The Directors
Demetrius Williams
Managing Director
After a successful career designing and overseeing the development and construction of various mining equipment that included the ground breaking designs as the Head of the R&D division for one of the largest mining houses between 1983 - 1990, the opportunity to reach higher levels in my career seemed limited at the time, hence the change in career path to civil engineering.
Personal career highlights was starting my civil and structural engineering career in Harrismith with Bergman-Ingerop, a partly SA / French owned company with the head office in Paris, France. During my time working for this Engineering firm, I worked with and reported to the senior civil and structural engineer, producing all the structural designs from schools, corporate buildings of which the last was the Monapo Hospital's steel frame roof and alterations designs prior my resignation.
I later took up a position as the Deputy Town Engineer of the then Harrismith Municipality which later became Maluti-a-Phofung. During the amalgamation of Municipalities in 2000, I was appointed as the Lead Engineer for the newly established Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality and held the position till 2002 after which I took up a position at the Dihlabeng Local Municipality as the Director for Public Works from April 2002 till October 2006 as a Section 57 appointee on a 5 year fix term contract.
Having gained such vast Municipal Engineering experience, I registered Demetrius Williams and Associates in 2008 as Civil / Structural & Project Management firm and grow from there to what it is today. Various roads projects took off, some in the Maqhaka- & Setsoto Municipalities respectively. We were also appointed as consultants by various other Municipalities and private firms. Our office initiated and facilitated the now completed Dihlabeng Mall (Phase I). After securing additional land for the client, phase II was planned and we were appointed as Civil Engineers on the project.
The team
Cornelia Williams
Director
Cornelia worked in the health sector, moved on to work for the Department of Public Service & Administration in Pretoria. Her career as a senior administrator in Government Logistics could not come handier in her new role as Co-Director of DW&A.
In October 2009, Cornelia joint the firm to head the Administration and Finance department. Her skills has advanced DW&A as a small company to reach the same precision and accuracy levels as larger companies, making our records, finance and payroll systems very efficient.
Added to her normal work load, is the duties and face of the company by manning the reception desk, general and all strategic documentation, contracts and compiling contractors and professional claim certificates.
JACO PRETORIUS
Engineering Technician
After completing grade 12 in December 2014, he opted for an opportunity to work in a Civil Engineering environment whilst studying part time to obtain a B-Tech degree in Civil Engineering.
Jaco is currently a 3rd year civil engineering student,
His responsibilities aligned with his academic training as the engineering technician is producing general and detailed Civil & Structural design including Structural Analysis of reinforced concrete structures.
With the increased in clients and demand for multiple storey buildings, he mastered the structural and RC steel designs for all the EPS lightweight decking systems produced to date for these buildings with limited supervision.
His current responsibilities includes but is not limited to interactions with our clients, attend site visits and meetings as part of his training regime.
FREELANCE DESIGNERS / ENGINEERS
Civil / Structural
Demetrius Williams & Associates opted to contract various professionals which includes retired engineers that will collaborate by using our platform to share their experiences so our clients can benefit from the best professional services.
Our team consist of engineers that are specialists in Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW); Oxidation ponds; Water Purification Plants, Water-; simplified and conventional sewer reticulation systems.
Some engineers have extensive experience in multiple storey structural designs and analysis.
All the above individuals bring to the table a lot of experiences, while our office provide the design capabilities to form the TEAM.
AGNES LIPHOKO
General Assistant
She is one of the original employees appointed when DW&A open its doors.
Her duties has increased since, and training is currently provided to assist her in mastering her computer skills, do general office duties including being the relieving teleceptionist etc.