Projects Completed by Us
Recorded below are the selected more noteworthy project, program and portfolio management projects implemented to date by Marinus H Coetsee as Projects Manager/Managing Director and/or by The UNIVERSAL Project Management Company.
Customer names, monetary values and detailed scope can be made available on request
1. Project Management of Project MayfairAucklandParkTraining – The establishment of three Training Excellence Centers and real life telecommunications training subscriber areas for Telkom to provide practical training and experience for approximately 2,000 Telkom Pupil Electricians and Technicians per year; all disciplines – subscribers plant (installation and maintenance), underground cables, test desk, exchange equipment, carrier and transmission, aerial cable construction, stores and vehicle fleet management. Integration to the work place, etiquette, code of ethics, driving skills, quality, health and safety and other practical training courses were developed and presented to Learners – 1984 to 1986
2. Project Management of Project Ebbehout – Multi Million Rand Digital MW Radio Tail Links and transmission systems for the Tropospheric Scatter Network for a Defence Force – 1981 to 1985
3. Project Management of Project Pullet – Multi Billion Rand, Multi-Dicipline, First Digital MW Radio Network for an Air force – 1981 to 1985
4. Project Management of Project Marnet – Multi Million Rand, Multi-Discipline Radio Communications Network for a Defence Force to project people living in remote areas – with many sites being build by helicopter – 1984 to 1990
5. Project Management of Project BobB – Supply, installation, commissioning and training of Satellite terminal ground stations and professional satellite communications equipment for a Broadcast Operator – 1985
6. Project Management of Project Pelindaba – Automation of a plant at a Uranium Enrichment Facility, including the training of staff – 1986 to 1988
7. Project Management of Project Divorce1 – Building of Multi-Discipline Remoting Radar and an Associated Microwave Radio Network for a Missile Test Range – 1990 to 1992
8. Project Management of Project Divorce2 – Building of a Multi-Discipline Transportable Radar, Tracking and Associated Microwave Radio Network for a Missile Test Range 1990 to 1992
9. Project Management of Project Transk – Building of a complete Multi-Discipline Fixed Line Telecommunications Network for a Telecommunications Operator 1986 to 1990
10. Project Management of Project Josini – Building of a complete Multi-Discipline aerial telecommunications and power line route for a Defence Force – 1988
11. Project Management of Project BobT – Building of a complete Multi-Discipline Fixed Line Telecommunications Network for a Telecommunications Operator 1982 to 1988
12. Project Management of Project Cisk – Building of a complete Multi-Discipline Fixed Line Telecommunications Network for a Telecommunications Operator – 1986 to 1992
13. Project Management of Project PAFB1 – Building of a new runway for an airport with a complete electrical and telecommunications infrastructure -1989 to 1991
14. Project Management of Project PAFB2 – Building of a complete Mult-Discipline Fixed Line telecommunications Network for an Air force at a number of Airfoce Bases – 1989 to 1992
15. Project Metal – Multi Million Rand Multi-Discipline Digital MW Radio Network connecting South Africa and Namibia – 1989 to 1992
16. Project Management of Project JESA – Reorientation and realignment of a number of 9.1 meter Satellite Receive Earth Stations and one 9.1 meter Satellite Transmit Earth Station to accommodate the redeployment of orbiting satellites – 1990
17. Project Management of Project PDH – Training of more than four hundred Eskom Engineers on Microwave Radio Engineering, Frequency Planning, Antenna Engineering, Strip-line Technology and Design, PCM, HO Mux, Latest Technology PDH and SDH Digital Microwave Radio, etc – 1991 to 1993
18. Project Management of Project Million-Line1 – Training of more than one hundred Telkom Engineers on Microwave Radio Engineering, Frequency Planning, Antenna Engineering, Strip-line Technology and Design, PCM, HO Mux, Latest DECT Technology and Point-to-Multi-Point Rural Microwave Radio Equipment – 1993
19. Project Management of Project Transtel – Training of more than one hundred Transtel Engineers on Microwave Radio Engineering, Frequency Planning, Antenna Engineering, Strip-line Technology and Design, PCM, HO Mux, Latest Technology PDH and SDH Digital Microwave Radio and Fiber Optic Transmission Equipment, Introduction to Fiber Optic Cable and Systems and Low capacity Digital Microwave Radio Equipment – 1994
20. Project Management of Project Million-Line2 – Training of more than four hundred Telkom and Telkom’s contractor Engineers on PDH Digital Microwave Radio, and Point-to-Multi-Point Rural Microwave Radio – 1994 to 1995
