Civil Engineering September 2021 | Vol 29 No 8

Civil Engineering September 2021 55 Robin Chetty Pr Eng, FSAICE Chairperson 2016 to 2017, liaison portfolio Robin is the Deputy Head: Strategic Transport Planning, substantive post – Senior Manager: Public Transport Planning for the eThek- wini Transport Authority. He holds a BTech (Eng) (Civil), BSc (Eng) equivalent, Post Graduate Diploma in Engineering, MBA (Cum Laude) and BTh (Hons). Robin has extensive knowledge in municipal engineering, project manage- ment, transport and public transport planning, traffic engineering, transport legislation and policy and management. He was instru- mental in planning eThekwini’s wall-to-wall public transport plan, now known as Go!Durban. Robin is also a pastor and has pastored a church in Westville, Durban since 2013. He loves sport, reading, and exercising with his girlfriend (his wife Lisha). Madeleen Engelbrecht Pr Eng, FSAICE Former chairperson 2014 to 2015 Madeleen is a transport engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in the consulting engineering industry, spe- cialising in traffic engineering, land- use and transport integration, and transport master planning. She has completed numerous projects in the city planning, transport, and property sectors, with a specific focus on sustainable solutions. Projects range from traffic signal system design and optimisation, to parking con- cepts, roads planning and intersection design, traffic impact studies, development master planning as well as multi-modal transport assessments. Madeleen holds a BEng and BEng (Hons) Transport and has been a committee member of the SAICE Transport Division since 2009. She enjoys travelling, hiking, tasting wine and Toastmasters. Victor de Abreu Pr Eng, FSAICE Courses portfolio Victor is the Functional General Manager: Planning and Traffic Engineering at SMEC South Africa. He holds the following qualifica- tions: MSc, GDE, BSc, (all from the University of the Witwatersrand), Pr Eng and FSAICE. Victor has over 33 years’ experience in the traffic and transport planning field. He has worked for both the private and public sectors (at municipal and provincial level) in South Africa and practiced in the United Kingdom and South Africa as a consultant. Although his main field of expertise is transport planning and traffic engineering, he has operated in environ- ments with an infrastructure focus particularly related to roads and stormwater management and design. Rail, event planning, and the effect of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on transport are other speciality areas that Victor has a particular interest in. Victor is a father to triplet sons and a daughter. Engineering leaves little time for hobbies, however, he is an avid cyclist who enjoys reading, the great outdoors and watching sport when spare time permits. Spirituality is important to Victor as it is where he often finds meaning to the complex world we live in. Avi Menon CEng, Pr Pln Young members portfolio Avi is the Co-Founder and Director of Koleko. He holds a Masters in Town and Regional Planning, Masters in Civil Engineering (Transport) and a Bachelors in Civil Engineering. He is professionally registered both as a chartered engineer and a town planner, has served on the SAICE Executive Board and currently serves on SAICE Council. Over the past 17 years, Avi has successfully completed projects in over six African countries, India, the USA and the Netherlands. He has managed projects through the policy, masterplan, pre-feasibility, feasibility, design and construction phases. He is passionate about developing young professionals as well as programming and tech- nology which has led him to build several Artificial Intelligence applications that improve transportation engineering. Avi loves reading and spending time with family. Erin Da Silva Student outreach/young members portfolio Erin is a Junior Civil Engineer, Urban Solutions at Hatch. She holds a BEng (Civil) and a Professional Master of Town and Regional Planning. Erin works at the confluence of civil engineering and urban planning to improve cities and city regions. Her work focuses on the efficiency and sustainability of these areas by considering the impacts and alterations required to transform these regions, concerning transport systems, land use, climate change, socio-economic and demographic needs, and technology. Erin has three years’ work experience within road and stormwater design, active mobility planning, transit-oriented development, and socio-economic impact modelling. Erin is an avid sportswoman and adventure seeker. She holds colours in various sports, has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and jumped out/off of various objects, plunging into the unknown! Yolan Pillay Pr Eng Membership and awards portfolios Yolan is the Function Manager: Planning and Traffic Engineering for SMEC South Africa and holds a BSc Engineering (Civil). Yolan has over 14 years’ engineering experi- ence in the transport sector, which spans planning, management, design and implementation of a variety of transport-related projects in both the private and public sectors. Yolan specialises in traffic engineering and transportation plan- ning with a strong focus on strategic transport projects. His pas- sion for the engineering industry has seen him actively involved in the development of initiatives for young professionals. Yolan has a