Opinion article by Frank Stevens, president of the Institute for Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) I came across a striking anecdote at an engineering lecture at the University of Cape Town recently. To put the story in context, one...
The Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) is now 21 years old, and with age has come a certain maturity for the society, SASTT honorary director, Joop van Wamelen, tells Chantelle Mattheus. “Over the past year, I have had the...
Opinion article by Frank Stevens, president of the Institute for Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) In 2003 the United Nations General Assembly selected 23 June as the international day of commemorating the value of public service to...
The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA), the oldest industry association serving the discipline of municipal engineers in the country, commenced with lobbying for higher integration and collaboration between local...
Aurecon has recently walked away with one of the construction industry’s top accolades at the 2012 Construction World Best Projects awards. First introduced in 2002 and held annually thereafter, the externally-judged ‘Best Projects’ competition is...
Byline: Jannie Pietersen: Excerpt from IMESA’s 2012 presidential address Caption: While traditional technical skills are vital for the municipal engineer they key issue going forward is the development of non-technical and interpersonal skills....
IMESA sees itself as playing an extremely important supportive role in assisting municipalities to meet their obligations and reach their service delivery goals. An eThekwini case study Frank Stevens, vice president of IMESA (operations), presented...
IMESA’s coffee table book, Reflections, was launched at last year’s conference to coincide with the institute’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Last month IMIESA featured Part 2 of a series overview of the book. The book provides a comprehensive...
