The Mukona Group is an accredited Level 1 B-BBEE South African-owned engineering company providing turnkey geotechnical engineering services to the mining, public and private sectors.
Having invested heavily in skills and equipment, the Group is able to offer specialised solutions for small to large geotechnical projects.
The Mukona Group opened its doors in 2017 as a general civil and geotechnical engineering consulting firm. Today the Group employs around 150 people and is split into three key divisions: Mukona Consulting Engineers, Mukona Geotechnics, and Mukona In Situ.*
MUKONA IN SITU With the introduction of the new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), Mukona In Situ has found itself hard at work assisting mines with geotechnical in-situ testing to ensure they comply with the latest standards.
The division was started in 2019 in partnership with UKbased company In Situ Site Investigation and offers geotechnical and geo-environmental site investigation, specialising in cone penetration testing (CPTu) techniques, pressure meter testing, electric vane shear testing, cone resistivity testing, MOSTAP sampling and flat dilatometer with seismic testing (SDMT) to characterise the in-situ state of the ground.
The division works extensively in the mining and civil engineering industry, providing specialised testing services for many of South Africa’s large mining and consulting engineering companies. It has also worked on a variety of projects in Southern Africa, East Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
“The Mukona In Situ division has invested heavily in highquality, cutting-edge technologies and equipment which, combined with highly skilled and trained field staff, quick response times and quality reporting, provide our clients with accurate and reliable data, ensuring we meet each client’s unique service requirements,” says Solly Phalanndwa, Mukona Group’s Founder and Managing Director.
SAIECE – Civil Engineering (May 2023)