Contact information: 112 The Vineyards Harris Road Edenglen Edenvale Box 860 Edenvale SOUTH AFRICA 1610 Mobile: 079 327 7985 E-mail: tony.botha@fire-eng.co.za PERSONAL INFORMATION Born: 20 April 1950 Place of Birth: Durban, South Africa ACADEMIC Graduate South African Fire Services Institute 1978 Graduate Member Institute of Fire Engineers 1986 Associate South African Fire Services Institute 1979 EXPERIENCE Chief Fire Officer - Richards Bay Fire Service until 1983 Fire Advisor Eskom Corporate Safety Risk Management until 1986 Senior Engineer (Fire) Eskom Fire Protection Engineering until 1993 Fire Engineering Consultant from 1993 o Senior Engineer (Fire) Kennedy & Donkin (PB Power) 1996 to 1998 o Systems Fire Engineer Pebble Bed Modular Reactor 2002 to 2004 o Intervening periods consultant to Eskom, Sasol, various mining projects, shopping malls, hospitals and other facilities in South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Tanzania, Mali, Mozambique, Angola, Algeria. Consultation and symposiums IAEA (International Atomic Energy Association) in Vienna, Austria 1989 Consultations and design seminars CEGB London, UK 1989 Consultations and design seminars VGB Essen, Germany 1989 Joint venture and consultations industrial development centres based in Fuzhou Fujian Province Republic of China for various development sectors in the Fujian province. OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE Examination Board Member South African Fire Services Institute Executive Member South African Fire Services Institute Provincial Fire Advisory Board Free State and Northern Cape Emergency Planning Committee Kwa-Zulu/Natal Eskom: Fire Consultant to Council for Nuclear Safety Eskom Representative to IAEA International Atomic Energy Association for Fire Protection of Nuclear Power Plants Legislation Committee Member South African Fire Services Board for Industrial Plants Fire Advisory Committee Sastech - Sasol Founder Member Industrial Fire Technology Association
Support to all Eskom conventional and nuclear power plants including coalfired, dry cooled, pump storage, gas turbine and hydro plant. Support to main transmission, sub stations and facilities. Providing services to Eskom fire training, fire inspections, surveys, audits and maintenance programmes. The development of standards and procedures for Eskom for all matters pertaining to fire protection, fire prevention and fire system maintenance. Related Training and Development Advanced Pumping and Pipeline Design (Institute of Mechanical Engineers) Computer fire modelling (Hughes Associates, USA) Quality Assurance and Auditing (Eskom) Productivity and Costs Management (Eskom) Data processing (Eskom) Statistical Methods (Eskom_ Project Management (Eskom) Bentley Microstation CAD design (Eskom) AutoCAD design (Eskom) Publications Various fire engineering publications in FPASA (Fire Protection Association South Africa) fire journal INDUSTRY RELATED EXPERIENCE The following is a short list of some of the projects undertaken: Fire Engineering Nuclear Power Plants Fire system design Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant PRA probabilistic risk analysis (fire) Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant FHA fire hazards analysis Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Chernobyl Nuclear plant fire risk review Lessons Learnt for Eskom Shutdown Project - analysis of safe shutdown systems for Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Life Cycle Management project fire systems for Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Pre Ozart and WANO audits for Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Fire risk analysis for (PBMR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor plant Fire system design for (PBMR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor plant Fire Engineering Conventional Power Plants Eskom Kendal Power Station Eskom Majuba Power Station Eskom Matimba Power Station Eskom Drakensberg Power Station Eskom Palmiet Power Station AT Botha CV Page 2 of 18
Life Extension Projects Fire system upgrades for Eskom power plants Camden. Hendrina, Grootvlei, Komati, Highveld, Taaibos, Ingagane, Port-Rex, Saltriver and Westbank Fire Engineering and Contract Management Other Industries Hulletts Aluminium New Mill Extension Pietermarirzburg Highveld Steel Hydraulic Oil Rooms Middelburg Messina Platinum Mine New and Existing Plant Polokwane SA Chrome Horizon Project FE Rustenburg Tati Mine SX Plant Botswana Various Sasol and Natref projects West Plant and chemical plants Secunda and Sasolburg Projects in Tanzania, Mali, Zambia for various mines and facilities including townships Projects in Angola and Algeria including high rise buildings and desalination plants Creasta shopping complex, Pencil Park office complex, Glen shopping complex, Kriel Township, etc. ARWYP Clinic, Kempton Park hospital, CSIR medical research facility Western Cape. Trust Bank centre Kimberley, Carlton Office complex Functional Responsibility Conceptual design from site visits and plans Production of specifications and bills of material Production of tender documents Performance and/or detailed design Evaluation of tenders and clarifications with contractors Cost and technical evaluation of tenders Contract award and programme agreement Site establishement and SHE requirements Site progress meetings, functional and interdisplinary programme clashes Site inspections, variation and design orders Preliminary hand over tests and commissioning Hand over, commissioning and completion cerficates As built design documentation, operating manuals, maintenance manuals and revisions Standards, procedures and guidelines established for fire fighting and fire prevention programs. AT Botha CV Page 3 of 18
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