{"id":106,"date":"2025-11-16T11:29:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T11:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcec.co.za\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2025-11-27T18:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T18:11:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hcec.co.za\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2146877999\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle\"  id=\"row-1576710818\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-46087253\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInLeft\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover has-parallax\" id=\"banner-618654052\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" data-parallax=\"-4\" data-parallax-container=\".banner\" data-parallax-background>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"875\" src=\"https:\/\/hcec.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-834250951\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-834250951 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-834250951 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-834250951 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-618654052 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\n}\n#banner-618654052 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 64% 33%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-618654052 {\n    padding-top: 650px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1759117755\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  data-animate=\"fadeInRight\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-472859881\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1225308840\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2055369802\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\" data-line-height=\"s\">About HC Engineering Consultants<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2055369802 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-2055369802 {\n    font-size: 1.75rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">HC Engineering Consultants is a specialised engineering consultancy serving the mining and industrial sectors. 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