benatar:
your productivity with speedy batch as well as rapidly laying out building Industrial Logistic Systems

printing and file conversion, easy grids with centre lines and grid
division of lines and angles, prompt labeling as well as column bases.
importing of Excel data and one-click The CAD module has all the
hiding of layers. draughting functionality that you need.

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 CAD FUNCTIONS

Customization
Move a point and everything

User-definable menu and toolbar attached to it

One-key shortcuts
Mirror selected items about the

Powerful and easy macro vertical axis, horizontal axis or a
language with over 450 user-defined axis with
commands includes variables, the option to keep the
loops, file handling, etc. original selection

Interact with other windows
Divide and edit a line
programs using Dynamic Data between the points of
Exchange (DDE) division
Drawing Functions
Cut and rub out a line

Cubic splines between two indicated

Polylines - convert to 3 and 4 points
point Bezier curves
Align or distribute

Draw up to 10 parallel lines with selected objects
user-defined offset, line type, vertically or horizontally to each
colour and width in one operation other or to the drawing grid
with auto fillet and trim
Add or remove text bubbles

Draw line-arc-line sequences
Add and edit data items

Balloons with auto-numbering which can link objects
around one or two lines of text to a specific coordinate

Associative ordinate dimensions location

Auto tracking for parallel lines,
Clean up drawings from
areas and perimeters untidy sources such as

Extract and place detailed views digitizers:
to any scale • remove redundant

Re-centre paper over any part of line segments from
the drawing polylines
Edit Functions • remove duplicate and

Trim, snip away, divide and extend embedded lines
arcs and lines • join line end points if they are

Convert linked lines to polylines within a certain distance

Pick line types and text styles from of each other
existing entities on screen • tidy up over and

Use any colour and line type on undershoots where
any layer or assign pens to layers lines meet

Highlight layers in different colours Bill of Materials

Lock layers so that entities can not
Bill of Material Lists
be accidentally changed or moved with a single command

Measure angles, areas, perimeters
User-defined items and
and distances layout

Stretch all items within a selected
Counts number of objects
polygon or items defined by the
Calculates length, area and
selection filter perimeter

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 CAD FUNCTIONS

Selection Functions General ToolKit

Specify selection of a combination
Batch print multiple drawings
of lines, arcs, circles, polylines,
Convert multiple files in batches
data items, block inserts, arrows,
Insert data from an MS Excel table
dimensions, text, hatch and
Hide all entities in a layer
solid fill by simply clicking on

Select drawing entities by any entity in that layer
specifying filters for a combination
Calculate the length of
of colour, line style, width, symbol all lines in a layer
and layer
Insert the date and

Select text entities by font, visible layer info onto
height, width, angle, label origin the drawing
and content
Write text along an arc
Object Functions
Divide an angle into

Group drawing elements into multiple segments
objects which can be given a
Divide a line into multiple
name and parent name segments with optional ticks

Show objects in a particular or circles
layer or with a specific name or
Convert ByLayer line
parent name and pen styles to

Create a list of drawing objects standard styles
with the following: Architectural ToolKit
• object name
Automate many of the
• parent name drawing functions used
• quantity in building plans with
• total area user-defined:
• total perimeter • wall thickness

Create and insert blocks from • eaves height
selected drawing entities • door and window height
Symbols • roof pitch and overhang

Select from over 1500 Symbols for • foundation width
engineers, surveyors, architects,
Internal, single and
electricians and others double skin external

Insert symbols easily walls

Preview symbols before placing
Cleans up intersection

Drag a symbol with ghosting between walls

Auto snip around inserted symbols
Draws roof line

Insert with horizontal and vertical
Draws elevations with
mirroring and auto-rotation roof, windows and

Change symbols with fast search doors
and replace
Draw cross sections

Create your own symbols with internal and

Create fully customisable symbol external walls, foundations,
lines with continuous or variable floor slab and
repeat factors roof trusses

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 CAD FUNCTIONS

Civil ToolKit Survey ToolKit

Draw cut and fill bank lines
Street numbers
between two lines or two arcs
Change coordinate constants

