DSES 2020 e-profile

COMPANY PROFILE

2020 Edition

Winner of the ENGEN HSE
top performer award 2018

Winner of the SAVCA
SME award 2019

“TO LOCALIZE WHAT WAS DEEMED SPECIALISED.”

“To steadily grow the organisation into an
empire owned by multiple shareholders
primarily within the organisation and
continually asses our methods to ensure they
are relevant to the needs of our clients. To
continually assess the technology which will
keep us at the cutting edge of the

competitive market.”

DIRECTORS

MELANIE SWARTZ 50% Owner of DSES, with a back ground of financial
management and adminitration, brings a wealth of
Financial Director experience to the operational division ensuring priceless
support to the business and maintaining the financial
stability and commercial credibility of DSES. A fully active
team player and humanitarian, voluntarily lending her time
and support to the charity wing (The Favour Foundation),
taking sensitive care of the local community needs,
employee developement and career opportunities for the
less fortunate.

Professional Project Manager with over 25 years of DAVID SWARTZ
Construction Engineering and Process Engineering
experience, brings a wealth of knowledge and support to Projects Director

the business. With a Quality Management
background and certified ISO9001/2008 auditor and
author of many implemented systems on corporate
companies, ensures that the company control systems and
infrastructure is optimised and efficient. A well-practised
maintenance and projects background with a passion for
client partnership. Service excellence is not optional and is

placed at the top of his business philiosphy.

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OVERVIEW

DSES Project Solutions was formed in 2008. The organisation is 100% black
owned- of which 50% is black female owned. The company has been
operative from registration date in the services of mechanical and piping,
tank manufacture, structural steel work fabrication and erection and
continues to provide service excellence in the area of Project Construction
Management from concept stage to commisioning and optimisation.
In the structure of DSES, we have a Project Management department that
looks after all in-house or sub contractored fabrication.
Owing to the high standard of the quality of work, as well as cost and time
efficiency, DSES has since grown a reputation and respect within the
industry and maintains that the only way for continued growth and
excellence is through monthly management review of the systems and
processes, formal and awareness training of staff and corrective and
preventative action to mitigate non-conformances. In this way a sense of
wellbeing, acknowledgement and motivation is kept within the business and
compliance is maintained throughout our projects and thus meeting client
requirments.

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MISSION
STATEMENT

To grow and develope our employees in the area of
training and qualifiations which would benefit not only
the organisation, but the service to our clients which
will allow us the capacity to provide added benefits and

pass on further savings to our clients.
To take ownership of projects at no further cost to the

client.
To offer full consultation and construction management

supprt to
our cients at no cost.

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TARGETS AND
OBJECTIVES

•Exceeding client expectations.

•Aiming higher than industry standards.

•Aligned efforts and strategic planning.

• Innovative Design Technology.

• Maintenance Solutions.

• Reduced Vapor Loss.

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COMPANY CORE
OBJECTIVES

•To provide a close nurtured service to our
clients with full intervention from HAZOP
stage, design proposals, feasibility studies,
tender management and comparison of
tenders, contract award and project
management in its entirety.
•Our input is based on actual exerience in:
-Brown field and green field projects
-Professional engineering and design input
taking into account the clients proposed
areas for construction.
-Process ergonomics, design codes of
manufacture, the latest technology and
performance outputs.
•To conduct a feasibility study with savings
with no compromise to quality.
•To relieve our clients of all concerns and
management.
•To assist the supplier selection based on
High Quality outputs, supplier infrastructure,
performance and management capacity.

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OUR SERVICES: INDUSTRIES SERVICED:
•Mechanical works. •Oil and Gas facilities.
•Manufacture and maintenance of •Power and desalination
bulk Storage Tanks to API650/653. plants.
•Design Calcs and drawings for •Sewage treatment plants.
storage tanks. •Agro chemical plants.
•Supply, fabrication and erection of •Pulp and paper industry.
major process static equipment.
•Process piping and pipelines. 6
•Pipe gantry’s and support systems.
•Supply and erection of rotary
equipment.
•Maintenance of oil and gas
systems.

TEAM SAFETY PLEDGE

I PLEDGE TO :
•Know and adhere to all life saving
rules. Not only for my own safety, but
also as an example to the team.

I PLEDGE TO:
•Uphold all safety standards and protect
myself against a fall.
I PLEDGE TO:
•Uphold and understand all life saving
rules and ensure that my fellow workers
comply.
I PLEDGE TO:
•Know all life saving rules and make sure my
team complies and acknowledges them.
I PLEDGE TO:
•Ensure that the life saving rules are
complied with at all times by making sure
that they form part of our activity planning
for each and every task or daily action and
that it shapes a “thought before action”
pattern
I PLEDGE TO:
•Know all safety rules and comply, and should
i see someone breaking them, intervene.

