As a developing nation, South Africa’s engagement in the global economy is either advanced or constrained by the state of its infrastructural capabilities. The first ever Infrastructure Report Card (IRC) for South Africa, exploring the state of the...
The 2017 winners of the 14th annual SAICE Aqualibrium Schools Water Competition have been announced. The competition teaches learners to design, build, and operate a water-distribution system exactly as if they were qualified civil engineers...
It is a misnomer that racial and related economic transformation in the civil engineering and construction sector is not happening. The numbers tell a different story. Over the past eight years, government has consistently invested more than 7% of...
Fourteen Voluntary Associations (VAs) are taking legal action against the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), alleging that the appointment of the new ECSA council is unlawful. The court action...
A letter from SAICE on the Auditor-General’s results: The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has appreciation for the mammoth task of the Auditor General to establish the financial status of the almost 300 municipalities in...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) recently held the second National Investigative Project Showdown for South African universities’ civil engineering departments in Johannesburg. The civil engineering university research and...
The rate, at which existing senior engineers at the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) are retiring, is alarming as it cuts to the very head of the water sector, threatening paralysis of the body. This is according to Dr Chris Herold, who was...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering hosted their third Civil Talk on Thursday, 17 September at their national head office in Midrand. The talk was facilitated by well-known anchor Freek Robinson and the panellists where academic and...
Innovative highway interchange design and an ingenious hybrid wastewater treatment solution were among the winning projects at this year’s SAICE National Project Awards, held last Thursday at the Durban ICC Arena. Having won an award at the...
