ARQUERO® provides professional engineering consulting services for HVAC Design, Plumbing & Drainage, Electrical, Fire Protection Systems and Water & Wastewater Treatment Systems for new and existing developments.
We are an independent Multi-disciplinary Consulting Engineering Firm providing a wide range of building and engineering services from basic Consultancy to complete Project Management, Commissioning and Handover.
Our consulting team is well experienced in the mechanical, electrical and fire engineering fields and is very conversant with green building initiatives as well as energy saving philosophies and methods. We apply project management methods to our assignments to ensure that projects progress in a pragmatic way that is satisfactory to the client. We report to all stakeholders continuously, keeping the team informed accordingly.
Our team is proficient with the various engineering construction contracts generally used in South Africa and on the African continent. These include:
FIDIC (French acronym for International Federation of Consulting Engineers) 1999
General Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (GCC 2004)
The Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC series 2000)
New Engineering Contract (NEC now referred to as the Engineering and Construction Contract ECC)
Mission
ARQUERO® aims for a leading market position by delivering worldclass engineering consultancy and turnkey services, strengthening corporate alliances, and upholding top-tier quality and ethical standards as the organisation’s pillar of progressive growth.
Vision
Our vision is to offer excellent consultancy and turnkey engineering services that exceed our clients’ expectations, in the hope that we will be recognised locally and abroad. We will achieve this through:
Building Client Loyalty
Generating a loyal customer base via full integration with client-driven alliances.
Adopting Optimal Engineering Methodologies
Delivering superior value, flexible, cost-effective, and integrated engineering solutions in compliance with the latest design/construction international and local codes and standards across our extensive project portfolio.
Empowering Effective Corporate Communication
Developing collaborative communication networking channels to inspire and mobilise all ARQUERO® resources at hand to reach out for their full potential.
Endorsing Proactive Planning
Designing the blueprint for future development and securing sustained strategic repositioning to effectively manoeuvre rapidly fluctuating global, regional, and local market conditions.
Values
ARQUERO® aims to maintain its status and reputation by upholding the following values:
Excellence
We apply state-of-the-art technologies while adopting an exceptional quality assurance system and seeking innovation and improvement. We thrive upon challenges and accomplishments.
Ethics
Enduring commitment to professional ethical standards is deeply ingrained in every professional conduct and business action taken by all ARQUERO® staff members. Moral accountability is the backbone of our firm’s operations.
Mutual Respect
Transparency, teamwork, and trust are major constituents of our roadmap to outstanding performance. Our greatest asset is a corporate culture that cultivates a diversity of backgrounds, experience, and views.
Sustainability
Committed resolution to promote the short and long-term future welfare of our company, our customers, and the world we live in, is the force empowering our continued growth and expansion.
Environment
Striking the delicate balance between conserving planet Earth’s wealth of resources and serving our projects’ demanding engineering needs constitutes the core of ARQUERO®’s operating philosophy from the outset. Our green engineering systems are designed to systematically respect the natural constraints of our planet and preserve its beauty while developing energy-efficient systems that integrate favourably with our obligations towards our client base.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Solidly entrenched in ARQUERO®‘s corporate environment is an ongoing interest to foster active growth and development within its local and global community. Meanwhile, in handling various business engagements, the firm’s decision-making processes embrace a strict adherence to universally accepted ethical values and abidance with local/international laws and statuses.
The Organisation
We operate using a highly efficient, robust, and cross functional structure that allows for healthy and progressive growth in size, skill, and quality.
ARQUERO®‘s policy is to assign each of its projects to a dedicated team. This team is composed of a group of skilled individuals assigned from various divisions on a full-time basis as required. Team members perform their respective duties in accordance with a set planned schedule and budget.
Headed by a Professional Engineer responsible for directing all project activities, the Task Team is sustained during the project lifetime. All members of the Team, while responding to the Professional Engineer for all matters related to the project, remain responsible to their Section and Department heads for quality and conformity with design standards and practices set by the Organisation.
Of utmost importance to our operations is our commitment to Quality and Sustainability.
Quality
We are committed to providing high-quality engineering consultancy and turnkey services to our clients. ARQUERO® is an ISO9001:2015 Quality Management System certified company.
Our scope of certification includes engineering and technical consultancies comprising engineering and design services, procurement, construction management/ supervision, facilities management and turnkey solutions for mechanical, electrical/ power, fire protection and water & wastewater treatment scopes of work.
Sustainability
As part of our efforts to foster and support sustainable building designs and construction initiatives, ARQUERO® is a registered member of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA).
Professional registrations
ARQUERO® is a professional member of:
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA)
- Membership No.: 1321
Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)
Fire Protection Association of Southern Africa (FPASA)
- Membership No.: 10-132
SABS ISO 9001-2015
- Registration No.: LS5508
- The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA),
- The South African Institute of Mechanical Engineers,
- The South African Institute of Electrical Engineers,