Civil Engineering July 2021 | Vol 29 No 6

FRONT COVER I
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK 1
Gender inclusivity and equality – celebrating women engineers around the world 1
CARTOON 2
Civillain by Johan Ptak: All charged up and nowhere to go 2
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 3
Professionalisation drive an urgent imperative 3
CONTENTS 4
ON THE COVER 6
Stability from AfriSam on Raubex-Roadmac JV road contract 6
QUIZ 9
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 9
CEO’S CORNER 10
Involving youth perspectives in infrastructure development 10
AMICABLE SETTLEMENT 12
The role of amicable settlement in resolving construction disputes 12
The value of accredited mediator training 17
Training criteria for admission to the SAICE President’s List for Amicable Settlement Facilitators 18
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION 22
Passenger rail recovery strategy unveiled 22
Asphalt overlay design for Gbarnga Road, Liberia 25
WATER ENGINEERING 35
Novel concept and digital twin for the Mzimkhulu River Abstraction Works design 35
Southern WWTW upgrade: infrastructure solutions enhance communities 41
INDUSTRY UPDATES 45
New material specifications for road builders 45
New Fulton’s Concrete Technology champions sustainability 47
IN BRIEF 48
UP’s Engineering 4.0 building awarded for innovative excellence 48
Positivity following construction and building material sales increase 48
Mbalula calls for Pan-African integration of transport 49
BOMAG GmbH appoints Kemach Equipment as the new dealer for SA, Lesotho, Swaziland 49
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 50
Obituary: Tim Ter Haar 50
Nominations for election of Council for 2022 52
SAICE Training Calendar 55
BACK COVER 58

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