Draw a pipe network easily with
Coordinate grid lines or
the following options: crosses at user-defined
• manhole names/numbers intervals
incremented automatically
SG Diagram with the
• bubble around manhole text following options:
• arrow from text to manhole • user-defined symbols
symbol for trig beacons and
• line between manhole symbols reference marks
• specify pen, line type, text size, • configurable fonts,
layer pens and line styles
Mechanical ToolKit • survey bearings

Speeds up the drawing of bolts, rounded off to nearest
nuts, screws, drill and tap holes 10 seconds
• hex bolt and nut
Draws the title block and
• cap screws consistency table with corner
• plain coordinates, distance
• low head and bearing between
• shoulder corners
• flat head
General Plans with the

Specify pens and line types following options:

Through or blind drill holes in plan, • user-defined layout
elevation or section • user-defined symbols

Through or blind tap holes in plan, for trig beacons and
elevation or section reference marks

Multiple circles with centre lines • configurable fonts,

Rectangle to round duct views: pen and line style
• front • survey dimensions
• plan with bearing and distance,
• end bearing only or
• development distance only
Structural ToolKit • option to round off

Draw a building grid with grid bearings to nearest
dimensions, grid labels with 10 seconds
bubbles
Draws the General Plan

Add column bases to the grid with title block, figure,
quickly and easily block and area tables

Rapid drawing of I sections,
Generates survey
H sections, channels, angles and dimensions automatically
plate girders for hot rolled steel for entire plan
sections
Add stand numbers with

Rapid drawing of angles, the option of plotting a
channels, lipped zeds and top stand area table
hats for cold rolled steel sections

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 MAP

MAP is a fast and easy Work with existing “AllyMap has been
used over the past
to use GIS (Geographic enterprise data by joining
10 years to develop
Information System) module. spatial and non-spatial and maintain the City
It is designed for use by local tables in a single heterogeneous Engineer’s Dept’s well
advanced GIS.
authorities, government bodies, theme. During this period it
non-government bodies and all others Create new themes as SQL has, with ease, met
all challenges thrown
who need to represent physical defined views of existing themes or as
at it which can be
entities with an associated database a buffered view of an existing theme. contributed to ease
of use, continual
of information. Query individual theme objects or
updates, technical
MAP allows you to work in a browse through all the objects of a advancements and
defined projection using a selected selected theme. outstanding backup
support from staff at
datum in either the southern or Use the multimedia field to attach Knowledge Base.”
northern hemisphere. You can model drawings, bitmaps, videos, MS Office Adrie Borman:
uMhlathuze Municipality
point, line and region objects with and other documents to any
user-defined attributes (database theme object.
“The ease with which
information) for each entity. Carry out various processes data of any kind can
Import and export Arcview SHP on selected objects from a theme be overlaid on the
geographical map is
files, MapInfo MID/MIF files and even such as updating attribute fields or
truly remarkable.”
Regis Feature files. MAP will calculate creating a new theme from the Rudolph Botha:
Germiston Municipality
the length, perimeter and area of selection set.
entities automatically. Identify the shortest
You have full control over the way route between any two
themes are displayed as well as the objects in a line theme.
redraw order of the themes. You can Finally, plot your theme
also overlay drawings, bitmaps, with a title block and theme
topographical data and annotations. legend with a couple of
Use the thematic mapping mouse clicks.
to display themes in an intuitive The easy exchange of
graphical form for quick recognition of data between MAP and our
the spatial relationship between CAD module allows you to use MAP
objects. as an editor for ArcView and
Database information can MapInfo data. Our clients find MAP to
be accessed locally or across your be the ideal management system to
network. complement the design modules.

