Charles Sikwanda Profile

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Publications 2

Current Position

Geotechnical Engineer - SRK Consulting - South Africa

Fields of Practice

Industry

Consulting

Expertise

Shallow Foundations Pile Foundations Deep Foundations Geosynthetics for Containment Deep Dynamic Compaction Stabilization Cone Penetration Testing (CPT)

Borehole Logging Slope Stabilization Slope Stability Analysis

MSc or Equivalent
- Geotechnical Engineering - University of Cape Town : 23/01/2017 - 14/12/2018

SRK Consulting - South Africa : ( 01/02/2023 - Present )
- Geotechnical Engineer
- Charles is a Geotechnical engineer with an MSc in Geotechnical engineering professional from the University of Cape Town. He has gained a thorough understanding of soil mechanics, slope stability analysis and foundation design through his postgraduate geotechnical studies and consulting engineering experience. Charles has extensive field- and desktop-experience in in-situ testing and near surface geotechnical investigations, complimented with site supervision and project management skills. He is currently involved in monitoring of tailing storage facilities (TSF) where he offers technical support to clients.
  Charles has published four scientific articles in renowned journals and has also presented his work at conferences in China, Australia, India and Cape Town.
Mukona Consulting Engineers : ( 10/04/2019 - 31/01/2023 )
- Geotechnical Engineer

Language	Read Level	Written Level	Spoken Level
English	High	High	High

An Investigation of the Effects of Specimen Gripping Systems on Shear Stress at the Geosynthetic–Geosynthetic Interface
Book Chapter published 2020 in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering on pages 397 to 412
Authors: Charles Sikwanda, Denis Kalumba, Lita Nolutshungu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_33
Review of Effects of Poor Gripping Systems in Geosynthetic Shear Strength Testing
Book Chapter published 2018 in Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics on pages 420 to 429
Authors: Charles Sikwanda, Sanelisiwe Buthelezi, Denis Kalumba
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0122-3_46

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Publications
An Investigation of the Effects of Specimen Gripping Systems on Shear Stress at the Geosynthetic–Geosynthetic Interface Book Chapter published 2020 in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering on pages 397 to 412 Authors: Charles Sikwanda, Denis Kalumba, Lita Nolutshungu http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6086-6_33
Review of Effects of Poor Gripping Systems in Geosynthetic Shear Strength Testing Book Chapter published 2018 in Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Ground Improvement and Geosynthetics on pages 420 to 429 Authors: Charles Sikwanda, Sanelisiwe Buthelezi, Denis Kalumba http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0122-3_46

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