Civil & structural engineering
Roads, stormwater, bulk services, reinforced concrete and structural steel — designed to be built, not just drawn.
Built environment consultants · est. 2015
Level 1 B-BBEE · 100% black youth owned
We take public infrastructure from concept to close-out.
Kago Built Environment Consultants is an engineering and project management firm working with municipalities, provincial departments and development finance institutions across South Africa — clinics, sports complexes, link routes, libraries and tourism facilities.
21Projects delivered
and under way
and under way
17Public and private
sector clients
sector clients
4Provinces
worked in
worked in
6Disciplines
in house
in house
1–7Work stages
covered
covered
2015Practising
since
since
Who we are
Kago means to build. That is the whole brief.
We are an integrated team of engineers, technicians, surveyors, quantity surveyors, occupational health and safety specialists and project managers. One firm carries the work from feasibility through to final account, so nothing gets lost in the handover between consultants.
Most of our clients are in the public sector, where budgets are fixed, procurement is scrutinised and communities are waiting. We plan for that from day one: buildable designs, defensible cost plans, and reporting that stands up to audit.
Our mission is straightforward — provide the best services and solutions to our clients, the communities they serve, and South Africa as a whole.
Standing and registrations
- B-BBEELevel 1 contributing entity, 100% black youth owned.
- ECSAEngineering Council of South Africa.
- SACAPSouth African Council for the Architectural Profession.
- SACPCMPCouncil for the Project and Construction Management Professions.
- SABTACOSouth African Black Technical and Allied Careers Organisation.
- CIDBRegistered for public sector procurement.
What we offer
Six disciplines, one accountable team.
Appoint us for a single service or for the full professional team. Either way you deal with one point of accountability.
Electrical & mechanical engineering
Reticulation, lighting, standby power, HVAC and wet services for public buildings and campuses.
Project & programme management
Multiple concurrent packages coordinated against one programme, one budget and one reporting line.
Quantity surveying
Cost planning, procurement documentation, valuations and final accounts — with the audit trail intact.
Occupational health & safety
Construction regulation compliance, safety files, site audits and environmental management planning.
Topographical & geotechnical survey
Site suitability established before design starts, so the ground conditions are a known quantity.
How we work
Stages 1 to 7,
start to close-out.
We are appointed across the full range of standard work stages. Engage us for the complete cycle, or for any single stage within it.
1
Inception
Establish the brief, the budget parameters and the site's real constraints.
2
Concept & viability
Test options against cost, programme and statutory requirements.
3
Design development
Develop the accepted concept into a coordinated, costed design.
4
Documentation & procurement
Tender documentation and a procurement process that survives scrutiny.
5
Contract administration
Supervise the works, certify payment, control quality and variation.
6
Close-out
Practical completion, defects liability, as-builts and operating manuals.
7
Final account
Reconcile and close the contract with a full, auditable record.
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Reporting you can table
Progress reporting written for the people who must defend the project — a council committee, an accounting officer, an auditor.
Project register
Work we have signed our name to.
Select a line to open the detail — client, location, scope and the disciplines we carried.
A full sports complex for Casteel, taken from design through construction. The facility gives the community a formal, maintainable venue for organised sport — playing surface, spectator provision, ablutions and supporting site infrastructure — built to be used every week, not only on opening day.
- Client
- Bushbuckridge Local Municipality
- Location
- Casteel, Mpumalanga
- Scope
- Design and construction
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
The planning, design development, procurement documentation and works supervision — work stages 1 to 7 — for new staff accommodation, dormitories, a conference centre and associated recreation amenities at Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, appointed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa on behalf of the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism.
Building inside a protected wetland reserve sets the terms: a light footprint, services that do not compromise the vlei, and a construction methodology written around the environmental authorisation.
- Client
- Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
- End user
- Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET)
- Location
- Nylsvlei Nature Reserve, Limpopo
- Scope
- Stages 1–7: planning, design development, procurement documentation, works supervision
- Disciplines
- Project management, civil & structural engineering, quantity surveying
Construction of a link route across two phases, connecting communities to the surrounding road network. Pavement layers stabilised and trimmed to level, kerbing and channel to both sides, stormwater reticulation, and a block paved carriageway chosen so the route can be maintained and repaired by the municipality with local labour rather than a specialist contractor.
