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var textForPages =["Annual Review\nNovember 2018\n","Contents\nPresident’s Report .................................................................................................... 3\nCEO’s Report ........................................................................................................... 5 Finance & Staff (FINCOM) ........................................................................................ 7 Education and Training Committee ........................................................................... 9 Advocacy Committee .............................................................................................. 11 Young Professionals Forum (YPF) ............................................................................. 13 Quality & Risk Sustainability Management Committee ............................................. 17 Membership & Constitutional Affairs Committee ...................................................... 19 Marketing & Communications Committee ............................................................... 21 Supply Chain Management Committee .................................................................... 27\n","If a city needed a\nsuspension bridge,\nthey would consult an\nexpert, right?\nA magni cent and lasting piece of infrastructure like a suspension bridge cannot be created without the input of an expert. 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We live in a world that is complex and constantly changing and as Engineers we are challenged to nd innovative ways to resolve the often-complex issues that we are faced with.\nAccording to Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel, speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Davos earlier this year, infrastructure development is a key driver of South Africa’s growth prospects. Being labour intensive, infrastructure spending offers one of the easiest and most realistic means for South Africa to achieve an inclusive economic recovery. But, according to the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS)\nfor the second quarter of 2018 released by Statistics South Africa the of cial unemployment rate increased by 0,5 of a percentage point to 27,2% compared to the rst quarter of 2018. This was coupled with an increase in the number\nof discouraged work-seekers to 2,9 million during this period. As a nation we will need to answer the question of how to upskill more than a generation of our country such that we not only develop skills but also address the social imbalances that have scarred our communities.\nStatistics South Africa reported that after growing by 3,1% in the fourth quarter of 2017, the South African economy wobbled in the rst quarter of 2018, shrinking by 2,2% quarter-on-quarter. Agriculture, mining and manufacturing were the main contributors to the slowdown, with the electricity, construction and trade industries also recording negative growth. The 2,2% fall is the largest quarter-on-quarter decline since the rst quarter of 2009. The construction industry continued to contract, experiencing its fth consecutive quarter of decline. The industry has lost R1,7 billion in value since the fourth quarter of 2016, falling from R110 billion to R108 billion in the rst quarter of 2018.\nOn average South Africa has spent 6% of our GDP on Infrastructure over the past 16 years. This loosely translates to around R300bn each year. This spending occurs largely through State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) accounting for around 45%. All of this should afford the engineering professionals in South Africa many opportunities to operate across our infrastructure landscape. This unfortunately has not been the case, with many member companies facing hard times, retrenchments and cutbacks in spending on areas like training, bursaries, and corporate social responsibility.\nIt is a fallacy that increased spending on infrastructure will address our current industry problems. We have strongly been advocating the concept of ‘Value for Money’ stating that spending correctly and in the appropriate areas is paramount in order to achieve maximum bene t for our economy. On the face of it, procurement is at the heart of many of the current blockages and we have spent the past year focusing on this area on behalf of Member Firms, Stakeholders and Clients.\nWorking with National Treasury we have been pleased with the roll out and training for the Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (SIPDM) system across all spheres in Government. During 2018 we continue to actively lobby Government to create an Infrastructure Directorate at National Treasury that will take ownership and accountability for the implementation and monitoring of compliance with this Standard. We have continued to highlight the lack of appropriate skills in both this and the Auditor General’s department stating that this needs to be addressed urgently if we are to achieve ‘Value for Money’ for the annual R300bn allocated for spend on infrastructure. We are pleased to report that a high-level delegation from CESA was given the opportunity to present to the Appropriations Committee in Parliament earlier this year on this topic.