The CESA Infrastructure Indaba got off to a roaring start with MEC for Infrastructure Development in Gauteng Jacob Mamabolo challenging the industry to bring innovation to the forefront in order to take advantage of the fourth industrial revolution.
In his keynote address Mamabolo stated that a lot of responsibility has been given to the industry through government’s investment in infrastructure and that it was time to do things differently. “Through the use of technology, artificial intelligence and our human capital I believe we will be able to turn around how projects are delivered”. “Our industry has an opportunity to inspire a new thinking and a new approach that can make the new dawn not just an ideal but a reality that can start impacting communities now,” he said. Neresh Pather, CESA President in his opening address welcomed MEC Mamabolo’s invitation to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bring quality based consulting engineering services to the Department of Infrastructure Development.What else to read
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