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 MAP FUNCTIONS

General Display

Uses the industry standard MS
Object display determined by
Access database for data storage attribute values
enabling access to the attribute • size
data via standard reports and • colour
forms • fill colour

Easy creation, editing and deletion • fill type
of themes • outline colour

Create the following themes with • outline line style
full control over table structures • symbol
and display attributes:
Point display options:
• point • symbol selected
• line from any installed
• region or area TrueType font

Automatic calculation of object • colour
length for line themes, or object • size
area and perimeter for region
Line display options:
themes • colour

Auto-centering of attribute display • line style
point in region themes • line width

Create new themes as views of
Region display options:
existing themes or join spatial and • fill colour
non-spatial tables to form a • fill pattern
new theme • outline colour

Run a consistency check to clean • outline line style
up themes and identify incorrect • outline width
regions quickly. Use the tidy
Attribute range tables
polygon CAD function to clean up for thematic mapping
incoming drawings based on any field in the

Seamless integration between theme (numeric or non-numeric)
MAP and CAD allows you to easily
Display text from any
change or update a theme, i.e. combination of fields in
add sub-divisions quickly the theme
Query Data Manipulation

Query individual objects
Create a buffer theme

Browse the attribute data of the from any existing
entire theme or just selected theme
objects
Calculate the shortest

Use query-by-example (QBE) route on any consistent
to view datasets line theme such

Select objects by: as roads
• indicating
Replace attribute
• within a polygon values of any field in
• within a circle a theme
• within a buffer zone
Copy selected entities
• via SQL query to a new theme

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 TURN

Turn simulates the low generate minimum turning

speed turning manoeuvres of envelopes by simply
a range of vehicles from cars indicating a start position
through to trailers and semi-trailers, and an initial direction of movement. “I was able to
complete the design
as well as user-defined vehicles, along You can then drag the entire envelope
of the new taxi rank in
a specified tracking path. to check critical sections of two weeks. In fact, I
It has been designed for ease of intersections, traffic circles and won the Employee of
the Month award as
use. You simply draw or select the parking areas.
a result of that.”
vehicle path, select the vehicle for the Output graphs which are displayed Andrew Godfrey:
Buffalo City Municipality
simulation, and then specify either a for every simulation can be
forward or a reverse run to create the used to determine how close the
track or swept path envelope. design vehicle is to any
Vehicle Libraries are completely point along the path at its
user configurable. Libraries for TRH maximum steering angles.
17 design vehicles and various Additional points, within
commercial aircraft are distributed or beyond the vehicle’s
with the program. You can create new body, can be tracked using
libraries and add your own vehicles to the Cargo Point Tracking
the library by simply entering the function. This allows you to
dimensions for the new vehicle into a track the position of cranes,
graphical vehicle dimension dialog. side mirrors or cargo extremes along
A full range of vehicle the track path. “Without Turn for
configurations is supported. Single To finish off your drawings Civil Designer it would
have been impossible
unit vehicles include passenger cars, you can place a vehicle profile,
to have completed
buses, trucks and forklifts. Trailer and complete with dimensions, by simply the initial part of the
semi-trailer combinations such as selecting a toolbar button and project on deadline”
Gert Laubser:
cars with trailers, articulated vehicles indicating the position of the profile Formerly SNA Pretoria

and interlinks are also supported, as graphically.

well as nose-steer and tail-steer Turn has been used extensively
aircraft. in a number of projects to design
Forward and reverse movement roundabouts, intersections, parking
for any of the supported areas, load bays and warehouses.
configurations can be simulated With Turn, you can test the viability of
along a specified track path. You can any vehicle path with ease.

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 TURN FUNCTIONS

Turn Setup • maximum tractor/trailer

TRH17 vehicle library included steering angle

Commercial aircraft library • maximum trailer/trailer
included steering angle

Create vehicle library with custom Results
vehicles
Table with the following

Add, edit and delete vehicles at each coordinate:

Simulate tractor with 2 trailers • chainages

Specify tractor and trailer • steering angle
starting angles • tractor/trailer1 angle

Specify the simulation interval • trailer/trailer2 angle

Track or swept path
Graph indicating how

Forward or reverse direction of close the simulated
travel for vehicles with up to vehicle was to the
two trailers maximum angles along

Draw the vehicle at control points the track path showing:

Enforce the steering angle limits • actual steering angle

Display a result dialog after the • actual tractor/trailer angles
simulation • maximum steering

Specify the layer names for the angle
vehicle drawing, the track path • maximum tractor/
and the swept path trailer steering angles