21. Project Management of Project SPTC – Multi Million Rand, Multi-Discipline, First Digital MW Radio Network for a the Telecommunications Operator in Swaziland – 1991 to 1994
22. Project Management of Project BTC – Multi Million Rand, First Digital MW Radio Network for Telecommunications Operator in Botswana – 1992
23. Project Management of Project Transtel – Multi Million Rand, Multi-Discipline, First Digital MW Radio Network for Transtel in South Africa -1994
24. Project Management of Project Elections 1994 – Received Chairman’s Merit Awards from Plessey Tellumat and NEC and Marubeni of Japan for heading the project and contract management and roll-out of thousands of rural microwave radio telecommunications systems for the first democratic elections in South Africa (1994); also supplied telephone lines to voting stations and hundreds of rural schools; completed the elections project within a record period of 36 weeks – 1993 to 1995
25. Project Management of Project MajorGeneral -Training of senior staff members of the a Defence Force on the basic concepts of all feasible telecommunication solutions – 1996
26. Project Management of Project 702 & Radio Bop – Supply and install of specialized broadcast Microwave Radio for Independent Broadcaster – 1996
27. Project Management of Project De Beers – Design, supply, training and implementation of a multi-discipline, turnkey -Microwave Radio Backbone Network, Point to Multipoint Radio Communications Network, Satellite Earth Stations and TV distribution facilities for De Beers Mines for two mining towns – 1996
28. Project Management of Project MaurAP – Upgrading of radio communication facilities for an International Airport, including supply, installation and commissioning of electronic equipment and the manufacture and erection of support structures – 1996
29. Project Management of Project LHDA – The Design, Supply, Construction, Operation and Training of a Digital Microwave Radio and Point to Multi-Point radio network with LAN’s for the Telecommunications Operator in Lesotho – 1996
30. Project Management of Project SAAHF – Integration, training and installation of HF radio and control systems – 1996
31. Project Management of Project Telkom – Design, installation, training and commissioning of hundreds of Km’s of fiber and copper cable systems – 1997
32. Project Management of Project MaurTel – Application design, fabrication and erection of towers and fencing systems including civil, electronic and electrical works – 1997
33. Project Management of Project Algeria – Prototype development, manufacture and delivery of hundreds of purpose to task specialized passive cooling containerized system housings for Marubeni in Japan – 1997
34. Project Management of Project CODESA – Design, development, fabrication and erection of a V-Sat Network – 1997
35. Project Management of Project Jupiter – Turnkey implementation of microwave and ground to air communication air band systems incorporating design and implementation of all electrical, electronic, mechanical, structural and civil aspects. Access to sites for construction via helicopter – 1998
36. Design, supply maintain and operate Multi-Discipline, Turnkey V-Sat Network for TEBA Bank in South Africa and across borders to Mozambique, Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe – 1997 to 2004
37. Project Management of the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a Multi-Discipline, Turnkey Switching Network for the Airforce in Zimbabwe – 1992
38. Project Management of Project Zain – Turnkey design of infrastructures, including buildings and power systems, and provision of design, installation and commissioning for the placement of cellular service in DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia and Nigeria – 1993 to 2006
39. Project Management of Project MAURT – Design, supply and erection of 15 x 35 meter high Towers for the Mauritius Telecommunications Operator. Structures were designed to survive cyclonic wind conditions of up to 300 km/hr – 1996 to 1999
40. Project Management of Project ANG – Turnkey design and implementation of Telecommunications Infrastructure in Angola – 1998
41. The upgrade and the extension of the height of 14 Towers for the Mauritius Telecommunications Operator – 1999
42. Project Management of the CDMA specification design for the Mauritius Telecommunications Operator – 1996
43. Contract and Project Management of the Roll-Out and Training of staff for a Multi-Discipline, Multi-Billion Dollar Microwave Radio Network throughout China – 1984 to 1992
44. Design and supply of turnkey SDH Fibre Optic Network for Mauritius Telecom – 1998
45. Supply of more than two hundred DECT masts to Telkom – 1996 to 1998
46. Project Management of the establishment of a Computer Manufacturing Facility for Compaq, HP and Acer in South Africa -1999 to 2010
47. The Supply and Operation of a Digital Microwave Radio Network for the Lesotho Telecommunications Operator – 1996 to 2000
