Civil Engineering December 2022 | Vol 30 No 11

Civil Engineering December 2022 61 6 – The world according to SAI CE Additional acronyms and abbreviations relevant to the engineering environment ACSA Airports Company South Africa AsgiSA Accelerated and shared growth initiative for South Africa B-BBEE Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment BCEA Basic Conditions of Employment Act BEE Black Economic Empowerment CAASA Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa CAD Computer-Aided Design CHE Council on Higher Education CIETS Construction Industry Education and Training Services CMIP Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme COGTA Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs CPD Continuing Professional Development DEA Department of Environmental Affairs DoE Department of Education DoT Department of Transport DST Department of Science and Technology DTI Department of Trade and Industry DWS Department of Water and Sanitation EMF Engineers Mobility Forum ENERGYS Engineers Now Ensuring Rollout by Growing Young Skills EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme ESKOM Electricity Supply Commission ETQA Education and Training Quality Assurance FET Further Education and Training GCC Government Certificate of Competency GIS Geographic Information System HEQC Higher Education Quality Committee HSRC Human Sciences Research Council IAM Infrastructure Asset Management ICT Information and Communication Technology IDoEW Identification of Engineering Work IDP Integrated Development Plan IDZ Industrial Development Zone ITS Intelligent Transportation Systems IndWMP Industry Waste Management Plan JIPSA Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition JRA Johannesburg Roads Agency LGSETA Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority LHWP Lesotho Highlands Water Project MDG Millenium Development Goals MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant MIIU Municipal Infrastructure Investment Unit MTEF Medium-Term Expenditure Framework NABCAT National Black Contractors and Allied Trades Forum NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NIMS National Infrastructure Maintenance Strategy NPA National Ports Authority NQF National Qualifications Framework NRW Non-Revenue Water NSFAS National Student Financial Aid Scheme NWMS National Waste Management Strategy O&M Operations and Maintenance OHS Occupational Health and Safety OHTE Overhead Track Equipment PMSA Project Management South Africa PPP Public-Private Partnership PRASA Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa R&D Research and Development RDP Reconstruction and Development Programme SALGA South African Local Government Association SARTSM South African Road Traffic Signs Manual SAWIC South African Women in Construction SET Science, Engineering and Technology SETA Sector Education and Training Authority SMMEs Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises TVET Technical and Vocational Education and Training (College) VIP Ventilated Improved Pit VRESAP Vaal River Eastern Subsystem Augmentation Project