Specify the line style and colour
Alignment summary
for the vehicle drawing, the track table indicating:
path and the swept path for each chainage from,
axle group chainage to, type,

Apply cargo point tracking with: cirection and radius
• line style
Can be printed
• colour Minimum Turning Envelope
• cargo location
Specify the coordinate interval

Define the track path manually,
Track or Swept path simulation
use the auto-tracking facility or
Left or right turning
select the path from a road design
Forward or reverse

Insert a vehicle profile into the direction of travel
drawing with optional rotation
Specify the angle to
Vehicle Specification turn through

Supports 13 vehicle types ranging
Graphically display the
from single unit vehicles to minimum turning
interlinks and nose or tail steer envelope which is
aircraft grouped into an object

Specify the following: so that you can move
• vehicle name it to any position on the
• vehicle and trailer track widths drawing easily
• maximum steering angle

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 THE FACTS

So why do civil engineers prefer Civil Designer?

1. It is the only truly integrated design platform. Seamless data compatibility

between design programs is a fact.

2. Provides a comprehensive design program - not just a draughting tool.

The program “thinks” in a way that aids the engineer to create the design
within the criteria with minimum effort. “Civil Designer was
3. It is developed according to your requirements. Continuous evolution of part of the team too.
I used Survey &
the software makes it possible for you to have the best solution available.
Terrain, Roads,
4. Civil Designer allows you to generate plans, long-sections and cross- Sewer, and Storm.
The support was good
sections. Working drawings are now the easy part of the process. Our
as well. It saved me a
customisable sheet files take all the hassle out of the generation of lot of time and it is
drawings. When giving a presentation to non-technical people, bitmaps, really a lifesaver
3D views and 3D drive through give you the edge on your competition. when it comes to
tricky earthworks.”
5. It handles Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere coordinates. Mike Aldous:
KSS Consulting Engineers
6. Supports multiple large bitmaps such as aerial survey photographs or
orthophotos as a backdrop to the design. This gives you the ability to view
the spatial relationship of the design to other services or natural features.

7. It is compatible with AutoCAD and other popular CAD systems and design
programmes. Exchange data without having to leave the integrated
design environment.

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is a complete design environment and creates your final drawings for you.
“I experienced a
Just tidy up and add any annotations at the end.
unique problem
9. Integrates with GIS systems. Output to local authorities in the format that recently...within two
working days I had
they require.
a custom solution on
10. Is backed by our Customer Support Centre and regional offices in Cape my computer and a
Town, Durban and Johannesburg. We are available to help you every new CD on my desk.
THIS IS WHAT REAL
working day of the year between 08h00 to 17h00 CAT on 0860 101 999
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(South Africa only) or +27 (0)21 701-1850 for international clients. J.C. Fourie:
Professional Mine Surveyor
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premier tool for infrastructure design.

