Recent News

Dr Quentin Shaw elected as the Chairperson of the South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD)

ARQ is proud to announce that Dr Quentin Shaw was elected as the Chairperson of the South African National Committee on Large Dams (SANCOLD) at the management committee meeting at the end of February.  The term of office is 2017 to 2019. Quentin has served on the Management Committee of SANCOLD since 2010 and was Vice-Chairman from 2012 to 2016. Quentin also serves as the South African representative of the ICOLD Committee on Concrete Dams…
Quentin was also recently made a Fellow of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers.

ARQ’s new Advanced Numerical Division

We are very proud and excited to present our new Advanced Numerical Analysis Division! The division is supported by specialist engineers, Raimund Miller, Dr Quentin Shaw and Graham Roberts with an extensive history in translating innovative ideas into practical implementation. ARQ’s specialist finite element modellers and analysts are equipped ….

ICOLD Annual Meeting and Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa

ARQ Consulting Engineers was represented at the ICOLD Annual Meeting and Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa from 16 to 20 May 2016 by Dr Quentin Shaw, Mrs Michelle Blaeser, Messrs David Cameron-Ellis, Albert Duffy and Henry-John Wright.

Several papers were published by the ARQ members as part of the symposium proceedings. For ARQ, both Michelle and Henry-John forms part of the ICOLD Young Engineering Forum (YEF). To show our commitment towards the YEF, ARQ also ….

SAICE Magazine: Port Louis Ring Road, Mauritius by Marie Basson

Over the past six years Mauritius embarked on major road an traffic infrastructure upgrade projects. The Ring Road Phase I project construction was constructed during 2010-2013. In early 2014 cracks appeared on the northbound carriageway, followed by the collapse of a 15 m high MSEW portion of the fill. Marie Basson, Geotechnical Engineer and Engineering Geologist and site Engineer on the Port Louis Ring Road…

First Southern African Geotechnical Conference May 2016

Four members of ARQ’s geotechnical team attended the First Southern African Geotechnical Conference at Sun City on 4-6 May 2016. The conference was well supported by the Southern African geotechnical community with over 200 delegates attending and 53 papers presented. Alan Parrock, Marie Basson, Louis du Plessis and Katy O’Brien thoroughly enjoyed the many technical presentations and the general programme set within the beautiful Pilanesberg surroundings. The proceedings kicked off with a meet and greet at the Cabanas Hotel on the Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning Katy and Alan presented their paper …