NWE Consulting Engineers

Wouter Engelbrecht managing director of NWE founded a consulting engineering company in 1989, trading as Wouter Engelbrecht (Pty), in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa. He retired as chairperson of the company in 2001 to operate as a developer.

Wouter re-enter the consulting engineering industry in November 2003 and register a company 'Nkuthalo Wouter Engelbrecht (Pty) Ltd'. In October 2010, the company was renamed NWE Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg operating as a multi-disciplinary Consulting Engineering Firm in the fields of civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineering.

To expand the company's footprint in Africa and to make a positive contribution to the Engineering Industry and the upliftment of disadvantaged communities in Zambia, NWE (Zambia) Consulting Engineers (Ltd) was established the same year with offices in Lusaka and Kabwe.

Although a relatively young company the extensive experience of the senior engineers of NWE, gained while working for some of the largest Consulting Engineering Companies in South Africa has assisted in establishing a reputation of excellence in providing multi-disciplinary consulting engineering services to Clients and played a major role in NWE becoming a fast growing, dynamic and notable role player in the consulting engineering industry within the SADC member countries.