About

Rolkon Trenchless Construction is a specialist civil engineering company that offers a solution-oriented approach to trenchless construction requirements.

With a 12-year standing in this small but growing industry, Rolkon has offices in Durban, KwaZulu Natal (KZN) and Cape Town, Western Cape (WC) and a team of skilled drillers and operators with over 50 years of drilling experience and civil engineering specialisation.

By applying Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and Moling technology to a range of industries, from developers, consulting engineers and contractors, to municipalities and parastatals, Rolkon delivers practical and efficient solutions.

These solutions can be applied to the installation of:

Underground pipelines for sewer, water and stormwater
Fibre optic sleeving
Electrical sleeving
Gas Sleeving
Bio Fuel Sleeving
Services scanning

Nana Gcaba – Director & Owner
Driving the growth and sustainability of Rolkon into the future is business leader Nana Gcaba.

Nana has vast experience in running a multitude of businesses and she understands what is needed to make a business successful. Nana is entrepreneurial by nature and runs specialist cement works factories that supply several hardware franchises.

“By growing and diversifying our client base both locally and nationally, and working closely with our team, to right shape our business we are becoming leaders in this specialist space,” said Nana.

Rocky Herrmann – Director & Owner
At the helm of Rolkon’s specialist engineering and environmental innovation is Rocky Herrmann. Rocky’s experience lies in technical analysis, leading multi-disciplinary teams and developing creative solutions in complex public transport, urban design and private sector projects.

Rocky holds a BSc Honours Degree in Applied Science (transportation planning) from the University of Pretoria, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from the Durban University of Technology and a national diploma from Technikon Natal. Rocky is also a member of the Engineering Council of South Africa, where he is registered as a professional technologist.

“Using my experience to build on the legacy of Rolkon my focus is on delivering a non-invasive and accurate drilling solution underpinned by efficiency and customer service,” said Rocky.

Stembiso Luthuli – Manager KwaZulu-Natal

Sthembiso Luthuli is responsible for the planning, logistics and management of the drilling teams working in KZN. With a project management diploma and experience in underground scanning, a critical part of the trenchless drilling process, Ste’s people skills and problem-solving approach to each project are of crucial value to the business.

“The culture of Rolkon is one that encourages its staff to grow and learn, something I experienced firsthand having started out as an underground scanner and now managing our KZN team,” said Stembiso.

Building A Lasting Legacy

Rolkon Trenchless Construction has always been an owner-run company with all the shareholders, directors, managers, drillers and staff sharing the progressive mindset of growth through responsibility, and transformation through skills transfer.

At an Ownership Level, Rolkon is 70% Black Female owned.

Transformation and Growth to Rolkon is a matter of genuine intent and wanting to uplift and enable our staff to progress. We have an apprenticeship program that runs at a management level, drillers and driver level where we are upskilling our staff to become certified in their respective fields.

By investing in our people and technology and driving a culture of problem-solving and responsibility, we are able to build efficiency, innovation and customer support as the pillars of our ethos.

Our Value Proposition

The value proposition we offer our clients is borne from the values we live as an organisation with the benefit for our clients captured as follows:

Our LEADERSHIP and CULTURAL DIVERSITY means our clients benefit from LEVEL 2 BEE
ACCOUNTABILITY means an EFFICIENT and ACCURATE SERVICE every time.
Our STRONG LEGACY translates into KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE for our clients.
Our focus on internal GROWTH STRATEGIES means ECONOMIC VALUE to our clients.
Our APPRENTICESHIP program supports our value of PRIDE and EMPOWERING FROM WITHIN.
Our NON-INVASIVE and ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE approach is driven by our goals of FUTUREPROOFING.

Safety and the Environment

Environmental sensitivity is a critical factor in all civil and construction projects and can range from ecological protection to historical preservation.

Whatever the environmental consideration, Rolkon’s trenchless methods offer a number of key environmental benefits as compared to open trenching methods, including:

The protection of valuable surfaces with minimal to no restoration required around the site.
A reduced level of disruption, such as noise and CO2 emissions, enhances the safety element of the project and the area under construction.
Reduced site and area risk as no surface damage and no restoration means there is no risk of people falling into open trenches.
The mitigation of traffic diversions as a result of minimal excavation work, which means reduced disruption to motorists.
No trench collapse!

Suppliers / Partners

Rolkon works with a team of reputable service providers and suppliers who enable the team to ensure each site is resolved with a focus on quality and customer satisfaction. Our preferred suppliers include:

Trailersol – For the CCTV requirements on our rigs and machines.
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