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1 BIGEN AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 1 CORPORATE ProfileBIGEN AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 2 BIGEN AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 3 BIGEN AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 4 BIGEN AFRICA s smarter business approach creates value for clients and supports South AFRICA s national prioritiesThe BIGEN AFRICA Group is a leading, multi-disciplinary consultancy with a significant presence in the Southern African engineering landscape. Our unique approach to infrastructure development adds validity and creative value to the services we provide.

2 It sets us apart from the herd and ahead of current thinking in business solutions it is the BIGEN way. Value propositionWe think smarter about infrastructure development. We interlock world-class, best-practice project finance, engineering and management consulting expertise to customise innovative, value-driven solutions for clients in the public and private sector. Services Structural engineering. Building technology. Bulk electrical, water, waste-water and road engineering. management of urban and rural developments, including all internal municipal and link water, sanitation, road and stormwater infrastructure.

3 Master-plan development. Rural water-supply construction management . Environmental management . Land reform process management . Labour and business management . Municipal financial management and institutional development. Programme and project management . Infrastructure and asset management . Project preparation, including financial and project modelling, project sponsorship facilitation, project structuring and transaction advisory services, risk management solutions and viability.

4 Feasibility and bankability AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 4 BIGEN AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 5 Areas of SpecificationEngineering management Consulting Project Finance Infrastructure Development Engineering ServicesOur reputation in bulk engineering rests on smart thinking and decisive action from a team of talented experts who plan, design, cost and develop implementation process, supervise construction, manage existing infrastructure growth and identify key intervention processes to ensure public funding for new infrastructure.

5 Our specialist services include:1. Structural engineering and building technologyOur 20-year track record in building and civil structures underpins our capacity in structural engineering and building technology. We customise practical, efficient and cost-effective solutions to deal with any and all civil structural challenges, water treatment works, reservoirs and commercial Electrical transmission, distribution and reticulationWe design, develop, upgrade and implement process-driven electrical systems across the entire infrastructure development Water resource development and bulk water supply.

6 Distribution and purificationOur extensive experience and expertise in water distribution and infrastructure services is the result of our involvement over many years in projects across South AFRICA and abroad. Many of these projects have contributed to job recreation and social upliftment in urban and rural communities. We also participate in inter-basin and water resource development projects to help mitigate the demands on South AFRICA s scarce water resources and its deteriorating raw-water Waste-water treatment, a significant core competenceWe design, develop, manage and deliver waste-water treatment solutions.

7 Our bulk-water team has access to wide network of professionals and experts and has participated in some of the largest and most challenging waste-water The key to our successSouth AFRICA needs infrastructure to achieve socio-economic growth. Capacity, expertise and the right partners are crucial to making this happen. So is delivery on time, on brief and within AFRICA s track record of more than 30 years in the delivery of infrastructure speaks for itself. The key to our success is a smarter business approach.

8 We integrate our best of breed expertise to customise value-added business solutions for our clients it is the BIGEN way. A footprint in AFRICA Remarkable growth since our establishment in 1971. 30% shareholding sold to Pan AFRICA Capital Holdings (Pty) Ltd in 2006. A network of 14 offices across South AFRICA . Representation in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria and Namibia. More than 450 permanent staff and contracted services providers, including engineers, project managers, environmentalists, town planners, accountants, lawyers, process and information system analysts, technicians, technologists, quantity surveyors, engineering draughts people, project finance and development exper ts and site and administrative staff.

9 BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) compliant and BBBEE (Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment) Level Three AFRICA CORPORATE PROFILE >> Page 6treatment projects in South AFRICA . The team has also delivered more than 40 treatment plants country-wide. Care is taken to develop appropriate and sustainable schemes that include training and capacity building in rural areas to create jobs and improve quality of National, provincial and municipal roadsWe design, document, administer and commission roadworks and transportation systems through specialised services in: Strategic and master-planning of rural, urban and metropolitan road systems; Traffic and transpor tation studies and feasibility studies for road systems.

10 Bridge design and technical input for township layout planning; Total cost analyses of proposals, including capital, operation and maintenance costs and the cost impact on users; Facilitating project finance, cost recovery and policy issues; and Institutional support and stakeholder Residential, Industrial and Township servicesOur involvement in the land engineering started 25 years ago and today our services are compared to the best in the world. Our expertise in residential, commercial and industrial township developments include the development of more than 200 000 erven in townships across Southern competencies include: Internal municipal infrastructure; Link water and sanitation infrastructure; Link roads and storm-water infrastructure.