\n","The year started with CESA hosting our annual Presidential Media Breakfast in Gauteng, at which I presented and unpacked my theme for the year ‘Effective Ethical Leadership with the theme of ‘Our Future is Now!’ to a large contingent from the media. My focus for the year has been on the following key objectives: Effective Ethical Leadership most importantly creating role models that inspire our future generations; Transformation efforts in changing people’s hearts and minds; Embracing the 4th industrial revolution, the new world of digitization and new ways of doing things through innovation and data informed techniques; Industry integration and working collaboratively on common issues that bene t industry and society; and Working with industry clients in addressing Corruption, Governance, and Client leadership.\nFollowing on from the media breakfast we then visited all of our Branches to present to our members, stakeholders and clients countrywide. In each Province we met with key stakeholders and clients to promote our organisation\nand the value that our member rms provide.\nDuring May we successfully hosted the 7th Annual CESA Infrastructure Indaba in Gauteng at which MEC for Infrastructure Development in Gauteng Jacob Mamabolo told the conference that it gives him pleasure to spend time with fellow industry players especially consulting engineers and built environment professionals as we seek ways to improve our work in the delivery of infrastructure projects that are a key anchor and an enabler to a growing a thriving economy. We 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 and have been actively pursuing this during the course of the year. A strong theme of Collaboration for Infrastructure Delivery emerged from the conference with Government calling on the private sector to assist in providing both leadership, knowledge and capacity to Local, Provincial and National Government levels. There is a de nite need for CESA and our over 540-member rms to provide support to ensure that as a country we get ‘value for money’ in rolling our infrastructure projects aimed at providing cost effective solutions.\nDuring August we celebrated excellence in engineering as we hosted the who’s who of the Built Environment at our annual 2018 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards - creating legacies and honouring legends. Close to 50 submissions were received and in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s Centenary year we expanded the Award’s categories to include ‘The Lifetime Industry Achievement Award’, a discretionary award to recognise an individual who has contributed signi cantly to the development and promotion of the Consulting Engineering Industry in South Africa during their lifetime. It was be tting that we included this new category in the centenary year of one of the greatest legends of all time, Nelson Mandela. Engineers create legacies, each time you change the landscape you change history. Each time you plan, design, build, maintain and rehabilitate, you are creating a legacy for the next generation.\nEngineering impacts directly on people’s lives making clean water possible, providing reliable energy, safe transport, fast communications, life-saving medical equipment and the transport of food and supplies – all rely on engineering solutions to make the world a safer, more comfortable, and exciting place to be. The world of the future can only be changed and facilitated through the leadership of today embracing the true purpose of service to humanity. It is for this reason that I will continue to focus over the coming year on Effective, Ethical Leadership.\nNeresh Pather Pr Eng - Mott MacDonald\nCESA President\n","CEO’s Report\nOur Country is facing one of the most dif cult times in our most recent history. Public Sector capital expenditure has shrunk in the past year to levels last experienced in 2010. As 2017 came to a close the Country celebrated the replacement of President Jacob Zuma with our new President Cyril Ramaphosa who provided us with new hope through his ‘new dawn’ pronouncements and a call for active citizenry through his ‘Tuma Mina’ inaugural address. This excitement brought with it new hope, hope which unfortunately needed to be somewhat tempered in order to appreciate the context of a looming National Election year and the limitations this would impose on the new leadership including a somewhat fractious ruling party; little change in senior leadership; the early signs of immature coalition governance; no consequences for parties\nresponsible for the nancial demise we currently nd ourselves having to grapple with following a protracted process of corruption through ‘State Capture’ and willful pillaging of State coffers, to cite but a few.