The works were built with a substantial local labour component, with materials and methods selected to keep as much of the spend as possible inside the community the road serves.
- Client
- Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
- Location
- Mpumalanga
- Scope
- Construction, phases 1 and 2
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
On site — earthworks through to completion
A new primary healthcare clinic delivering consulting rooms, waiting areas and support facilities to a community that previously travelled for basic care.
- Client
- North West Department of Health
- Scope
- Construction
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering
A purpose-built archive building for Potchefstroom Hospital — controlled storage for patient records with the structural and environmental requirements that long-term retention demands.
- Client
- North West Department of Health
- Scope
- Design and construction
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering
A landmark gateway structure marking the entrance to Soweto — a piece of civic identity that also has to satisfy wind loading, foundation design and long-term maintenance.
- Client
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Scope
- Design and construction
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
Two multipurpose community centres delivered under one programme — halls, offices, multipurpose sports courts, spectator seating and public amenity space, managed to a shared budget and reporting cycle. Kago Built Environment Consultants is appointed as Principal Agent and Project Manager, coordinating the full professional team and the contractor across both sites.
- Client
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Location
- Kaalfontein and Matholesville, Gauteng
- Role
- Principal Agent and Project Manager
- Disciplines
- Project management
On site
Programme management of the fifth phase of the Jabulani precinct upgrade, coordinating construction packages within a live, occupied urban node.
- Client
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Disciplines
- Project management
Cost planning, procurement documentation and measurement for a public transport interchange facility serving commuters daily.
- Client
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Disciplines
- Quantity surveying
Electrical and mechanical services for a heritage civic building, where new installations have to sit inside an existing fabric without harming it.
- Client
- City of Johannesburg
- Disciplines
- Electrical & mechanical engineering
Electrical and mechanical engineering for a neighbourhood library — lighting, power and ventilation designed around how the building is actually occupied.
- Client
- City of Johannesburg
- Disciplines
- Electrical & mechanical engineering
Services engineering for inner city ranks — high-traffic public facilities that have to keep working through every stage of the upgrade.
- Client
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Disciplines
- Electrical & mechanical engineering
A new link route improving access and connectivity for the Mountain View community, delivered across two phases and funded through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant. Earthworks and formation, compacted pavement layers, kerbing and channel to both sides, stormwater, and a block paved carriageway.
The side drains were built as hand-packed stone pitching rather than cast concrete. It is slower, but it uses stone won on site, puts more of the contract value into local wages, and gives the municipality a channel that can be repaired panel by panel instead of replaced.
- Client
- Thembisile Hani Local Municipality
- Location
- Mountain View, Mpumalanga
- Funding
- Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG)
- Scope
- Construction, phases 1 and 2
- Role
- Project manager and consultant
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
On site — formation through to completion
Works supervision for the maintenance of road D1021, running from Mopani to Nzhelele Nature Reserve within Makhado Local Municipality. A rural provincial route where the maintenance window has to be managed around the traffic that keeps the corridor working.
- Client
- Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL)
- Location
- Makhado Local Municipality, Vhembe District, Limpopo
- Scope
- Works supervision
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
Township establishment for Matholesville Extensions 3 to 5, appointed under a task order from the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements — the engineering services layout, bulk and internal infrastructure planning that turns land into serviced, transferable residential stands.
The appointment covers 1,653 housing units over a 36-month programme. At that scale the work is as much about sequencing as design: services have to be in the ground, tested and accepted before top structures follow, and the layout has to survive the transfer and conveyancing process at the end of it.
- Client
- Gauteng Department of Human Settlements
- Location
- Matholesville, Gauteng
- Scale
- 1,653 housing units
- Programme
- 36-month appointment
- Scope
- Township establishment: planning, engineering services layout and infrastructure design
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
The existing corrugated culvert bridge on Alfred Kobi Street collapsed under flooding, cutting Wedela Extension 3 off from the D92. Kago Built Environment Consultants was appointed for the full professional scope — scoping, preliminary and detailed design, tender documentation, and construction supervision and management.
