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Jon Lijnes
Jon, formally dubbed as Jan Willem Marinus, has thirty-eight years of experience in the fields of water and other utility services engineering, Hydrology and stochastic, as well as other forms of modelling and currently runs a consulting practice from Noordhoek in Cape Town.
Jon has a good working association with a number of other Consulting Engineers with other specialist expertise and can offer a wider range of services than indicated below:
Primary Services Offered
- Conceptual Design
- Zero-Based Demand Modelling
- Services Demand Modelling
- Integrated Services Modelling
- Preliminary Feasibility Studies
- Bankable Feasibility Studies
- Model development
- Stochastic analysis
- Statistical analysis
- Hydrology Analysis
- Storm water Management Plans
- Hydraulic Analysis
- Pump-station design
- Master planning
Jon is the co-developer of the
CLAASSENS-LIJNES
WHO AM I?
Professional Registration:
Engineering Council of South Africa
Registration Number: 820417
Professional Membership:Engineering Council of South Africa
South African Council of Professional Engineers
Water Institute of Southern Africa (Fellow)
South African Hydrology Institute
Biography
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Jon Lijnes is currently practicing as a Professional consulting Engineer, specialising in water and other utility services, from his home in Noordhoek, Cape Town.
Jon was born in Pietermaritzburg, South
Africa on 6th August 1953 and grew
up and was schooled in East London, where he attended De La Salle College. He matriculated with a JMB Certificate in 1970, after which he spent a year in National Service in 1971.
He was admitted to the University of Cape Town to read a BSc. in Civil Engineering in 1972 and graduated in 1977, the day before he married his current life partner, Karin, who is a successful artist.
As the then Contracting company, Murray and Stewart had assisted Jon financially to obtain his degree, he worked for them for a year in Umtata (1978), where he held the post of Site Agent on an Industrial services project.
In 1979, Jon accepted an appointment by O’Connell Manthe and Partners as Resident Engineer on the Sterkspruit dam, where he worked and resided in Zastron until completion of the dam in 1981. His first Son was born in Zastron.
Upon completion of the dam, he moved to East London where he worked for O’Connell Manthe and Partners until 1984, working on various projects, including hydroelectric schemes, water supply projects, a number of dams and irrigation schemes. His second son was born in East London in 1982. Jon obtained professional registration in 1982.
In 1984, he moved to Pietersburg (Polokwane) to join Eksteen, van der Walt and Nissen and became an associate with them in 1985. His work experience there was with water supply and sewage projects, including 4 large dams. In 1986 Jon moved to Pretoria and Eksteen van der Walt and Nissen split into 2 companies. Jon joined EVN Consulting Engineers who changed their name to BIGEN Africa, where he became a Director. With Bigen Africa, Jon was responsible for and carried out feasibility studies, detailed design and construction implementation of numerous water supply, sewage and dam projects with his team. |
In 2000, he left BIGEN Africa to move to Cape Town with the intent of early retirement. After 6 months, he became bored with this idea and upon request by PD Naidoo and Associates, assisted them to establish and strengthen the water division in their newly established Cape Town office for 6 months. He was then approached by BIGEN Africa to provide specialist input on some water projects, which initiated a long relationship with them in this manner up to the present day.
In 2002, he became involved with a new initiative launched by Tian Claassens of BIGEN Africa to attempt to rationalise and improve the process to finance bulk water and utility projects. Together with Tian, he developed the necessary software to enable stochastically based risk analysis and demand modelling of utility services. This joint work resulted in the development of the Claassens- Lijnes Demand Estimate Instrument.
Jon also currently provides specialist services to a number of other Consulting Engineering companies, as well as private developers and municipalities in the fields of Water and other utility services as well as the Civil Engineering surface infrastructure for mines.
Jon Lijnes is a specialist in wet services and water supply (bulk and reticulation) and has extensive experience in all other aspects of water and utility services engineering. He has been intimately involved and responsible for the project management, design and construction supervision of water supply and services related projects to the value of over US$ 500 million. In addition, he has been responsible for the project management, design, construction and supervision of canals, pump stations, sewerage and water treatment works, hydrological studies, dams, irrigation schemes as well as township services.