\nContinued policy uncertainty in the mining sector has not helped the current 27.2% unemployment rate and the burgeoning uncontextualized proposals to amend the Constitution to make provision for land expropriation without compensation possible whilst hoping to attract investors to our shores, all adds to the confusion around the policy certainty we need in order to have some level of success with the latter. All of this mixed messaging even creates a level of trepidation amongst local investors whilst we all know that if we do not invest locally and grow our economy ourselves as a start, a strategy also known as ‘renegade marketing’, foreign investors will not be attracted either. We should not be under any illusion that foreign investors will put money into investments that are not already growing as their pursuits are simply driven by pro t and not benevolence.\nThe Construction Industry in South Africa is probably experiencing the worst of times, with several companies either unbundling or in business rescue. There are probably only two major companies that still seem to be surviving the fallout, namely Raubex and WBHO, of course not without the support from their cross-border contracts. The Consulting Engineering sector too is plagued by a plethora of challenges ranging from client incapacity or incompetence; corruption (yes, it is still with us despite the ‘new dawn’); overly aggressive and sometimes forced fee discounting; shortage of funds for capital projects among State Owned entities; abuse of regulations such as those contained in Section 32 of the Supply Chain Regulations for Municipal entities; overzealous and poorly considered application of the PPPFA (legislation that is still a necessity 24 years into our post-apartheid democracy) added to which our industry, following a protracted process of consultation and negotiation, has provided the public sector with the most progressive Sector Charter in respect of transformation and inclusivity than any other Sector Charter that has been promulgated to drive B-BBEE in our Country, to cite but a few.\nWithin our sector large multi-national companies with a global footprint, fortunately are able offer their employees the opportunity to work abroad instead of being forced to retrench, but medium sized companies are forced to cut down on staff, some have even reportedly implemented pay-cuts at Director level to try to preserve jobs and smaller companies who have not managed to secure suf cient project appointments or do not get paid timeously for the work done are forced out of business. Short term implementation of set-asides to promote the access of smaller startup companies to projects, whilst well intended, have as an unintended consequence the reality that such companies will reach the threshold for qualifying for such set-asides long before reaching business maturity, compromising their ability to survive the harsh business environment without the preferences previously enjoyed. These are some and not all of the issues the CESA Directorate has been dealing with over the past year to ensure that our sector remains sustainable.\n","We have enjoyed several successes through the course of the year in challenging and advising clients of our member companies, when their approach to procuring the services of engineering consultancy rms were not in line with legislation and where the outcomes of such would have undoubtedly led to fruitless and wasteful expenditure. We have spared little energy in trying to communicate our willingness to partner with various Government Departments in addressing the infrastructure delivery challenges, sadly with limited response. One can only hope that this trust de cit that exists between Government and the Private Sector will become a thing of the past as we need each other if we are as a collective to make South Africa work.\nOur events calendar for the year has been equally challenging with numbers dwindling due to nancial constraints among member rms. Despite this we still managed to host a successful CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards event, indeed our agship event, as it is in tough times such as these that we should be showcasing the world class\ninfrastructure we are capable of developing and the engineering expertise, revered throughout the world, that we have in our Country that makes this possible.\nWe continue to strive through our Branch activities to get member companies to collaborate around common challenges and consider how we can as an industry address some of these with the support of the CESA Directorate, although we do nd that support from member companies for branch activities is limited, rendering the process more challenging in some areas. Our Young Professionals Forum, the future of our industry, also tend not to enjoy a consistent level of support at branch level thereby further hampering the ability of branches to be sustainable, now and into the future. Whilst one understands the challenges of balancing productivity with such industry participation, we have to be fearful of what the industry may become if we do not afford some voluntary time to preserving our excellent institution for another 65 years.