The site sits next to a gold mine, where the soils are acidic. We identified corrosion as the likely cause of the original culvert's failure, and specified cement and materials selected for corrosion resistance so the replacement does not fail the same way. The new structure is founded on a reinforced concrete raft 3.5 m below the existing road surface, built off dump-rock pioneer layers with concrete sheet piling and a temporary river diversion, because the base slab sits below the water table.
- Client
- Merafong City Local Municipality
- Location
- Wedela Extension 3, Carletonville, Gauteng
- Scope
- Scoping, preliminary and detailed design, tender documentation, construction supervision and management
- Bridge
- 80 rectangular portal culverts (8 × 10) on a 300 mm base slab; deck widened from 7 m to 8.4 m with shoulders, raised block-paved walkways and guardrails
- Roadworks
- 2,000 m rehabilitation and stormwater channel from the Alfred Kobi intersection to the bridge; 700 m reseal from the bridge to the D92
- Design basis
- TRH17 geometric, TRH4 pavement to class ES7 cemented over a 20-year life; stormwater to a 1:50 year return period
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
On site
Preparation and submission of a water use licence application (WULA) for Carletonville. Getting the authorisation right at the front end is what keeps a project out of trouble at the back end.
- Client
- Merafong City Local Municipality
- Location
- Carletonville, Gauteng
- Scope
- Water use licence application
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering
Occupational health and safety appointment on remedial works at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital. Remedial work in a live hospital is the hardest OHS environment there is: the building keeps treating patients while the contractor works around them.
- Client
- Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development
- Location
- Coronationville, Johannesburg
- Scope
- Occupational health and safety
- Disciplines
- Occupational health & safety
Replacement of unsafe school sanitation with permanent ablution facilities, rolled out across multiple sites under a single delivery programme.
- Client
- National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT)
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, project management
A municipal archive facility built to keep records secure, accessible and properly conditioned for the long term.
- Client
- Lephalale Local Municipality
- Disciplines
- Project management
Structural and services refurbishment across a working campus, phased so that teaching, staff and students keep moving through the buildings during the works.
- Client
- University of South Africa (Unisa)
- Disciplines
- Civil & structural engineering, electrical & mechanical engineering
Leadership
Led from the site,
not the boardroom.
Mr Mosimanekago Meshack Mokae
Managing Director · Pr CPM (SACPCMP) · Pr Tech Eng (ECSA)
Mr Mokae founded the firm in 2015 and leads it as Managing Director. He holds professional registration on both sides of the delivery equation — as a Professional Construction Project Manager with the SACPCMP and as a Professional Engineering Technologist with ECSA.
That dual registration is deliberate. It means our project management advice is grounded in engineering reality, and our engineering decisions are made with the programme, the contract and the client's budget in view. His technical specialisation is transportation engineering, and he is currently reading for a doctorate in civil engineering.
Qualifications
- MEngCivil Engineering (Transportation)
- B-TechCivil Engineering (Transportation)
- NDCivil Engineering
- PhDCivil Engineering — in progress
Registration
- Pr CPMProfessional Construction Project Manager, SACPCMP
- Pr Tech EngProfessional Engineering Technologist, ECSA
Clients
Who we answer to.
DBSA
Development Bank of Southern AfricaDevelopment financedbsa.org
BLM
Bushbuckridge Local MunicipalityMpumalangabushbuckridge.gov.za
LEDE
Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and TourismProvincial governmentledet.gov.za
THLM
Thembisile Hani Local MunicipalityMpumalangathembisilehani.gov.za
NDM
Nkangala District MunicipalityMpumalangankangaladm.gov.za
RAL
Roads Agency LimpopoState-owned entityral.co.za
MCLM
Merafong City Local MunicipalityGautengmerafong.gov.za
GDHS
Gauteng Department of Human SettlementsProvincial governmentgauteng.gov.za
GDID
Gauteng Department of Infrastructure DevelopmentProvincial governmentgauteng.gov.za
LLM
Lephalale Local MunicipalityLimpopolephalale.gov.za
NWDH
North West Department of HealthProvincial governmentnwhealth.gov.za
JDA
Johannesburg Development AgencyMunicipal entityjda.org.za
CJ
City of JohannesburgMetropolitan municipalityjoburg.org.za
USA
University of South AfricaHigher educationunisa.ac.za
NECT
National Education Collaboration TrustNationalnect.org.za
JCPZ
Johannesburg City Parks and ZooMunicipal entityjhbcityparks.com
MG
Mangete GroupPrivate sector
Professional bodies
Registered,
and accountable.