Jon has, together with Tian Claassens, developed a methodology over the period since 2002, using stochastic techniques to model growth and development as well as demands for various utility services such as water and sewage, electrical supply etc.
He is currently operating a consulting practice from Noordhoek, |
WHAT CAN I DO?
Primary Services Offered
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WHAT IS MY EXPERIENCE?
| Name of Company | Jon Lijnes Pr. Eng. |
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| Designation | Sole Proprieter |
| Profession | Professional Civil Engineer |
| Date of Birth | 6 August 1953 |
| Nationality | South African / Ireland |
| Professional registration |
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Profile
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Jon Lijnes is a specialist in wet services and water supply (bulk and reticulation) and has extensive experience in all other aspects of water and utility services engineering. He has been intimately involved and responsible for the project management, design and construction supervision of water supply and services related projects to the value of over US$ 500 million. In addition, he has been responsible for the project management, design, construction and supervision of canals, pump stations, sewerage and water treatment works, hydrological studies, dams, irrigation schemes as well as township services.
Jon has, together with Tian Claassens, developed a methodology over the period since 2002, using stochastic techniques to model growth and development as well as demands for various utility services such as water and sewage, electrical supply etc. Jon has thirty-eight years of experience, four of which have been in Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi and Nigeria. He is currently operating a consulting practice from Noordhoek, Cape Town. |
Employment
(overview)
| July 2006 to date | Jon Lijnes Pr. Eng. |
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| Jon Lijnes Pr. Eng. | Sole Proprietor (Pr. Eng., PMP) |
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Surface Mining Infrastructure Planning 2010 - Present Provision of Consulting services for Concept stage, Pre-Feasibility stage and Bankable Feasibility stages for the surface Infrastructure requirements for several coal mines, including the development of stochastic water balance models for the full mining processes.
Cumulative Project Value : R1.1 Billion Bulk Water Infrastructure Planning 2010 - 2011 Provision of Consulting services as input to various water supply projects for Afri-Infra as well as providing training to technical staff.
Cumulative Project Value : R2.7 Million Bulk Water Infrastructure Planning 2009 - 2010 Provision of Consulting services as input to the Oudtshoorn water supply project to provide water from the Deep Aquifer Underground source, working in close collaboration with Umvoto and development, pre-feasibility and Feasibility studies on the greater Oudtshoorn Water supply system.
Cumulative Project Value : R185 Million Bulk Water Infrastructure Planning 2005 - Present Provision of Consulting services as input to various large scale water supply projects, working in close collaboration with BIGEN Africa Project Directors and development of water system models and Bulk Infrastructure scoping on :
Hydrological Analysis
Cumulative Projects Value : R7,5 Billion Set up and develop Cape Town Office for BIGEN Africa on contract basis 2005 - 2006
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| 2000 - 2006 | 3. Pula Engineering (Pty) Ltd |
| Responsibilities | Sole Proprietor of Pula Engineering (Pty) Ltd. |
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Technical and management support to P.D. Naidoo & Associates in Cape Town on various projects including: 2001 - 2002
Sub Consultant to BIGEN Africa performing function of Project Leader of an international multi-disciplinary team on a Weir/Measuring Structure on the Komati River near Komati Poort in Mozambique.
Project Value : R12,0 Million 2001 – 2002 Specialist sub Consultant to BIGEN Africa on conceptual planning and feasibility of upgrading of water supply to Tshwane north and Hammanskraal areas. 2002 – ongoing Specialist Sub-Consultant to BIGEN Africa on the conceptual, master planning and technical aspects of the Temba Roodeplaat Water project.
Project Value : R600 Million 2002 – ongoing Specialist advisor and project facilitation to BIGEN Africa on the rehabilitation of the water supply to Ilorin in the Kwara State in Nigeria.