\nFinally, it would be remiss of me not to acknowledge the various Board Members, Committee Members and Branch Chairs who provide the support that they do in ensuring that we remain the eminent organisation for the Consulting Engineering Industry, recognized not only locally but across Africa and the globe. This of course, is ably driven by a dedicated team of people in the CESA Directorate who equally need to be acknowledged. Lastly, we are constantly reminded that without you, our member companies and the collectivist Ubuntu approach, none of what we do would be possible and for this we laud you for your foresight in your continued membership and support of our esteemed organization.\nChris Campbell – Pr Eng\nCESA CEO\n","Finance & Staff (FINCOM)\nThe Annual Financial Statements for the period March 2017 to February 2018 were approved by FINCOM, presented to the Board, and issued with the Agenda for the Annual General Meeting for rati cation at the AGM. The nancial statements were prepared by Lloyd Viljoen Chartered Accountants (S.A.).\nThe statement of changes of reserves for this period showing the total comprehensive surplus for the year are summarised as follows:\nThe summary of reserves as at 28 February 2018 are:\nThe budget for the period March 2017 to February 2018 forecast a pro t of R 520,000 and the nal audited pro t was R 2,431,481. The original budget was adjusted and managed throughout the course of the year, and variations to the budget are summarised as follows:\n• Membership grew during this nancial period by 26 rms and resulted in an increase in income of R 686,000\nin subscription fees.\n• The replenishment of Reserves over the past few years combined with compliance by members regarding the timeous payment of fees as well as investment management resulted in an increase in the interest received against budget of R 256,000.\n2018\n2017\n2016\nCESA\n2,412,278\n735,888\n1,997,175\nSchool of Engineering\n5,851\n61,637\n(146,336)\nYPF\n13,351\n202,650\n(169,877)\nTotal pro t/de cit for the year\n2,431,481\n1,000,176\n1,680,958\nCESA Voluntary Association\n8,928,890\nSchool of Engineering (SCE)\n(568,554)\nCESA Young Professionals\n396,507\nTotal CESA Reserves\n8,755,842\n","• Increased income against budget from the sale of publications and the FIDIC GAMA Conference resulted in additional income of R 61,000.\n• Savings of R 181,000 were made against the staff compensation and corporate overhead expense budgets.\n• Barter agreements for conference stands and attendance at industry related events reduced the cost of having a CESA presence at these events by R 220,000.\n• The amount paid to FIDIC by CESA for Annual Membership fees decreased by R 200,000 due to reduced staff numbers in member rms, a variation in the methodology used to determine the subscription fees by FIDIC and the timing of the payment of the fees versus the exchange rate (Swiss Francs).\n• CESA School of Engineering (SCE) struggled through 2017 with reduced attendance and increased cancellations of scheduled courses. The trend continued and budgets allocated for use by Marketing and Communications departments were frozen to minimize the forecast loss of the SCE on the overall budget. The SCE Rescue Plan was developed and actioned by the management team which resulted in a turnaround of the forecast loss\nof nearly a million rand to a breakeven for the SCE. The frozen budgets for Marketing & Communications of R 220,000 remained unspent.\n• The CESA Young Professional Forum (YPF) showed an overall pro t of R 13,351 which increased their reserves from R 382,156 at Feb 2017 to R 395,507 at Feb 18. Preapproval of the use of the YPF Reserves is required from the CESA Board for Special YPF Projects. Total assets of R 13,862,318 included Non-current assets of\nR 322,815 and Current assets of R 13,539,503. Reserves total R 8,755,843 and Current liabilities were\nR 5,106,475.\n• The March 18 to February 19 budget was based on a 0% annual membership subscription fee increase and a breakeven budget. We are still on track to meet this budget.\n• The staff compliment reduced to 17 full time staff members. There was one resignation and this post has not been lled.\n• Lloyd Viljoen have been CESA auditors for the past 5 years and in line with good governance quotations have been sourced for new auditors for CESA going forward. Quotations will be evaluated and the new auditors proposed at the AGM 2018.\n• Consulting Engineers Non-Pro t Company will commence trading later in 2018 once all the statutory requirements are complete. Trading entities within CESA such as the School of Consulting Engineering and Sale of Publications will trade in this entity as any pro ts derived from these activities are taxable. Membership and membership-based activities and events will remain trading in the CESA Voluntary Association.