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 EXISTING CIVIL DESIGNER USERS
The following companies have entrusted their design work to Civil Designer:
3GN Engineering Services City of Cape Town Engineering Advice & Services
ADI Consulting Engineers City of Francistown Engineers Botswana
ADI Raadgewende Dienste City of Tygerberg - Central Engineers International
ADUCO International BV City of Tygerberg - Coastal Enviro-Con
ASCH Consulting Engineers City of Tygerberg - East Eskom
ATS Rural Development Services City of Tygerberg - North Ethekwini Municipality
Abdulla Associates City of Tygerberg - South Ethekwini Water Services
Addis Ababa Roads Authority City of Tygerberg - West Ethiopian Roads Authority
Addis Ababa University City of Windhoek FST Consulting Engineers
Addis Engineering Consultancy Share Co Civil & Planning Partnership (Botswana) Faan Potgieter Consultants
Adrian Lang Land Surveyor Civil & Planning Partnership (Zimbabwe) Free State Provincial Government
Afri-Infra Group Holdings Civil & Rural Consulting Engineers Free State Technikon
African Consulting Botswana Civil Consult (Zimbabwe) G M Civil Consultants
Africoast Engineers (Pty) Ltd Civil Engineering Experts G S Surveying
Africon (Cape Town) Colla-Plan Consult (Pty) Ltd G&C Consulting Engineers & Project Managers
Africon (Louis Trichardt) Conic North GB Joint Venture
Africon (Namibia) Consolidated Contractors Company WLL GC Surveys and Mapping
Africon (Paarl) Consolidated Contractors Int. Co. GF Surveys
Africon (Port Elizabeth) Copad Engineers GMH-CPP
Africon (Westville) Crawford & Associates Gaborone City Council
Alok Kumar Puri D M Consulting Engineers Gamsu & Houterman Land Surveyors
Amandla Burrow Consultants DCE DUX Consulting Engineers Gauff Liebenberg & Stander
Amatole RSC DEC Consultants Geoflux (Pty) Ltd
Anderson Vogt & Partners (Mtubatuba) DG Naidoo & Associates George Municipality
Anglogold Environmental Management DIWI Consult International (Abu Dhabi) Geosure (Pty) Ltd
Aphane Consulting (Pty) Ltd DIWI Consult International (Botswana) Geustyn Loubser Streicher
Arcus Gibb Engineering (Cape Town) DIWI Consult International (Germany) Ghantoot Transport
Arcus Gibb Engineering (East London) DIWI Consult International (Grenada) Glentech
Arcus Gibb Engineering (Johannesburg) DLV Ilangabi (Westville) Goba Moahloli Keeve Steyn
Arcus Gibb Engineering (Port Elizabeth) DLV Vryheid (Pty) Ltd Golder Associates
Arcus Gibb Engineering (Stellenbosch) DMV Harrismith (Pty) Ltd Golf Course Design
Arup (Botswana) DMV Richards Bay (Pty) Ltd Govan Mbeki Municipality
Arup (Pty) Ltd (Johannesburg) DMV Tzaneen (Pty) Ltd Graham Williamson
Asch Consulting Engineers Dave Mountain Surveys Greater Tzaneen Municipality
Ausmeier Mountain & Partners Dawson & Fraser Grinaker Construction International
B J Dlamini & Partners (Swaziland) De Beer & Partners Consulting Engineers Grinaker Whyle (Botswana)
BBC Surveying De Leuw Cather Inc Grivianis & Saaiman
BCP Resources De Villiers Partnership Civils Grobler Siviele Opmetings
BCP Resources (Pty) Ltd (Newcastle) De Villiers Sheard Group 5 Botswana (Pty) Ltd
BCP Resources (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburg) De Vos Paxton Group 5 Civils
BKS Incorporated Delmas TLC Group Consult Botswana
BVI Consulting Engineers Denzhe Engineers Grow Africa Consulting Engineers
Bailey & Le Roux Department of Transport HHO Africa (Bisho)
Balbir Dept Local Government & Development HHO Africa (East London)
Bart Senekal Incorporated Dept of Water Affairs (Botswana) HHO Africa (Umtata)