Project Value : R300 Million 2003 – 2004 Technical advice and management assistance to the rehabilitation of the water supply systems and water loss management to the City of Mzuzu in Malawi
Project Value : R200 Million 2002 – 2003 Technical advisor and specialist input to the Moretele District Municipality Water Master plan for the Moretele Consulting Consortium. 2004 – Ongoing Technical and specialist services to BIGEN Africa with development proposals regarding various self-financing limited recourse bulk water supply and bulk sewage projects such as Buffalo City and Cape Town. 2003 - Ongoing |
| 1996 to 2000 | 4. Bigen Africa Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd (Director) |
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Design and Tender Documentation
i. Pump station, abstraction facilities and water pipeline to Spago Dam
Project Value : R5,0 Million 1998 – 1999 ii. Bulk Irrigation Infrastructure to Tenbosch and Kaalrug
Project Value : R17,0 Million 1999 – 2000 Northern Province BOTT (Build Operate Train and Transfer) BIGEN AFRICA is acting as service provider of water infrastructure to the Northern Province on behalf of the Department of Water of Water Affairs and Forestry. Responsible for tendering and key role player in establishment of systems and operational structure, certification and accounting systems, project management processes, design and ISD components. Subsequent and current Director of Metsico responsible for support, shareholder board member, service provider for design, project management and ISD.
Project Value : R100,0 Million/annum 1997 – 2000 Pumpstations Pumpstations to Hammanskraal West Township development
Project Value : R4,0 Million 1999 – 2000 Sewage Treatment Works Project leader, responsible for project management and design tendering, capacity building and construction supervision on the Phase I extension to Temba Sewage Treatment Plant.
Project Value : R20,4 Million 1997 – 1999 Phase II and III extensions to Temba Sewage Treatment Plant
Project Value : R35,0 Million 1999 – 2000 Water Supply Moretele 1 water supply scheme, Phase II providing reticulated water to 300,000 people.
Project Value : R62,0 Million 1996 – 1998 Moretele 1 water supply scheme, Phase IV, providing reticulated water to 200,000 people.
Project Value : R12,0 Million 1994 to 1996 - Senior Associate Canals Investigation of and preliminary design of upgrading the existing Roodeplaat canal to increase capacity by 30 Ml/day. This work was done as part of the development proposals for the Moretele 1 Water Supply Scheme.
Project Value : R1,5 Million 1994 General Moretele Region community participation projects.
Project Value : R3,0 Million 1995 – 1997 Pipelines and Reticulation Moretele 1 Water Supply Scheme - RPD Presidential Project
Project Value : R60,5 million 1994 – 1996 Pump Stations Booster pump station and elevated tower – Ramotse
Project Value : R0,7 Million 1995 Kudube dam pump station : Incorporating special measures to account for high water table and deep highly active clays – Moretele.
Project Value : R3,0 million 1994 Treatment Works Kudube water treatment works : 10 Ml/day
Project Value : R12,0 Million 1994 1993 to 1994 – Associate Hydrology Flood line study for the phase II and III development of Selebi Phikwe in Botswana. The 1:5, 1:10, 1:20 and 1:50 years flood lines were estimated based on rainfall data. Hydrology input was provided.
Project Value : R0,1 Million 1993 Pipelines and Reticulation Moretele command reservoirs
Project Value : R6,0 Million 1993 Reticulation to rural settlements in Moretele
Project Value : R10,0 million 1993 Pump Stations Kudube treatment works pump station
Project Value : R4,0 Million 1993 BIGEN AFRICA Consultants (Botswana) 1991 to 1994 – Director Pipelines and Reticulation Atteridgeville : Water reticulation upgrading; western extensions trunk mains and reservoirs.
Project Value : R23,0 Million 1992 Rehabilitation of 800 mm FC pump main.
Project Value : R3,0 Million 1992 Pump Stations Atteridgeville western extensions - sewage pump station.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1991 Township Services Technical assistance on various projects based in Gaborone, Botswana. Including: feasibility study and preliminary design of civil infrastructure for Hody Estates (Botswana) comprising 125 residential units, over an area of 30 ha for full engineering services.