\nSue Davis-Clark\nManager: Finance\nSugen Pillay – Zitholele Consulting\nChairperson\n","Education and Training Committee\nThe Education and Training Committee continues to play a pertinent role in ensuring that the organisation is active in value added services that would be bene cial to members. This has extended beyond the focus on our industry and has been found to be bene cial to clients of members rms as well as suppliers of products to the industry. In recognition of the need for complementary training to the core technical and engineering training most employees in consulting engineering companies already have, the organisation on request of members in 2000, embarked on the journey of establishing what has today become known as the School of Consulting Engineering. The annual training programme comprises seminars, workshops, in-house courses, short courses and skills programmes, that are developed to meet the speci c requirements of the construction and engineering industry. In later years it was decided to expand these activities to the broader education and training realm. Today these activities include running one- or two-day short courses, a year-long modular programme also known as the Business of Consulting Engineering (BCE), CPD accreditation of courses for both ECSA and SACPCMP recognition, a Candidacy Programme towards Professional Registration in partnership with SABTACO and most recently has been in the process of developing the CESA-Thuthuka Bursary Programme for Engineering studies.\nThe School of Consulting Engineering\nThe School of Consulting Engineering (SCE) offers Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training at our of ces in Paulshof, Johannesburg, as well as around the country either as short courses or in-house courses. The SCE has introduced several new training courses such as Developing Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace; Developing Mentorship Skills for Management & Professionals; Project Lifecycle Management for Project Professionals; as well as Technical & Business Report Writing Skills. The SCE ran 141 short courses over the past year training over 1000 delegates. Thirty tailor-made in-house courses were run around the country for members, clients and built environment professionals. The Road to Registration for Candidates, Mentors and Mature Candidates, together with the Candidate Academy (SAICE professional Development & Projects) ran 18 courses to assist candidates with their professional registration. Highlights in 2018 include the following:\n• Introduction of Webinars on the 2 pilot courses i.e. Speci cation, Inspection & Restoration of Reinforced Concrete Structures (Durability & Repair of Concrete Structures) on the 27th - 28th August 2018 and Legal duties of the client on the 6th September 2018, this intervention will enable clients to register and attend a course remotely no matter where they are in the world\n• Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (IPDM) Training sessions that proved to be popular in 2017 have been brought back and are now run by the SCE countrywide, to date Johannesburg and Bloemfontein sessions have been successfully run with 29 and 22 delegates, respectively.\n","Business of Consulting Engineering (BCE)\nThe BCE is modular and is a year-long programme. Delegates attend a one-week contact session every quarter, completing assignments and writing exams. Entrance requirements apply. The programme covers:\n• Consulting Engineering Environment\n• Inter-personal Skills\n• Business and Project Finance\n• Project Delivery\n• Legal and Contractual Matters\nCESA/SABTACO Candidacy Programme\nThis CETA funded Programme has been running for the past three years in conjunction with member companies who provided the mentorship candidates require towards professional registration. This programme has not been without its challenges, namely candidates changing jobs and mentors, slow payment from CETA and some candidates simply dropping off the programme. The relationship with CETA has however strengthened and this year we were able to recover large sums of money which could then be paid to member companies, albeit after some delay and we have seen several candidates achieve professional registration and to date at least 64 out of 90 candidates have been registered.\nCESA-Thuthuka Bursary Programme\nThis Programme has been designed to target the development of future engineers from learners who perform well on the National Benchmarking Tests (NBT); have good matric results in Maths and Science and have limited nancial support to aspire towards a degree in Engineering at a local academic university. There has been some support shown by member companies and the Organisation itself will be participating in the programme to catalyse the future participation of more member companies.\nHR Forum\nThe HR Forum is the focus group linked to this Committee with an express focus on talent management, remuneration surveys and general human resource issues affecting the attraction and retention of resources in member companies. It continues to meet every quarter to discuss industry issues that are HR and Training related, organizations like IMCOSA, CESA af liates, PE Corporate Services and SARS have been invited to share information on issues which affect the industry and business such as immigration laws, salary surveys, tax and medical aid etc.