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MONDI MEREBANK (INTALLATION OF NEW 2008 SUCCESSFUL TRACK
PAPER MACHINES) RECORD
Contracts management, managing contrac- 2009
tors. Compile, manage and award tenders- 2011 ASSMANG FOR UNITEK (INSTALLATION OF
R1.6B BIO FILTRATION SYSTEMS)
2015 Project recovery. Procurement, progress
FOSKOR ON BEHALF OF TROTECH 2016 tracking and commissioning of systems-
(INSTALLATION OF 3500m TANK) 2017 R110M
Project recovery. Contract manage- ENGEN REFINERY (X9008)
ment. Project management and Replace entire tank oor
cost engineering- R26M ENGEN REFINERY (X101)
ENGEN REFINERY (X135) Demolition of external oating roof.
Replace entire external oating roof and
wind girder. •ENGEN REFINERY (X365)
Replace entire oor tank.
•IVD SITE (T90) 2018 •ENGEN REFINERY (X309)
Replace xed roof, annulars and bottom strake, 2019 Replace entire tank oor.
replace stringer type staircase. •ENGEN REFINERY (X252)
Replace xed roof and 2x strakes.
•IVD SITE (T31) •EAST LONDON DEPOT (1445)
Demolish EFR and replace with dome and IFR, replace Various tank repairs.
bottom and top strake, install annulars, replace wind •IVD SITE (T84)
girder. Replace annulars and bottom strake,
replace stringer type staircase.
•LOBP SITE (LUTK-413) •IVD SITE (T86)
Replace entire oor, annulars, bottom and top strake. Replace annulars and bottom strake.

•REFINERY (X224) 8
Replace annulars, repairs to top strake, repair stair-
case.

•REFINERY (X120)
Replace complete tank oor and annulars, repairs to
strake 1, API653 modi cations to various nozzles.

•REFINERY (X123)
Replace complete tank oor and annulars, repairs to
strake 1, API653 modi cations to various nozzles.

•REFINERY (X319)
Replace coned roof and last shell course including
curb angle, API653 modi cations to various nozzles.

LEGAL
COMPLIANCE

SYSTEMS

COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF:
•Safety
•Health
•Environment
•Quality
•Risk Management Systems
•ISO 9001:2015
•ISO 14001:2004
•OHSAS 18001:2007

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PROJECT
MANAGEMENT

STRENGTHS

PLANNING APPROACH
•Level 5 project Schedules.
•Resource histograms to clarify loading and
peaks.
•Long lead item tracking.
•S-curve projections to measure planned
verses actual.
•Critical path analysis and float time exposure
per activity.
•Daily tracking sheets on progress.

CASH FLOW FORECAST
•As per tender/contract structure.
•Monthly forecasts in line with project
progress planned.

RISK MANAGEMENT
•Inclement weather planning.
•Weightings and risk assessments on all show
stoppers.
•Mitigation and contingency planning.
•Impact schedules.
•Recovery planning to honour planned end
date.

RECOVERY OF LARGE PROJECTS
•The grid and zone approach is our unique way-
strategic execution.
•Prioritizing from the clients master schedule.
•Focus on critical priorities first.
•Outstanding construction bucket list with deadlines.
•Pre-commissioning snag/punch lists as scheduled
activities.
•Cold commissioning per grid/zone.
•High resources does not constitute efficiency.

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AFFILIATIONS
AND

COMPLIANCE

•ISO 9001/2015 certi ed by TRANSPACIF-
IC CERTIFICATIONS LTD
•Proudly graded LEVEL 1 BBBEE status
•Tankage maintenance (API653 certi ed
inspectors), new tank manufacture to
API650- certi ed inspectors in the petro-
chemical and pulp and paper industries.
•Durban chamber of commerce and
industry
•Constructional engineering assosiation
(South Africa)
•PMBOK - project manager
•MEIBC membership- South Africa

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WHY
DSES?

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT?
•We offer Project Management at no extra cost to the client.
•We understand what brings out the best in our employees and as a result our clients
benefit.
•We understand what a contractors needs are in order to produce high quality work.
•We take responsibility even where NEC excludes us.
•We interpret our clients needs according to their expectations.
•We plan on completing our projects in a shorter time frame and if it does not meet the
deadline we enter into a pain share gain share whereby we stand in partnership with
our clients so that it is in our best interest to meet project deadlines.
•We believe in cost verses change at the first phase of the project lifecycle whereby all
changes to design are made upfront before construction phase to minimize unplanned
costs.
•DSES partnering pledge- A clients problem is our problem and our problem is not a
clients problem.

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MEET THE TEAM

ACCOUNTS DFL WORK FORCE BUYING

SAFETY DEPT DRAUGHTSMAN QUALITY

SITE ADMIN CONTRACTS QUALITY

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ESTIMATION DEPT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

RECEPTION 13

TEAM WORK IS KEY
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DOME DIVISION

CORPORATE SOCIAL INVESTMENT

REGISTERED AND AUDITED
COMMERCIAL
Audited by in-house accountant Khanyisani Sikhosana
E-mail: [email protected]
Practice number: 29171
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Compant registered name: David Swartz Engineering
Services cc
Reg no. CK2008/165823/23 VAT no. 4650249446

AWARDS RECEIVED

DURBAN OFFICE:
295 Marine Drive
Bluff, Durban
Tel; 031 466 6227
E-mail: [email protected]
www.dses.co.za