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Civil Engineering January-February 2022 | Vol 30 No 1

FRONT COVER I
CREDO 1
Credo of the African Engineer 1
CONTENTS 2
QUIZ 4
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 4
CEO’S CORNER 5
Quality education: a key opportunity in mitigating structural unemployment in civil engineering 5
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 6
Theft of copper cables from Transnet 6
De-electrifying rail infrastructure 6
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 7
Prioritising green infrastructure 7
PROFILE OF SAICE 2022 PRESIDENT 8
Marianne Vanderschuren: a president who dares to care 8
SAICE 2022 Presidential Team 11
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS 12
Care, reboot and rebuild 12
ETHICS 16
Do you have a mission statement? 16
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 20
Funding South Africa’s infrastructure spending gap: why it is crucial to crowd in the private sector 20
INTERNATIONAL 22
UAE launches mammoth rail programme 22
Global expert team to deliver Australia-Asia PowerLink Project 24
OPBRC provides solutions to road construction challenges 26
Nalubaale Dam refurbishment defies Covid-19 pandemic 29
Global alliance to drive renewable energy 30
IN BRIEF 32
Call for Sishen-Saldanha ore rail link to be privatised 32
Coega fast-tracks construction at TASEZ 32
RENEWABLE ENERGY 33
Roggeveld Wind Farm – a precast concrete masterpiece 33
CONSTRUCTION AND INSURANCE LAW 36
Recent influential court decisions and what they may mean for your business 36
DAM ENGINEERING 38
Innovative spillway design put to the test 38
HISTORY AND HERITAGE 40
Exploring the history of Cape Town’s water courses 40
Water for a Thirsty Land – the Story of the Orange River Project 41
Book review: The construction of Van Ryneveld’s Pass Dam 42
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 44
Recognising distinction – SAICE President’s Award and Honorary Fellowship 44
SAICE celebrates new Fellows 46
SA’s infrastructure project pipeline: SAICE unpacks expectations for 2022 48
Obituary: Graham Stephen Pirie 49
SAICE Academy launches dispute resolution book 50
SAICE Training Calendar 2022 51
BACK COVER 54

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