\nChris Campbell\nActing Education and Training Manager\nVishal Haripersad – Knight Piésold\nChairperson\n","Advocacy Committee\nCESA continues to conduct regular meetings of the Advocacy Committee to bolster the critical industry activities of liaison and partnering with public client bodies and other relevant stakeholders. Three critical issues were raised with clients and partners in order to improve the delivery of engineering services and basic services to our people, namely:\n•Technical/Engineering Capacity within the Government\n•Procurement of Professional Service Providers, in particular Engineering\nConsultants\n•Infrastructure delivery management and engineering services which is central\nto the success of the National Development Plan (NDP)\nLiaison interactions for the year were with, but not limited to, the following clients:\n• National Treasury – SIPDM Implementation and Review\n• Department of Water and Sanitation - Water Sector Leadership Group\n• National Planning Commission – Water Security\n• Airports Company South Africa\n• Transnet\n• Eskom\n• Ministry for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs\n• Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency\n• Department of Public Works\n• Construction Industry Development Board - National Stakeholders Forum\n• Mvula Trust\n• Eastern Cape Government: Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform\n• Department of Transport\n• Department of Human Settlements\nRegional Interaction\nCESA continued to host the Branch Chairperson’s induction and planning meetings to introduce the new and old branch chairpersons to the workings of CESA at regional level and interface with management; this is an important initiative in order to strengthen branches in the absence of fulltime staff.\nThe President of CESA participated in a series of visits to the organisation’s national branches where CESA’s theme and strategic intent for the year is presented to local media, member rms and their construction and infrastructure clients. We congratulate the Limpopo Branch on being awarded the CESA 2018 Branch of the Year.\nAfrican Collaboration\nOn invitation by the Order of the Consulting Engineers of Mali (OICM), CESA collaborated with them in the hosting of the 25th Annual FIDIC-GAMA Conference in Mali from 6th to 9th May 2018 at the Laico L’Amitie Hotel. Many thanks to all stakeholders for the excellent work. The theme of the conference was ‘Aligning the Consulting Engineer’s Role to the Vision of Africa’s Infrastructure Development’. The 26th FIDIC-GAMA Conference will be organised by Uganda in Kampala in 2019.\n","International Collaboration\nCESA President Neresh Pather, Past President Lynne Pretorius and CESA CEO Chris Campbell travelled to join global consulting engineers at the annual FIDIC International Infrastructure Conference in Berlin, Germany. With the theme ‘Mobility & Smart Infrastructure’ a range of speakers explored the future of infrastructure demand and development; the impacts of digital technology in the smart context; urban connectivity and sustainability; and the global digital economies with respect to infrastructure nancing and funding and key roles and responsibilities that consulting engineers can and should play.\nPartnerships\nCESA continued to meet regularly and collaborate with Engineering and Built Environment organisations, namely: Association of Construction Health & Safety Management (ACHASM), Association of Construction Project Managers\n(ACPM), Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS), Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA), South African Black Technical & Allied Careers Organisation (SABTACO), South African Institute of Architects (SAIA).\nAllied organisations included: The South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC), South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP), The Concrete Institute (TCI), The Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC), South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA).\nOnline SMME Directory\nCESA continued to maintain and improve the online directory of emerging/ small and medium consulting engineering rms to enable member rms to source suitable partners with whom to embark on Joint Ventures on projects. This is an important aid for larger rms to identify reputable rms to partner with in large and mega public sector projects and to allow new entrants and broader participation by rms in accordance with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act.\nGodfrey Ramalisa\nManager: Client Liaison\n","Young Professionals Forum (YPF)\nAs the young voice of Consulting Engineering the CESA Young Professionals Forum through its objectives aims to: create an awareness concerning the engineering industry and profession; promote the development of high-quality professionals within the engineering industry; address relevant issues that affect Young Professionals; and foster, cultivate and understand relationships with client bodies, ECSA and recognised Voluntary Associations.\nThe period under review has been very productive for the Young Professionals Forum.\nCESA YPF Operations\nThe Executive Committee consisted of the following members:\nChairperson – Amanda Masondo-Mkhize (Mott MacDonald) Vice Chairperson – Yankho Banda (AM Consulting Engineers) Treasurer – Shilpi Jain (Nako Group)\nSecretary – Sipho Mashiyi (Aurecon)\nMember – Jeshika Ramchund (Bosch Projects)\nMember – Viola Milner (JG Afrika)\nMember – Jabulile Msiza (Jones & Wagener)\nYoung Engineer of the Year – Shamiso Kumbirai (Aurecon) CESA Of cial - Godfrey Ramalisa\nRegional Activities\nBorder Kei , chaired by Mr Khulile Siqiti of Bosch Projects, kicked off the year with a “State of the branch address” (SOBA) discussing branch performance, changes in their committee structure, planned events for the year and nances. Their planned events included the CESA Presidential Visit, a Wealth Creation Talk and the ECSA Road to Registration workshop.