Civil Engineering nOVEMBER 2021 | Vol 29 No 10

Enjoying reading your SAICE magazine? How about advertising here? Contact: Barbara Spence Tel: (011) 463 7940 Email: barbara@avenue.co.za Website: www.avenue.co.za Civil Engineering November 2021 33 World Bank The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for capital programmes and development through policy advice, research and analysis, and technical assistance. Its main goal is to reduce poverty. The World Bank Group comprises the following five institutions managed by its member countries: Q Q International Development Association (IDA) Q Q International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Q Q International Finance Corporation (IFC) Q Q Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) Q Q International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). These support a wide array of investments in areas such as education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agri- culture, and environmental and natural resource management. WORLD BANK PO Box 12629, Hatfield, 0028 T: +27 12 742 3100 E: zratshitanga@worldbank.org W: www.worldbank.org 442 Rodericks Street, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, 0081 SANRAL (South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited) SANRAL was established in April 1998 as an independent statutory company in terms of the Companies Act. The agency is responsible for the management of South Africa’s national road network, including financing, planning, design and construction, provisioning, operating and maintaining national roads. SANRAL manages a national road network of approximately 22 000 km. At the request of the Minister of Transport, who is the sole shareholder of the agency, SANRAL also provides technical assistance to authorities in other countries. SANRAL PO Box 415, Pretoria, 0001 T: +27 12 844 8000, F: +27 12 844 8200 E: info@nra.co.za , W: www.nra.co.za 48 Tambotie Avenue, Val de Grace, Pretoria BCCEI (Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry) The BCCEI is a sector-specific bar- gaining council created in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA), and is responsible for overseeing the funds and benefits administration, compliance, en- forcement and exemption of the various collective agreements concluded within the BCCEI. Completely independent, the BCCEI is a statutory body bound by the LRA, and the process it follows is mandatory and legislated. It is funded through levies paid equally by employers and employees. There are currently five collective agreements, concluded under the auspices of the BCCEI, in place between the employees’ representatives, BCAWU (Building, Construction and Allied Workers Union) and NUM (National Union of Mineworkers), and the employer representatives, SAFCEC (South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors) and CEO (Consolidated Employers Organisation). BCCEI PO Box 2699, Bedfordview, 2008 T: +27 11 450 4963/66 , F: +27 86 550 4995 E: info@bccei.co.za , W: www.bccei.co.za 1 Kramer Road, Bedfordview, Johannesburg CREDITS We acknowledge with appreciation that some of the information in this article was taken from the websites of the various bodies discussed. Please see the contact details underneath each body for the relevant website address. We also acknowledge with thanks the assistance received from senior staff members of these bodies.