Civil Engineering December 2021 | Vol 29 No 11

FRONT COVER I
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK 1
My year as President of SAICE 1
QUIZ 3
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 3
CONTENTS 4
ON THE COVER 6
Meaningful transformation changes lives where it matters most 6
CEO’S CORNER 9
Reflections from 2021 8
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 9
Off the rails 9
SANRAL SAICE 2021 NATIONAL AWARDS 12
Exemplifying excellence and professionalism in civil engineering 12
Projects: Technical Excellence Category 14
eZimbokodweni Pipe and Pedestrian Bridge 14
Expansion of the King Cetshwayo Highway-Westwood Interchange 17
Crossing the Magaliesberg – Pampoen Nek Highway 20
Xhora Off Channel Dam 22
The use of high strength geogrids at Zimbali Lakes Resort 26
aQuellé bottling facility 27
National Long Distance 5&6 Fibre Project 28
Rehabilitation of National Route N6 between Rouxville and Smithfield 29
Stormwater Design Manual for the City of Johannesburg 30
Spring Grove Water Treatment Works 31
Southern Wastewater Treatment Works: Upgrades to Sea Outfall Pumping Scheme 32
Construction of 25 Mℓ reinforced concrete reservoir 33
Northern Aqueduct Augmentation Phase 5 34
Kruisvallei Hydropower Project 35
Reviving our Rivers – Upgrading of the Wellington Wastewater Treatment Works 36
Reviving our Rivers – Upgrading of the Wellington Wastewater Treatment Works 38
Port of Maputo Traffic Study 38
Construction of Neckartal Dam and Phase 1 Bulk Water Supply 41
Iron Bridge Magnetite Project 42
Tema Port Expansion Project 43
Non-Project Awards 44
Individual and Institutional Awards 44
Zutari Photo Competition 2021 winners 46
IN BRIEF 48
Rare artefacts discovered in Polihali Dam basin 48
Big step forward for energy security in SA 49
Sika to acquire MBCC Group 49
CESA elects new president 50
UFH announces R130 million water infrastructure project for Alice 50
CESA AON ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 51
CESA celebrates engineering excellence 51
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 52
SAICE helping children in need 52
SAICE Training Calendar 2022 54
How to kickstart your civil engineering career: practical advice from SAICE 56
BACK COVER 58

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