Project Value : R0,2 Million 1992 Technical input for feasibility study and preliminary design for the water related aspects of residential developments on portion 143 of the farm Content in Botswana, comprising a total of 41 residential plots.
Project Value : R3,0 Million 1992 Water Supply Atteridgeville water supply scheme and bulk services.
Project Value : R6,0 Million |
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| 1984 to 1993 | 5. Eksteen, Van der Walt & Nissen (Pty) Ltd |
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Dams
Taung Dam - Taung District former Bophuthatswana : Assistance with feasibility report and preliminary design relating to hydrology, hydraulics as well as the usage of water imported via the canal from the existing Vaalharts irrigation scheme. The interconnection of releases with the existing dams in the area as well as importation of water from the Orange River were investigated. International agreement between the former Bophuthatswana and RSA for the allocation of water and cross border transfer were agreed.
Project Value : R30 Million 1989 Eerstepoort (Molatedi) Dam: Member of design team on the Molatedi dam specifically relating to items such as hydrology, irrigation, demands, hydraulics, and spillway design. Served on the working group which led to the Tswasa water agreement between the former Bophuthatswana, RSA and Water Utilities Corporation of Botswana.
Project Value : R30,0 Million 1988 Tswasa Abstraction Weir: Detailed design and supervision of construction of the Tswasa Scheme Abstraction Weir on the Marico river. This weir was designed to cater for full flood bypass without affecting flood lines upstream of the structure using automatically, controlled hydraulic gates.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1988 Dap Naude Dam: As part of the dam safety evaluation exercise was brought into force during 1987. Full hydrological analysis relating to dam safety was completed. This included re-evaluation of the floods and the suitability of the structure to cater for such floods. This dam is a primary water source for the town of Pietersburg in the former Northern Transvaal.
Project Value : R0,2 Million 1987 Rembander Dam - Venda: The Rembander Dam is situated approximately 50 km west of Thohoyandou and was proposed as an irrigation and primary water supply storage structure. The feasibility study for this dam as well as the preliminary design was completed.
Project Value : R12,0 Million 1985 Canals Eerstepoort/Tswasa Water Scheme: Preliminary design and feasibility study for the Tswasa main feeder canals northwards along the Marico river to the proposed irrigation scheme.
Project Value : R4,5 Million 1988 Irrigation Eerstepoort Irrigation Scheme: Member of project team for feasibility study of the Eerstepoort irrigation scheme comprising 3 500 ha of irrigation from the Molatedi dam. This proposed project included pumping out of the Molatedi dam basin onto the banks of the Marico river via canal and pipeline systems.
Project Value : R23,0 Million 1989 Radoo Irrigation: Member of project team which completed the preliminary feasibility and preliminary design of the Radoo irrigation scheme in Gazankulu. Project Value : R5,0 Million 1986 Rembander Irrigation Bulk Supply: The bulk supply feasibility and preliminary design for the irrigation scheme adjacent to the proposed Rembander dam.
Project Value : R5,0 Million 1985 Pipelines and Reticulation Tswasa Water Scheme: Feasibility and detailed design as well as supervision of construction of the Tswasa scheme pump stations comprising low lift pump station out of the river and high lift pumping to a balancing reservoir feeding Gaborone.
Project Value : R3,0 Million 1988 Pump Stations Shatale Water Supply : Pump station on the Mohlombo river approximately 500 meters downstream of the proposed Zoeknog dam to pump water from natural low river flow to the town for primary water supply via a treatment works.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1985 Water Supply Tswasa water supply scheme, comprising all infrastructure to supply water to Gaborone in Botswana from the Eerstepoort Dam
Project Value : R10,0 Million 1989 Giyani District water supply - Gazankulu: The planning and detailed route determination of pipelines to the Giyani District.
Project Value : R20,0 Million 1985 Shatale Town water reticulation upgrading.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1985 Various water supply schemes and hydrology in Gazankulu, Lebowa and Venda.
