SAICE received more than 30 project entries from across the country to compete for the illustrious annual SAICE–SAFCEC awards, which took place at The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay in Cape Town on 08 October 2015.

Infrastructurene.ws congratulates all winners.

SAICE Technical Divisions: Projects Awards winners

Environmental Engineering Projects (Award sponsored by Sika)

Cederberg Nature Reserve

Structural Engineering Projects (Awards sponsored by Vital Engineering)

Malapa Fossil Cave Cover and Visitors’ Platform

Project Management and Construction  

Head Office for the Department of Environmental Affairs

Transportation Engineering Projects  

First full-scale EME Construction Project in South Africa

Water Engineering Projects (sponsored by SMEC)

Mdwaka Dam

SAICE Institutional Awards for 2015

SAICE Civil Engineer of the Year: Deon Kruger from the University of Johannesburg (Award sponsored by PPS)

SAICE Young Civil Engineer of the Year: Daniel Avutia from SRK Consulting

SAICE Technologist of the Year: Brian Kannigadu from BMK Engineering Consultants (Award sponsored by Uretek Geo Systems)

SAICE Young Technologist of the Year: Bulelwa Leni from RHDHV (Award sponsored by Uretek Geo Systems)

SAICE Student Chapter of the Year: UJ-Civils

SAICE Branch of the Year: Amathole

SAICE Division of the Year: Water Engineering Division

SAICE-LAFARGE Photo Competition 2015

SAICE initiated the photo competition to celebrate the beauty of the industry and to show the world that civil engineering can be visually pleasing. The photo competition is sponsored by Lafarge South Africa, one of the major cement companies in Southern Africa that manufactures and markets cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregate and gypsum.

Winning photo – Autumn under the pier

Photographer – Chris Wise

1^st Runner up – Pipeline giraffes

Photographer – Karl Kusel

2^nd Runner up – Spanning the circle

Photographer – Henning van Aswegen

Highly commended

Metolong Bridge by Corrie Meintjies, and

Reaching out by Deon Classen

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