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Civil Engineering October 2022 | Vol 30 No 9

FRONT COVER I
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK 1
Development investments – should South Africa focus on urban or rural areas? 1
CONTENTS 2
ON THE COVER 4
World-class marine construction solutions for Africa 4
QUIZ 6
SAICE Know Your Sector Competition 6
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 7
Towards an accountability ecosystem 7
MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY 8
Rebuilding historic Stellenbosch bridge with precast concrete 8
Helping Kampala implement a world-class IWM strategy 14
Serious shortage of trained concrete technologists 16
The dangers of intermittent supply in South Africa 18
Open channel flow measurement and monitoring: staff gauges 24
Upgrading the Bloemhof Water Treatment Works 26
Providing support to local government 28
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 32
Layerworks in bound and unbound pavements 32
HISTORY AND HERITAGE 36
Sustainable restoration of local heritage structures: an engineering approach 36
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY 38
Women in engineering: myths vs reality 38
YOUNG MEMBERS 40
Tackling the unemployment challenge 40
ENERGY 44
Flexible pricing in renewable energy projects: how to strike a balance 44
OPINION 46
The parallels between road and transportation R&D and mushroom farming in South Africa – Part 2 46
IN BRIEF 50
Tackling leakage of plastic waste into the environment 50
Augmented-reality gears up for education 4.0 50
South Africa is drowning in rubble 51
Is battery-powered construction equipment the future? 51
A first for Africa – converting unrecyclable plastic into eco-concrete 52
New competency regulations for municipal workers 52
SAICE AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS 53
SAICE Bridge Building Competition: Showcasing bright young minds 53
SAICE Training Calendar 2022 56
BACK COVER 58

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