After successfully completing a B.Sc.(Quantity Surveying) degree in 1978 and registering as Professional Quantity Surveyor with the South African Council for Quantity Surveyors in 1980. A.J. Strauss and J.C. Verwayen established a Company Strauss Verwayen & Partners Quantity Surveyors during 1981. Due to the ever changing construction industry the Company has over the past years also concentrated and become involved in Property Development and Project Managing.