Our practice and our professional staff are registered with, or hold membership of, the statutory councils and voluntary associations that govern the built environment in South Africa.
ECSA
Engineering Council of South Africa
Statutory registration body for the engineering profession, and the only body that may confer professional engineering titles in South Africa.
ecsa.co.za SACPCMP SA Council for the Project and Construction Management ProfessionsStatutory council regulating construction project management and construction health and safety.
sacpcmp.org.za CIDB Construction Industry Development BoardStatutory body that regulates and grades contractors for public sector construction procurement.
cidb.org.za SAICE South African Institution of Civil EngineeringThe professional voluntary association for civil engineering practitioners in South Africa.
saice.org.za ACPM Association of Construction Project ManagersSACPCMP-accredited voluntary association for construction project management professionals.
acpm.co.za SABTACO SA Black Technical and Allied Careers OrganisationNational body advancing black professionals across the built environment and engineering fields.
sabtaco.org.zaFor supply chain and procurement officers
Everything you need
to evaluate us.
If you are compiling a bid evaluation or vetting us as a supplier, this is what you are looking for. Request the full compliance pack and we will send it the same working day.
TransformationLevel 1 B-BBEE
Maximum recognised procurement recognition level. 100% black owned, 100% black youth owned.
EntityKago Built Environment Consultants (Pty) Ltd
Registered 2015, formerly Kago Consulting Services. Active and in good standing.
ProfessionalECSA · SACPCMP · SACAP · SABTACO
Our directors and professional staff hold registration with the relevant statutory councils and voluntary associations.
ConstructionCIDB registered
Registered for public sector construction procurement. Grading confirmed on request.
CapacityStages 1–7, six disciplines
Appointed as sole consultant or as part of a wider professional team.
Track record21 projects · 4 provinces
Municipalities, provincial departments, development finance institutions and higher education.
Pack includes: B-BBEE certificate · CIDB registration · CSD registration · tax clearance · company registration documents · professional registration certificates · director CVs · letters of good standing.
Community and skills
The project ends.
The community stays.
A clinic, a link route or a sports complex is not a deliverable to us. It is something a community has to live with, use and maintain for decades.
That shapes technical decisions. We specify for the maintenance budget the client will actually have, not the one a glossy design assumes. We detail for local materials and local trades where it does not compromise the work. And we plan construction around the fact that a hospital keeps treating patients and a road keeps carrying traffic while we build.
It also shapes who does the work. We prioritise local labour and local subcontractors on the communities where our projects are built, and we develop candidate engineers, technologists and quantity surveyors inside the practice toward professional registration.
How this shows up on site
- 01Local labour and SMME subcontracting prioritised on every appointment.
- 02Candidate professionals mentored toward ECSA, SACQSP and SACPCMP registration.
- 03Designs specified against the client's real operating and maintenance capacity.
- 04Construction phased so live facilities keep operating throughout.
- 05Health, safety and environmental compliance treated as a deliverable, not a formality.
Careers
We hire people who want site boots, not just a desk.
Candidate engineers, technologists, quantity surveyors and construction health and safety agents — if you want exposure to the full project lifecycle rather than one slice of it, we would like to hear from you.
Send your CV and a short note on the work you want to do to admin@kagobuilt.co.za. We keep applications on file and come back to them when a post opens.
Send your CVWhat we look for
- 01Registration or a credible path to it with ECSA, SACQSP or SACPCMP.
- 02Comfort on site and in a client meeting on the same day.
- 03Writing that a municipal committee can read without a translator.
- 04Respect for the communities our projects are built for.
Get in touch
Tell us what you need built.
Briefs, tender enquiries, supplier registrations and general questions all come to the same inbox and get answered by a person.
- Call+27 (0) 12 640 4477
- Emailadmin@kagobuilt.co.za
- Visit26 Silwer Street, Lyttelton Manor,
Centurion, 0157 - Office hoursMonday to Friday, 08:00–17:00
Opens in your email app addressed to admin@kagobuilt.co.za.