Basil Read Construction Dept of Agriculture (Eastern Cape) HHO Africa (Cape Town)
Bau-Afrika Consulting Engineers Dept of Agriculture (Free State) HSC Consulting Engineers
Beskon Besproeiing Dept of Agriculture (Gauteng Haas Consult
Bicon Consulting Engineers (Namibia) Dept of Agriculture (Gauteng) Hani Malik Projects
Bicon Consulting Engineers (Swaziland) Dept of Agriculture (Kokstad) Henry Graham Surveyors
Biff Lewis Geomatics Dept of Agriculture (KwaZulu Natal) Henwood & Nxumalo Consulting Engineers
Biggar Engineering Dept of Agriculture (Mphumalanga) Hibiscus Coast Municipality
Blaauwberg Municipality Dept of Agriculture (Northwest Province) Hillary Construction
Black & Veatch Africa Dept of Agriculture (Western Cape) Hirst & Asscoiates
Blight Surveys Dept of Civil Aviation Hooper Surveys
Blignaut & Rommelaere Dihlabeng Local Municipality Hwaro Consulting Engineers
Boland Opmetings Dombo Du Plessis & Partners (Cape) Hydro Utilities
Border Technikon Dombo Du Plessis & Partners (Mpumalanga) ICE Group (Pty) Ltd
Bothakga Binnie Botswana Dombo Du Plessis & Partners (Pietersburg) ILISO Consulting Engineers
Bouwer Steyn Consulting Engineers Dombo Du Plessis & Partners (Pretoria) Ideal Housing (Private) Limited
Breedevallei Municipality Dombo Du Plessis & Partners (Tzaneen) Infraburo (Pty) Ltd
Breerivier Wynland Municipality Draft Transport Ingerop Africa (Pty) Ltd (Cape Town)
Brian Colquhoun & Partners Drakenstein Municipality Ingerop Africa (Pty) Ltd (Lesotho)
Britten Associates (Roosevelt Park) Drennan Maud & Partners Ingerop Africa (Pty) Ltd (Natal)
Buffalo City Du Plessis & Burger (Nelspruit) Ingerop Africa (Pty) Ltd (Nelspruit)
Buhrmann & Partners Dube, Georgiades & Associates (Pty) Ltd Ingerop Africa (Pty) Ltd (Rivonia)
Building Design Enterprise Duncan Bates Land Surveyors International Development Consulting Group
Bulawayo City Council Durban Institute of Technology Iscor
C I Civils ECMP (Pty) Ltd Ivan Hansen Surveyors
C3-Africa (Pty) Ltd EDS Consulting Engineers J J Design & Engineering Services
CBM Africa EGC Consulting Engineers JCL Civils
CBM Consulting Engineers (Durban) EHES (Pty) Ltd JT Systems
CMB Consulting Engineers EKCON Jaco Swart Consulting Civil Engineers
CMC Mozambique EKO Rehab Jeffares & Green (Cape Town)
CSC&EC (Pty) Ltd EPS Consulting Engineers Jeffares & Green (Durban)
CSE Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd EVN Africa (Pty) Ltd Jeffares & Green (East London)
CSIR EVN Africa Consulting Services Jeffares & Green (Johannesburg)
CVZ Civils Eastern Cape Provincial Administration Jeffares & Green (Middelburg)
Cadcalc Eastern Cape Survey Jeffares & Green (Pietermaritzburg)
Camdekon Engineers (Goodwood) Eastern Cape Technikon Jeffares & Green (Port Elizabeth)
Camdekon Engineers (East London) Eden District Municipality Jeffares & Green (Pretoria)
Camdekon Engineers (Pietermaritzburg) Ekageng Construction Jeffares & Green (Richards Bay)
Cape Agulhas Municipality Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Jeffares & Green (Windhoek)
Cape Metropolitan Council Element Consulting Engineers Jeffares Green Parkman
Cape Technikon Emalahleni Municipality Johan Cronje Opmetings
Central District Council Emfuleni Local Municipality Johan Fourie Myn Opmeters
Ceres Development Consultants Encor Civils (Pty) Ltd Johann Vos Engineers (Pty) Ltd
Chris Brand and Partners Endecon Ubuntu (Pty) Ltd Johannesburg Roads Agency
Chris Hani District Municipality Endumeni Municipality Johannesburg Water