48. Network engineering and planning for MSI/Zain in Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya – 1996-2000
49. Project Management of Project Time Telekom – Driving all the contracts for the implementation of a complete/turn-key Terrestrial and Undersea Fibre-Optic Transmission and associated Telecommunications Network in Malaysia with a budget of more than 2 billion US $. Key activities were the leading of a team comprising of more than 60 members of contract, procurement, programme management, project management, training and quality assurance staff; working in cooperation with an Australian team in Operations and Training, an American team in Network Engineering and Planning, and a Malaysian team in Contracts, Procurement, Implementation, Site Acquisition, Outsourcing and Project Management. Notable Achievements:- Successfully navigated the obstacles and challenges of a foreign legal and contract environment with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams; Gained valuable experience in the Malaysian empowerment strategy (Bahasa Bumi Putra Malay Empowerment System), similar to the South African BEE concept; Trained more than two hundred local Bahasa Malay Bumi Purta staff members to take over positions held by expatriates in a so called “Buddy®” System – 1995 to 1996
50. The Project Management of the supply, installation and commissioning of more than 1000 Low Capacity Digital Microwave Radio Terminals for Telkom – 1998 to 2002
51. Project Management of Project UGAND – Turnkey provision of infrastructure for GSM Cellular Operator in Uganda – 2000
52. Project Management of Project MSC KENYA – Turnkey provision of MSC facilities for GSM operator in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
53. Project Management of the Bid Preparation for the Third Cellular Network in South Africa – Kaluma 084, NextCom, MSI – 1999
54. Project Management of Project SAPS Billion Rand TETRA – Contract Manager and Project Director for SAPS Billion Rand multi discipline TETRA contract. Responsibilities included assisting the Alcom Matomo Systems and Motorola consortium with legal, contractual, commercial and technical management as well as with marketing and bid preparation work – 2001 to 2002
55. Project Management of Project SAPS NERA – Multi Million Rand, Multi-Discipline First Digital MW Radio Network for SAPS in South Africa
56. Project Management of Project GSM KENYA – Turnkey provision of GSM sites in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
57. Project Management of Project ZAM1 – Design, manufacture and supply of specialized camouflaged antenna support structures in Zambia – 2010
58. Project Management of Project ZAM2 – Design, build, ship and erect camouflage structures for cellular infrastructure in Zambia – 2011
59. Project Management of Project KEN – Design, manufacture and supply of specialized camouflaged antenna support structures in Kenya – 2010
60. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Turnkey provision of Infrastructure – 2010 to 2011
61. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect GSM Greenfield Sites on a turnkey basis to expand the GSM network in Kenya. – 2010 to 2011
62. Project Management of Equipment Vendor1 for Cellular Operator2, Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect GSM Greenfield Sites on a turnkey basis to expand the GSM network in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
63. Project Management of Equipment Vendor1 for Cellular Operator3, Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect GSM Greenfield Sites on a turnkey basis to expand the GSM network in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
64. Project Management of Internet Service Provider in Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect Wireless Internet Greenfield Sites on a turnkey basis to expand the Wireless Internet network in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
65. Project Management of Equipment Vendor2, Kenya – GSM Site Upgrades – 2010 to 2011
66. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – GSM roll-out in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
67. Project Management of Project SAPS Billion Rand TETRA – Contract Manager and Project Director for SAPS Billion Rand multi discipline TETRA contract. Responsibilities included assisting the Integcomm, SAAB Grintek Technologies and EADS consortium with legal, contractual, commercial and technical management and due diligence as well as with marketing and bid preparation work – 2006 to 2008
68. Assisted Integcomm and group companies with business development in energy efficient and standby power products – 2007
69. Tasked to assist to defend the a High Court Action against SAPS; won with all costs paid by opponent – 2008
70. Created a TETRA Training Academy in conjunction with Nokia/EADS/SAPS/NELSON MANDELA Metropolitan University to enable TETRA training from certificate to PhD level – 2008 to 2009
71. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – GSM roll-out in Kenya – 2009 to 2011
72. Project Management of Internet Service Provider2, Kenya – Design and erect platform for communications satellite dish in Kenya – 2010
73. Project Management of Power Utility in Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect communications towers to establish a network in Kenya – 2010 to 2011
74. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Installation of 3G Sites to expand the network in Western Kenya – 2010 to 2011
75. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Design and construct sites to expand the Overhead Power Ground Wire (OPGW) network in Kenya – 2010
76. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Structural Analysis and Tower Rehabilitation works on existing towers for additional equipment loading – 2010 to 2011
77. Project Management of Cellular Operator1 with Equipment Vendor3, Kenya – Installation of 3G Sites to expand the network in Western Kenya – 2010 to 2011
78. Project Management of Cellular Operator1, Zambia – Design and supply of 6 specialized 50 meter tree camouflaged towers for use in Zambia’s National Parks – 2011
79. Project Management of University Education Internet Network, Kenya – Design, supply, construct and erect Wireless Internet Greenfield Sites on a turnkey basis to expand the Wireless Internet network for the Universities in Kenya – 2011
80. Project Management of Green Power Maintenance for Flexenclosure and for Cellular Operator1, Kenya – Wind-Turbine, Solar Power, Generator Green Power Maintenance in Kenya – 2011
81. Project Management of Green Power Maintenance, Flexenclosure, Cellular Operator4, Kenya – Wind-Turbine, Solar Power, Generator Green Power Maintenance in Kenya – 2011
82. Project Management of Large Switching and Data Centre Building for Flexenclosure and Cellular Operator1, Sudan – Large Switching and Data Centre Building for Cellular Operator in Khartoum, Sudan – 2011
83. Project Management of NSN project for Cellular Operator4 in Kenya – New and Swap 2G Survey, Installation, Commissioning and Integration in Kenya – 2011
84. Project Management of NSN project in Uganda – New and Swap 2G Survey, Installation, Commissioning and Integration in Uganda – 2011
85. Project Management of NSN project in Zambia – New and Swap 2G Survey, Installation, Commissioning and Integration in Zambia – 2011
86. Project Management of building a Training Excellence Centre for Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in Kenya – Construct, Supply and Manage a Training Excellence Centre, inclusive of Theoretical Room, Practical Room and Model Site with tower in Nairobi, Kenya – this allowed the training of more than 600 technicians per year on new GSM Technology – 2010 to 2012
87. Project Management of ZTE from China project for Cellular Operator4 in Kenya – New and Swap 3G Survey, Installation, Commissioning and Integration in Kenya – 2011
88. Project Management of the Construction of a Project Training Excellence Centre for ZTE of China in Kenya – Construct, Supply and Manage a Training Excellence Centre inclusive of Theoretical Room, Practical Room and Model Site with tower in Nairobi, Kenya – this facility made the training of more than 100 technicians per year, on new GSM Technology, possible – 2010 to 2011
89. Project Management of Project TTraining – the training of more than 100 Drive Test and Network Engineers for Triopt Africa and Triopt Germany – 2011 to 2012
90. Project Management of Drive Test EngineeringNSNVodacomTriopt – Drive Test Engineering in Durban, Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth for NSN and Vodacom – 2011-2012
91. Turnaround of Telecommunications Company in Kenya as well as the research to establish Telecommunications Companies in Uganda, Zambia, and in Sudan North and South – 2010-2011
92. Turnaround Strategy for Bambanani Africa – 2011-2012
93. Setting up and Project Management of consortium to train 5000 unemployed Learners per year and to place them into a work position (UNIVERSAL, Tellumat, Kelly Group, PAG and Torque -IT) – 2012
94. Project Feasibility Study for a complete new City in the DRC (City of David) – 2012
95 Project Feasibility Study for a new 3rd World International Airport in the DRC (Laurent Desire Kabila International Airport) – 2012
96. Project Feasibility Study for a new 5 star Game Reserve in the DRC (Msuri Sana) – 2012
97. Project Feasibility Study for a complete new “Food Security University®” in the DRC (Food Security University® of City of David) – 2012
98. Project Feasibility Study for a new Le Mans Type Racing Car Series in Africa (AfCar 20-30) – Barnard Cars – 2012
99. Project Feasibility Study to reduce the power consumption account of a major Cellular Operator by more than 20% – 2012
100. Project Feasibility Study for Multi-Operator (four) Distributed Shared Antenna LTE Cellular roll-out on Street Pole Masts – 2012