DLSE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Senior Consultant
• Co - Founder / Previous Director

Barry Dippenaar obtained a B. Sc. (Civ. Eng.) degree from the University of Pretoria in 1964. He joined the firm of DJ Hulley and Partners Consulting Engineers. He was made a partner after 3 years and became the partner in charge of the structural division. During that time he was also closely involved with all geotechnical aspects associated with structures and gained considerable experience in the field. Barry Dippenaar is now a Senior Consultant for DLSE. His present fields of operation are in conceptual structural design, soil evaluation and foundation design, site inspections, project management and client liaison.

Job Titles:

• Co - Founder / Previous Director

Stephan Lapage graduated (cum laude) from the University of Louvain (Belgium) in 1969. He further obtained a GDE in structures from Wits University in 1986. Since 1969, he has been employed by several consulting engineering firms in Pretoria. He later joined an international firm specializing in the design of hardened and protective structures. In 1981, he started practicing on his own and established a software company developing programs to solve engineering problems. S M Lapage is currently practicing under his own name as a Specialist Consultant in the field of structures to resist the effects of accidental explosions or the effects of weapons effects.