Achievements

GLS Consulting was responsible for the planning, design and project management for the Upgrading of the Moddergat River Scheme in the Macassar area in Cape Town. This project, for which GLS Consulting charged a considerable reduced fee for time related to community participation and education, was awarded the SAICE "Most Outstanding Achievement in Community-Based Projects" nationally for 2000. It also received a Gold award from the Impumelelo Innovations Awards for 2001.

Recent publications by GLS Staff:

Peer reviewed journal papers:

Jacobs H E, Geustyn L C, Loubser B F, Van Der Merwe B. "Estimating residential water demand in Southern Africa". Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineers, 46(4), pp.2-13, 2004.

Jacobs H E and Haarhoff J. "Application of a residential end-use model for estimating cold and hot water demand, wastewater flow and salinity". Water SA, 30(3), pp. 305-316, July 2004.

Jacobs H E and Haarhoff J. "Structure and data requirements of an end-use model or residential water demand and return flow". Water SA, 30(3), pp. 293-304, July 2004.

Sinske S A. & Zietsman H L. "A spatial decision support system for pipe break susceptibility analysis of municipal water distribution systems". Water SA,  Vol 30(1), 2004.

Sinske S A. & Zietsman H.L. "A spatial decision support system for pipe break susceptibility analysis.". Water SA, 2003.

Conference papers:

Sinske A N, "Keynote Address: When worlds collide: Planning and implementing water services in Southern Africa". APWA Nevada Chapter, Conference, Lake Tahoe, NV (USA), Oct 2006.

Sinske A N, Jacobs H E, Geustyn L C, "Internet-based water demand management". Water Institute of South Africa, Conference, Durban, May 2006.

Kinch J, Jacobs H E, Vandenberg T and Radford J. "Significant advances in information technology and water supply and demand management at Greater Vernon Services - Lessons learned". British Columbia Water and Waste Association, Conference, Penticton (Canada), 19 April 2005.

Vandenberg T, Kinch J and Jacobs H. "Significant advances in information technology and water supply and demand management at Greater Vernon Services". Canadian Water Resource Association, Conference, Kelowna (Canada), 21-24 February 2005.

Jacobs H E and Haarhoff J. "Modelling salinity contributions in domestic sewer flow in response to some water demand measures". In proceedings of the Bi-annual Conference, Water Institute of South Africa, Cape Town, 2-5 May 2004.

Sinske A N. "Moving from the Model-centred to the Application-centred Design Approach for Civil Engineering Software". Paper presented at SAICE IT Division's Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium on Information Technology in Engineering, Stellenbosch, 2003.

Sinske S A. "GIS-based pipe break susceptibility analysis". Proc. 25th Annual Symposium on Information Technology in Engineering.", Stellenbosch, 2003.

Jacobs H E and Haarhoff J. "End-Use Modelling as a Means to Predict the Effects of Water Demand Management". In proceedings of the Water Institute of South Africa Conference, Durban, May 2002.

Jacobs HE and Gouws J. "Investigation of Aluminium space frames for low cost vehicle structures". Proceedings of the second South African Conference on Applied Mechanics, Cape Town (UCT), pp.519-528, 13-15 Jan 1998.

Top projects completed or in process by GLS Consulting:

• Bulk water study and GIS based water model for City of Cape Town, South Africa
• Bulk and reticulation water master plan for City of Windhoek, Namibia
• Bulk water study for the City of Tshwane (Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa)
• Water distribution and sewer reticulation studies for City of Tshwane (Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa)
• Water and sewer master studies for all major towns in rural Western Cape (Western Cape Province, South Africa)
• Water distribution and sewer reticulation studies for Ekurhuleni Metropolis (Eastern Gauteng, South Africa)
• GIS-based water distribution analysis and water demand analysis for City of Vernon (British Columbia Province, Canada)
• Water demand analysis and web-based reporting for the City of West Vancouver (British Columbia Province, Canada)
• Water distribution and sewer reticulation studies for Johannesburg Metropolis (Gauteng, South Africa)