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John Stansfield Msutse (Pty) Ltd Stemele Bosch Africa (East London)
John Ward Land Surveyor Mtema Mashao Consulting Engineers Stewart Scott Inc (Cape Town)
Jonathan Khedzi Mtubatuba Municipality Stewart Scott Inc (Bloemfontein)
Jordaan Siviele Opmetings Multi Consult Stewart Scott Inc (East London)
K O Associates (Pty) Ltd Murray & Roberts Botswana Stewart Scott Inc (Gaborone)
KFD Wilkinson & Partners Murray Crocker Civil Engineering Stewart Scott Inc (Harare)
KSS Consulting Engineers NDK Consulting Stewart Scott Inc (Knysna)
Kantey & Templer (Cape Town) NEP Consulting Engineers Stewart Scott Inc (Port Elizabeth)
Kantey & Templer (George) NET Projects Stewart Scott Inc (Pietermaritzburg)
Kantey & Templer (Jhb) NHL Consultants Stewart Scott Inc (Sandton)
Kayad Consulting Engineers Namibbeton (Pty) Ltd SupportCon
Kgothalo Projects CC Namibian Ports Authority Sur Construction Share Company
King Civil Engineering Contractors Nathoo Mbenyane & Associates Survelec
Kiran & Musonda Associates National Ports Authority (Durban) Swaziland Consulting Engineers
Klerksdorp City Council National Ports Authority (East London) Swaziland Water Services Corporation
Klunene Consulting Civil Engineers National Ports Authority of South Africa T A V Technical Services
Knysna Municipality Ncube Burrow T M Consulting Civil Engineers
Koplan Consultants - Town Planners Ndivho Consulting Engineers T.E.C.H. Surveys
Kruger National Park Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality TC Setati Land Surveyors
Kweneng Land Board Newcastle Municipality TCDE (Addis Ababa)
Kwezi V3 (Bloemfontein) Newton McDonald and Associates TECDEC Incorporated
Kwezi V3 (East London) Ninham Shand East (George) THM Engineers (Eastern Cape)
Kwezi V3 (George) Ninham Shand Inc (Bloemfontein) TTCS Consulting Engineers
Kwezi V3 (Kimberley) Ninham Shand Inc (Cape Town) Tech Surveys
Kwezi V3 (Newcastle) Ninham Shand Inc (Centurion) Technikon Northern Gauteng
Kwezi V3 (Petermaritzburg) Ninham Shand Inc (East London) Technikon SA
Kwezi V3 (Pietersburg) Ninham Shand Inc (Kimberley) Technikon Witwatersrand
Kwezi V3 (Port Elizabeth) Ninham Shand Inc (Klerksdorp) Thelani Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Kwezi V3 (Pretoria) Ninham Shand Inc (Port Elizabeth) Thirdway Consulting
Kwezi V3 (Welkom) North East District Council Tifflen Purchase & Associates
Kwezi V3 Engineers (Bellville) Northern Projects Consulting Engineers Tolplan Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Kwezi V3 Engineers (Westville) Ntsihlele Licensed Surveyors Trinamics Inc
L S Surveys NzeleNzele Preston & Medcalf Tritan Survey
LC Consulting Civil Structural Engineers Otto Consulting Engineers Tshedza Consulting Engineers
LMV Consulting Engineers Oudtshoorn Municipality Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
LTA Earthworks Ove Arup & Partners (Zimbabwe) Tsumeb Municipality
Lame & van Blerk Associates PAWC - Transport Infrastructure Branch Tubatse Consulting Engineers
Land Survey Africa PCS Consulting Engineers Tumber Fourie Consulting Engineers
Land Tenure Services PD Naidoo & Associates (Johannesburg) UWP Consulting (Pty) Ltd (Bryanston)
Lepelle Northern Water PD Naidoo & Associates (Port Elizabeth) UWP Consulting (Pty) Ltd (Cape)
Lephalale Municipality Partners in Development
UWP Consulting (Pty) Ltd (East London)
Lesedi Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd Paruk Consulting Engineers
UWP Consulting (Pty) Ltd (Pietermaritzburg)
Lesotho Highland Consultants Peninsula Technicon
Uhambiso Consult (George)
Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Piet Beukes
Uhambiso Consult (Port Elizabeth)
Lesotho Ministry of Works Portnet
Umhlatuze Municipality
Letaba Consulting Engineers (Pretoria) Post Buckley International
Umjindi Municipality
Letsatsi Construction (Pty) Ltd Potchefstroom TLC
United Consulting Engineers
