COMPANY OVERVIEW
Single Destination Engineering, based in South Africa and Botswana, is a specialist engineering consulting firm providing a range of services in the following:
- Data centres and high resilience installations
- Utility and IPP power plants
- Energy centres and power solutions
- Renewable and alternative energy projects
- Energy efficiency and optimisation
- Office and retail building services projects
- Live environment upgrade projects
We have experience in the commercial, educational, industrial, agricultural and mining sectors. SDE proudly operates a certified ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
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AWARDS
Absa Campus Energy Project
- Financial Mail - Energy Efficiency and Carbon Management Award 2014
- Frost & Sullivan - African Private Power Producers Green Excellence Award 2011
- SANEA Energy Awards - Runner-up 2010
- SASTT Award of Excellence 2009
Green Data Centre Centurion
- Data Centre Dynamics UK Leaders Awards - 2011
- Winner of Innovation in a Medium Data Centre
LEADERSHIP
MEET THE TEAM

Ken Gafner
Managing Director
Ken is the Managing Director of SDE. His key technical input in engineering projects is the overall conceptualisation of the optimum design solution and developing this in conjunction with the design team to detailed design stage. Thereafter a secondary role is performed in support of the team undertaking detailed design and implementation. His key responsibilities in SDE include project and business development.
42 years’ experience as an Electrical Engineer in Africa and Europe.

Ofentse Phiri
Senior Engineer
Ofentse is the Senior Engineer of SDE. He is experienced in Low Voltage and Medium Voltage Electrical installations, in both the Industrial and Commercial sector. This has afforded extensive experience in the design and build of Data Centres, from capacity planning to commissioning fulfilling various roles such as Project Manager, Project and Site Engineer on infrastructure upgrade projects.
Furthermore, he formed part of an international Cloud Computing Service Provider Oversight Team from Level 0 to Level 5 on multiple Data Centres. He has conducted building evaluations for co-location and hyperscale Data Centres Tier III to Tier IV facilities. He is Professionally Registered PrTechni with ECSA
Over 8 years’ experience as an Electrical Engineer in South Africa (JHB & CPT), Ghana (ACC), Georgia (ATL), Arizona (PH) & Nevada (RN)

