Civil Engineering September 2022 | Vol 30 No 8

58 September 2022 Civil Engineering S AICE’s Transport Division is one of the larger of SAICE’s eleven divisions, with some 4 145 members as of 1 July 2022, and was the proud recipient of the SAICE Division of the Year award at the 2021 SAICE National Awards. The Transport Division committee that serves SAICE’s members and the industry at large comprises 22 dedicated individuals that lead the division through the dedicated portfolios of marketing and communications, events management, education and training, young members, and awards. Alan Robinson Pr Eng, FSAICE Chairperson 2022/2023 Alan is a specialist Transport Engineer for SANRAL’s Northern Region and holds an MEng (Transportation), GDE (Traffic/ Transport) and BSc (Civil). Alan provides traffic and transport inputs into SANRAL roads projects, including liaising with project managers and consultants to ensure consistent and relevant traffic forecasts of infrastructure capacity and pavement loading. This includes devel- oping smaller transport models to test theories and proposals and maintain the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) strategic toll model to test the impact of various proposals. Alan produces six-monthly traffic and toll revenue forecasts and combines these with costs streams from the SANRAL Asset Management System to provide input into funding options for the SANRAL toll portfolio. He is also a member of the National Gateway Review team that reviews projects with a value greater than R500 million and selects preferred concept designs based on being fit for purpose and value for money. One of the highlights of Alan’s career was developing an up- dated, calibrated, and validated Gauteng freeway-focused traffic model that produced traffic forecasts (GFIP traffic model) and seeing those results translate into various designs and ultimate completion of the GFIP project. One of the aspects that Alan enjoys about his career in trans- port engineering is producing internationally audited and bankable traffic and toll revenue forecasts for toll concession PPP bids that get to BAFO and ultimately preferred bidder status, understanding that those forecasts are used for the designs of the initial construc- tion works, the pavement designs, the future expansion works, toll strategy design, toll tariff optimisation, toll plaza sizing and revenue stream input for the financial models. No pressure! Lethu Litha Dlanjwa Pr Tech Eng Vice-Chairperson Lethu is a project manager for SANRAL’s Northern Region and holds a BTech and BSc Hons in transportation. In his current posi- tion he is involved in the project management of numerous projects ranging from planning and design to construction. He is also involved in geometric design reviews (route determination, concept, preliminary and detail) for SANRAL’s Northern Region national road network, comprising Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Lethu’s team is involved in the planning and development of strategic routes and provides comment on geometric design related issues regarding access application to SANRAL roads. Lethu appreciates the ability of transport infrastructure proj- ects to change people’s lives. Friedrich Slabbert Pr Eng, FSAICE, FWISA Past Chairperson Friedrich is a specialist consultant with Sciendum. He holds a BEng (Civil) and BEng Hons (Civil), both from University of Pretoria. Friedrich has 40 years of experience in the fields of roads, public transport, transport planning, water services planning and the development of large infrastructure projects and is a SAICE 2022 Vice President and Executive Board member. He commenced his career with the former TPA Roads Department in 1981. In 1990 he joined Uhlmann Witthaus & Prins Consulting Engineers (now Mariswe Consulting), where he became a director in 1997. In 2013 he retired from UWP and in May 2015 established Sciendum Academy. Friedrich has been happily married to Joey for 44 years and enjoys serving the community and industry, family time with his eight grandchildren, walking, photography, singing, wine tasting, cycling – too old to run anymore but wishes he could again – and rugby (without which life may be boring!). He also enjoys coaching and mentoring. Sabata Malope Pr Tech Eng Treasurer Sabata is an Associate: Transportation and Construction with Nyeleti Consulting. He specialises in transportation and road infrastructure and is currently enrolled for an MEng in transport studies at the University of Cape Town. Sabata has successfully managed a va- riety of projects and has been responsible for all relevant aspects, including project management, design, contract documentation and procurement, site and head office supervision, budgeting, and cost control. He has also been involved with various transporta- tion studies and has worked as a resident engineer on major water, road, and structural projects. He has 10 years of experience ranging from national to municipal road infrastructure (including public transport) and has been extensively involved in various traffic and transportation studies, as well as assists in conducting pavement visual assessment and stormwater designs. Sabata enjoys camping, photography and playing indoor soccer. SAICE Transport Division: Leading the way in the sector