The effective utilisation of Consulting Engineers in local government has never been more important. It could be argued that South Africa is unique with its highly skilled private sector, and overly politicised public sector.

In Sweden, 95% of Consulting Engineering work is done from within the public sector; in South Africa, this is the reverse. The development of the construction industry as a whole occurs in the partnership between the public and private sectors, and call for your company’s input.

Quality engineering services are at the heart of excellence in project design and delivery. We know that quality is sacrificed in favour of cost and BBBEE. Added to this, the procurement system is highly flawed and National Treasury is looking for input, industry-wide, to address this.

Times are changing in South Africa and the political will to improve the roll out of public infrastructure has never been more evident. From the pronouncements of Pravin Gordhan, to the Presidential Infrastructure Commission to the high level engagement of institutions like CESA – all are geared towards fixing what is broken and getting South Africa on track.

In this edition’s Panel Discussion, IMIESA invited Consulting Engineers, from AECOM, GLS Consulting, NuWater and WorleyParsons, to engage with South Africa’s most established public infrastructure community, providing detailed perspectives of their expertise and contributions to building and maintaining South Africa’s infrastructure and services assets.

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