Letsunyane Associates Potgieter Hattingh & Raspi
Unitrans Freight Pty (Ltd)
Liebenberg & Stander (Botswana) Power Construction Coastal
University of Botswana
Liebenberg & Stander (Cape Town) Power Services
University of Durban Westville
Liebenberg & Stander (Randburg) Prima Quarries
Urhwebo e-Transand
Louis Snyman Consulting Engineers Project & Risk Management Technologies
V & V Consulting Engineers
Loyiso Consultants Project Development Consultants
V A Associates (Pty) Ltd
Lukhanji Municipality Protekon (Bellville)
V G I Consult
Lukhozi Consulting Engineers East London Protekon - Water
VBL Consulting Engineers
Lyners Consulting Engineers Protekon Design
M C B Opmetings Pula Consultants (Pty) Ltd VGC Consulting Engineers (Harrismith)
M&R Roads and Earthworks R D H Taggart and Associates VGC Consulting Engineers (Pretoria)
MAK (Pty) Ltd Ramani Consultants (Pty) Ltd VGC Consulting Engineers (Klerksdorp)
MBSA Consultants Rendeals Four Consulting VGC Consulting Engineers (Sasolburg)
MDC Consultants (Pty) Ltd René Pesch Land Surveyors VIP Consulting Engineers (Silverton)
MHP Geomatics Richard Turner & Associates VKE Consulting Engineers (Cape Town)
MIP Consulting Engineers Richards Bay Minerals VKE Consulting Engineers (Johannesburg)
MVD Consulting Engineers South Cape Robert Leslie VKE Consulting Engineers (Nelspruit)
MVD Kalahari Ron Beard & Associates VKE Consulting Engineers (Pretoria)
Makhado Local Municipality Ruhukya Surveys VNM & Associates
Malete Land Board SIMES VPM Survey Solutions - Knysna
Mangaung Municipality SKC Engineers (Maletswai) VPM Surveys - Oudtshoorn
Mangosuthu Technikon SNA Consulting Engineers (Bloemfontein) VPM Surveys - Plettenberg Bay
Manong & Associates SNA Consulting Engineers (Nelspruit) Van Rensburg Gill & Associates
Mark Moonsamy & Associates cc SNA Consulting Engineers (Panorama) Van den Berg and Partners
Masuku Dube Tifflin (Pty) Ltd SNA (Pietermaritzburg) Van der Merwe & Associates
Matjhabeng SNA Consulting Engineers (Pretoria) Vaughan Perkins Surveys
Mbombela Local Municipality SNA Consulting Engineers (Richards Bay) Vernon Stuart & Associates
McCartan Shaw & Robinson Sadiki Professional Land Surveyors Von Willich & Vrba
Melmoth Cartage and Cement Products Saldanha Municipality Vuba Imagineers
Metaferia Consulting Engineers P.L.C Saunders & Wium Inc (East London) Vusi Mazibuko & Associates
Middelburg Town Council Saunders & Wium Inc (Pietermaritzburg) W J Dreyer
Miletus Consulting Schoeman & Partners WBHO Construction (Pty) Ltd
Ministry of Agriculture Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Malawi) WP Survey Services
Ministry of Transport & Energy Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Zimbabwe) WSM Civil Engineers & Hydrologists
Mmabatho TLC Scribante Construction WSP SA Civil & Structural Eng Pty Ltd
Modimolle Municipality Sektor Development Consulting Water Works Design & Supervision
Moedi Consulting Engineers (Klerksdorp) Sektor Engineering Wellfield Consulting Services
Moedi Consulting Engineers (Rustenberg) Semenya Furumele Consulting Western Gauteng Services Council
Mogale City Municipality Sennett & Wessels Western Metro Local Council
Mohale Consultants Group Sibakhulu Construction William Lee Associates
Mohokare Municipality Sigodi Marah Martin Williams, Greef & Du Preez
Molekwa & Mali Consulting Engineers Simunye Consulting & Implementation Windhoek Consulting Engineers
Moodley & Associates Siyenza Engineers World Vision Lesotho
Mookgophong Municipality Smith & Associates Young, Stuart & Associates
Morrison Knudsen International Inc Soderlund & Schutte ZAC Construction Botswana
Mosomo Consulting Engineers Sonnekus & Toerien ZAI Consultants
Mothibatsela & Associates Specon cc ZII Consulting
Msukaligwa Municipality St Francis Bay Municipality Zeerust TLC
Msumduzi Municipality Stabilpave Recyclers uMsekeli (Development & Services Board)

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