Civil Engineering March 2022 | Vol 30 No 2

68 March 2022 Civil Engineering SA I CE and profess i onal news T he SAICE Structural Division (SSD) was established after the final Annual General Meeting of the Joint Structural Division, which was held in late 2019. Now entering its third year, the SSD’s membership has grown significantly, ex- ceeding 4 000 members at the end of 2021. The SSD, currently led by Chairperson Paimaan Byron, has offered its members a number of online technical talks and the noteworthy SSD online CPD Day under the theme ‘Structural Innovation’ in October 2021. In this issue of Civil Engineering , we give an insight into the team that will be leading the Structural Division committee for 2022. Chairperson: Paimaan Byron Pr Eng Paimaan is the managing director of PnB Consulting Engineers. He holds an MEng in structural engineering and an Executive MBA from the Quantic School of Business, USA. Paimaan serves on a number of professional committees and is the current chair of SABS SC 98 – Design of masonry structures. His main areas of expertise are structural engineering, human settlements, dolo- mitic design, innovative building methods, forensic engineering, and infrastructure maintenance. Vice Chairperson: Emmanuel Makhele Pr Eng Emmanuel is a structural engineer within Zutari’s built environment group and has 13 years of experience working on multi-disciplinary projects in Africa, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. He holds a BSc in civil engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and is registered as a professional engineer with ECSA. His passion for solving complex engineering prob- lems has resulted in him working on numerous unconventional structural projects. Siyabonga Dubazana Pr Eng Siyabonga obtained a BSc in civil engineering and a Postgraduate Diploma in management from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has over 14 years of experience as a structural engineer, including in the areas of reinforced concrete and structural steel design, construction of high voltage overhead lines, substations, cement, lime and petrochemical plants. He is currently a Chief Civil Engineer at Trans-Africa Projects where he is responsible for the design of civil infrastructure for substations and powerlines. He specialises in powerline foundation design. As a new member of the SSD he will be involved in the concrete and steel portfolio. Bridgei Kayumba Bridgei is a civil engineering technologist with 12 years of practical experience in civil engineering, including structural design and draughting, with compre- hensive knowledge of the design and management of built environment projects. He has successfully managed many turnkey projects and designed and managed a vast number of medium to large multidisciplinary projects from conception to execution, both institutional and commercial. He is the Managing Director of DjidjiBridge. Bridgei will be active in the concrete, steel and timber design related portfolios of the SSD. Thokiso Malese Thokiso is currently in his third year of studies towards a BEng in civil engineering at Stellenbosch University. He would like to specialise in the field of structural design and take this opportunity to learn about the field of civil engineering, and structural engineering specifically. He will continue to be involved in the Bridge Building Competition and Social Media Portfolios. Nhlamulo Ritshuri Pr Eng Nhlamulo is a professional structural engineer and project manager working in the mining sector as a superintendent for the Palabora Mining Company. She has experience in reinforced concrete and structural steel design, structural integrity management and maintenance, production of engineering drawings, project management and execution, construction monitoring and management, cost estimating, and project finance. Nhlamulo is passionate about ensuring that young engineering professionals Meet SAICE’s 2022 Structural Division committee