During the start of the millennium in 2000, the Practice, Oosthuizen and Associates Professional Quantity Surveyors was established.
The Practice obtained it’s first and extremely interesting project in Dullstroom Mpumalanga being a Trout and Country Estate, “Dunkeld Country and Trout Estate”.
The appointment was for Project management and full Quantity Surveying services of the overall phased Development as well as the Construction management thereof.  The scope comprised English style boutique hotel, double level cabins, multitude of trout dams, restaurant/kitchen/dining facility, conference facility/chapel and complete infrastructure of civil and electrical services.  The value in 2000 was approximately R 4 million (Currently would be around R 40 million).
Since, this estate became internationally well know and of the most successful estates in Mpumalanga. For further detail please visit www.dunkeldestate.co.za.
Since 2001, the Practice was mandated for extensive Quantity Surveying and Principal Agency services for a Development Company in Somerset West and completed various successful Residential Developments in the Western Cape area.
During the “recession period of 2008”, work become scarce and the Practice was pro-active to diversify in providing additional Professional services and assistance for smaller and large Construction Companies in the Construction sector in a successful attempt to bridge the “low” stage in the industry.

These additional services rendered included but was not limited to contractual advice, mitigation and resolutions, assistance with structuring building construction and quantity surveying departments for more efficiency, tendering, construction management, etc.
The Construction Company, CSV Construction (Pty) Ltd utilised most of the services and time in establishing and heading their Quantity Surveying, Tendering and Building Construction section. Extensive services were also provided for their newly established construction and development company in Namibia.
Being involved with this alternative sector, experience in addition to the Professional Quantity Surveying sector, was gained in Construction, Project Management and Contractual claims and resolutions.
From the structuring of the contractor’s quantity surveying section, the Practice commenced with the establishment of a mentorship system/program (in coordination with the SACQSP registration conditions) which enabled CSV’s willing construction quantity surveyors the opportunity to also register as Candidate Quantity Surveyors under the Practice’s Professional Registration and which became an integral additional service which was rendered. The mentorship program then, was still in its early days.
However, the decision was to expand this during the years to come as an additional service to the industry and enable Construction Quantity Surveyors (and those from other sectors) whom may not have been able to Register as a Professional Quantity Surveyor, the opportunity to follow a full structured mentorship programme and eventually register Professionally with the SACQSP.

The Mentorship programme is in process with three registered candidate quantity surveyors enrolled (two from CSV Construction) which the Practice is assisting on their road to Professional Registration with the SACQSP and whom passed their first exams above average.  The mentorship program is currently being formally structured and will soon be available to more of these candidates. Costs by Contractors or others towards this program may also be utilised in their BBBEE structure.
Notwithstanding the above, since March 2018, the Practice’s principal focus is dominantly to regaining access to the professional Quantity Surveying service market with in addition, the extension of the mentorship program.
The Practice comprise Leonard Oosthuizen as the Principal Registered Quantity Surveyor and Johan Dawid (Dawie) Wiehman as a Candidate Quantity Surveyor as well as a secretary.
The Practice have entered firm relationships and informal associations with other selected reliable freelance Quantity Surveyors and established Practices for assistance in the event of excessive work load, thus lowering overheads and still enabling provision of effective services on any large project.
Notwithstanding the size of the Practice, decades of accumulated experience and knowledge of the Profession, development, construction Industry, substantial resolutions of contractual conundrums, internal effective structuring, etc. differentiate this Practice to others with an edge to risk mitigation and value engineering as being a productive multiple skills Practice ensuring minimum risk Professional services, advice and cost effective projects.

BBBEE status

Application for BBBEE status as an EME under section of Built Environment Professional (BEP), Practice is in process and should be completed in due course which will provide us with an estimated BBBEE level 4 or 5.   

Conclusion

With reference to the above, the Practice relates to a vast base of historical knowledge and experience in the Consulting as well as the Construction sector which provides vision of project viability and risk assessments as early as the inception stage of a project.

We are also well acquainted with alternative successful solutions of construction and/or re-instatement of projects such as Turnkey package, Multiple Procurement-Project management, Cost Plus, Negotiated, Turnkey with provision of financing options and combinations hereof for either time or cost saving to the Client, or both dependent on the scope and type of project.