Civil Engineering July 2022 | Vol 30 No 6

FRONT COVER I
CONTENTS 3
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK 1
Project management, does it matter? 1
ON THE COVER 4
Quality construction materials key to long-lasting infrastructure 4
QUIZ 8
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 8
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 9
On the brink of collapse? 9
PROFILE 10
Neil Macleod awarded WFEO Medal for Engineering Excellence 10
CONSTRUCTION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT 16
The Owner’s Engineer role: suggestions from a practitioner’s experience 16
Transformational leadership, supportive organisational context and psychological safety 18
Construction of the Bavaria Measuring Weir in the Wilge River 20
The vital role of retaining wall structures 24
Determination of unsoaked California Bearing Ratios 26
Reliability calibration of a bridge traffic load model 28
SAICE PMCD: Call for 2022 awards nominations 32
Demining and land clearing in the Pande-Temane Gas Fields 34
SUSTAINABILITY AND ESG 36
Building on change: ESG considerations for the construction industry 36
More sustainable practices needed in the construction industry 38
IN BRIEF 40
SANRAL explains rationale for cancellation of EC tenders 40
New certification for the next generation of construction leaders 40
Macsteel breaks world record with pioneering technology 41
Construction materials suppliers to beware anti-competitive behaviour 41
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 42
SAICE appoints new Fellows 42
AQUALIBRIUM – changing learners’ lives one water competition at a time 44
Leading the way in civil engineering – SAICE Project Management & Construction Division 46
SAICE and the CMA uncover the huge potential of a knowledge-based link-up 50
SAICE Training Calendar 2022 51
Updated: The SAICE 2022 Presidential Team 53
BACK COVER 54

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