Project Value : R20,0 Million 1985 1984 to 1985 - Senior Professional Engineer Dams Centenary Dam: Kei Mouth : This dam provides the main water supply to the town of Kei Mouth to the Kei river in the Eastern Cape Region of RSA.
Project Value : R4,0 Million 1984 Klein Letaba Dam - Gazankulu: Feasibility study for the construction of the Klein Letaba Dam in Gazankulu to augment the water supply to the Giyani district. The project entailed hydrological studies as well as confirmation of the hydrology of the existing Middle Letaba dam and Hudson Ntsanwisi dam. All three dams are situated on the Letaba river system in the former Eastern Transvaal of RSA. Data generated by the “Pitman” model was used to simulate the combined yields of the three dams in order to attain optimum sizing of the proposed Klein Letaba Dam. The projects included the evaluation and quantification of all demands including the irrigation scheme to be provided in the area.
Project Value : R20,0 Million 1984 Water Supply Kei Mouth water supply.
Project Value : R3,0 Million |
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| 1979 to 1984 | O’Connell, Manthe & Partners (Pty) Ltd |
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Canals
Ncora Hydro-electrical Project Feeder Canal: Engineer on the feasibility, detailed design and supervision of construction of the Ncora hydro-electric project of which the Ncora feeder canal comprised a large portion.
Project Value : R6,0 Million 1982 Dams Binfield Park Dam – Ciskei: Preliminary field investigations and location of site. Assistance with hydrology and hydraulics for spillway and outlet structures.
Project Value : R32,0 Million 1983 Glenbrock Dam - Ciskei: Seconded to the Ciskei Government for supervision and site control of the construction of Ciskei Government teams for the departmentally constructed dam. This dam consisted of a 200 m long wall and 20 m high earth fill structure with open cut side spillway.
Project Value : R3,5 Million 1981 Sterkspruit Dam: Transkei : Resident engineer for construction of Sterkspruit dam which comprises a mass gravity section concrete wall of some 400 m long and 42 m high with associated inlet and outlet works.
Project Value : R15,0 Million 1980 General Feasibility study of the Fraser falls hydro-electric project in Transkei.
Project Value : R30,0 Million 1981 Hydro-electric projects included the Ncora hydro-electric scheme and the Ncora conveyance portion of the Collywobbles hydro-electric projects.
Project Value : R23,0 Million 1981 Irrigation Glenbrock Midford, Ntaba-Temba I irrigation Scheme in the Ciskei : Seconded to the Ciskei Department of Agriculture and Forestry in control of the developments and infrastructure for the irrigation schemes.
Project Value : R5,0 Million 1981 Pump Stations Thornhill Pump Station: Umtata : Responsible for detailed design and supervision of the Thornhill water pump station to provide water to an elevated point for the distribution to Umtata and environs in the Transkei.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1980 Township Services Aliwal North township in the Eastern Cape: detailed design of full township services as part of a design team.
Project Value : R32,0 Million 1979 Treatment Works Nciyaville treatment works and water supply in the Ciskei.
Project Value : R2,0 Million 1983 Water Supply Aliwal North township water reticulation.
Project Value : R15,0 Million 1983 Engcobo, Umtata, Thabankulu water supply schemes.
Project Value : R10,0 Million 1982 Herschel water supply scheme phases II, III and IV.
Project Value : R35,0 Million 1982 Transkei domestic water supply schemes.
Project Value : R40,0 Million |
Education
| University of Cape Town | 1972 – 1977 | BSc. Civ.Eng |
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| Languages | Speak | Read | Write |
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| English | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Afrikaans | Good | Excellent | Fair |
| Netherlands | Good | Fair | Average |
MY TOOLS
EXCEL
Jon is highly proficient in Excel and has developed numerous models and advanced coding in VBA. Jon is also proficient in the use of the Excel add-on @Risk suite and also uses this extensively for:
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CLAASSENS-LIJNES
As co-developer of this instrument, Jon is completely proficient with this instrument.
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