Civil Engineering December 2022 | Vol 30 No 11

FRONT COVER I
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK 1
Reflections 1
CONTENTS 2
ON THE COVER 4
A Grinaker-LTA civil engineering project well worth its salt 4
QUIZ 6
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 6
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 7
Hello darkness, my old friend 7
2022 INFRASTRUCTURE REPORT CARD 8
SAICE launches its fourth Infrastructure Report Card 8
CODES AND STANDARDS 16
Updating the SANS 10286 code of practice for mine residue 16
DISPUTES 18
Implementation of dispute boards on construction contracts 18
Violence and intimidation associated with industrial action 22
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING 24
Base isolation benefits and applications in the South African context 24
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 26
PPPs key to filling the funding gap 26
ENERGY 28
Project managing one of SA’s largest future renewable energy hubs 28
IN BRIEF 29
Advancing women in STEM 29
Minister of Water and Sanitation calls for prudent water use 28
LHWP Phase II hydropower component underway 30
Sika South Africa acquires Index Construction 30
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SAICE 31
Introduction 31
Quick finder 31
Statutory bodies and associated structures 33
Discipline-specific bodies 41
International bodies 54
Tertiary institutions where civil engineering can be studied 58
Additional acronyms and abbreviations relevant to the engineering environment 61
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 62
SAICE Western Cape Branch celebrates at year-end function 62
2023 SAICE Training Calendar 63
BACK COVER 66

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