About our surveying company
Started by a surveyor who got tired of second-guessing survey data
PVR Engineering Surveyors is a surveying company in Midrand that measures, checks and delivers the data your engineers, contractors and mine planners work from.
If a survey has ever come back wrong on your project, you know what follows: rework, standing plant and a claim you can't back up. We started PVR so you don't have to go through that.
Why we exist
Survey data you can build on without checking it yourself
Most project teams don't have time to audit their surveyor. You need the levels, the set-out and the volumes to be right the first time, so the job keeps moving and the numbers hold up in a meeting.
That's the whole point of PVR. Every figure is checked twice before it leaves our office, our equipment is calibrated on a schedule, and you get the data on the date we agreed.
We work for contractors, engineers and mines across South Africa, from road and bridge projects to tailings dam monitoring. Big site or small, it gets the same checks.
Meet the founder
Hi, I'm Voster Ravhura. I started PVR because I kept receiving survey work I couldn't trust.
I started surveying in 2009 and spent eight years as a Senior Surveyor at Concor Infrastructure, working on open-cast mines, blast designs and bulk earthworks, and training the junior surveyors.
On project after project, the surveyors subcontracted onto my sites delivered work that wasn't good enough. I knew what that cost the people running the job, because I was one of them. I believed I could do it better.
In July 2021 I started PVR Engineering Surveyors, and my first client was Concor itself. I'm a registered Geomatics Technologist with the South African Geomatics Council, but what keeps me going is my team and the families who depend on our work.
Voster RavhuraFounder & Owner, PVR Engineering Surveyors
The people on your site
A small team that answers the phone
You won't be passed between departments. You deal directly with the team doing your survey, and when something changes on site, you call us and we sort it out.
- Grew upThohoyandou, Limpopo
- StudiedSurveying at Tshwane University of Technology
- First survey jobRoads and earthworks in Pretoria, 2009
- RegisteredGeomatics Technologist, SAGC, since 2018
- PVR foundedJuly 2021, Midrand
- Longest-running jobSishen tailings monitoring, since August 2021
How we work
Professional, honest and careful with your data
Those are our values. Here's what they look like on your project.
We read your drawings first
Before we set foot on site we go through your drawings and scope, so the survey answers the questions your project is asking.
We check every figure twice
Every measurement is verified before it leaves our office. That's our standard, on every job.
We calibrate our equipment
Our instruments are inspected and calibrated on a schedule. Accurate data starts with equipment you can trust.
We keep you updated
You hear from us when we start, when something on site doesn't match the drawings, and when the data is ready.
We deliver on the agreed date
We plan the work around your programme, so the data arrives when your team needs it.
Our track record
Trusted on sites where the numbers can't be wrong
Our first client was the company our founder had worked at for eight years. These are some of the sites we have worked on since.
Sishen tailings storage facility
Monitoring the tailings dam for movement since August 2021, alongside civil and mining engineers.
Venetia pollution control dam
Surveys for the pollution control dam at Venetia Mine, working with civil and environmental engineers from June 2022 to September 2024.
Kusile Power Station
Monitoring surveys at the Kusile Power Station site in Mpumalanga, in tough site conditions.
★★★★★“As a mining company, we rely on accurate and reliable survey data to ensure the safety and efficiency of our operations. PVR Surveyors have consistently exceeded our expectations.”
Khotsofalang Bookholane, Google review
★★★★★“Their team came out to our site and did a thorough job. The survey was accurate and it helped us a lot with our project planning. Reliable and professional, I'd use them again for sure.”
Vely Sondezi, Google review
★★★★★“PVR's survey services in Kathu were exceptional. Their expertise and thorough approach made a significant difference in our project.”
Biso Moremi, Google review
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