\nGauteng North, had some major changes to their structure. A new committee was elected in April with Mr Keith Katyora of Aurecon being voted in as the chairperson. Some of the branches planned events included the Future Leaders’ 2018 Career Expo: Promoting Engineering amongst High School Learners; a Panel discussion: Transform Yourself; and the Big Energy Debate.\nGauteng South, chaired by Mr Neil Govender of Zitholele Consulting, hosted their AGM in February, a meet and greet and the Annual Great Debate.\nKwaZulu-Natal, chaired by Mr Nerave Moodley of Makhaotse Narasimulu & Associates (MNA) Consulting engineers hosted the following events: the Annual Soccer Tournament; the Inter-company Quiz Night; the KZN CESA Relay; ECSA Road to Registration sessions; two technical talks; and the Young Einstein’s Maths Workshop – taking place once every quarter where YPs tutor grade 11 Maths students at a previously disadvantaged community school. The Annual KZN Women in Engineering Networking Seminar was once again a great success.\n","Port Elizabeth, chaired by Mr Sipho Mashiyi of Aurecon hosted an event entitled ‘Bridging the Gap’. The event was organised to achieve the goals of developing and connecting YPs in Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas in the academic, technical, and professional sector. PE branch are also looking forward to ECSA Registration Workshop and a Financial Investment presentation to wrap up the year.\nWestern Cape, chaired by Mr Christopher Van Wyk of Kantey & Templer Consulting Engineers has had a full schedule, starting off with a Quiz night followed by an ECSA registration workshop; Dodgeball and Investment Talk; and in collaboration with SAICE hosted the annual bridge building competition at Stellenbosch University.\nCESA YPF University Collaboration\nOur CESA YPF Branches have collaborated with various Universities, in events and charity drives. The aim of the\ncollaboration is to increase the awareness of CESA among students studying engineering quali cations, to motivate students and also give them an insight into the Consulting Engineering Industry before they enter into the world of work:\n• KZN – University of KwaZulu- Natal Engineers without borders\n• Gauteng North & South – University of Johannesburg Engineers without borders, University of Pretoria and Tshwane University of Technology\n• Western Cape - University of Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town and Cape Peninsula University of Technology We hope to engage with more Higher Education Institutions as we believe CESA and the YPF has much to offer to the students.\nNational Events\nThis year saw the 11th instalment of the CESA Job Shadow initiative. Led by the Young Professionals Forum, this initiative allows high school pupils to experience ‘A day in the life of a consulting engineer’. The initiative’s poster competition saw Knight Piésold announced as the winner, UWP the 1st runner up and Bigen Africa the 2nd runner up.\nThe 6th Annual YPF Sustainability Imbizo was held at the Accolades Boutique Venue in Midrand on the 14th and 15th August. The #YPImbizo was well attended by YPs from all provinces in South Africa representing their various CESA member rms.\nThe Imbizo offers a number of bene ts to Young Professionals through the following objectives:\n• Empowering Young Professionals with best leadership-experience embracing objectivity, community\nparticipation/activism, professionalism and promotion of engineering principles\n• Establishing and maintaining organisational structures for YPs to act as role models for school learners and for\nsenior infrastructure/engineering professionals to mentor YPs\n• Providing solutions to skills development and retention by both the public and private sectors. Without\nengineering skills there will be no provision for water, housing and road services abject poverty, inequality and unemployment will prevail.\nThe rst day of the Imbizo was concluded by attending the Rainbow Cocktail Party and BCE graduation ceremony where the students who have successfully completed the CESA Business of Consulting Engineering course were awarded their certi cates. Further to these awards, the Young Professionals Forum also recognises the companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of the Forum and its activities by awarding the YPF Recognition award. For 2018 the YPF Recognition Award was bestowed on the Construction Industry and Development Board\n","(cidb), Mott MacDonald, Nako Iliso and Royal HaskoningDHV.\nYoung Professionals who attend the Imbizo were afforded the opportunity to attend the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards where the winners of the Job Shadow initiative poster competition, Mentor of the Year, Mentoring Company of the Year amongst other awards were announced. We further congratulate the recipient of Young Engineer of the Year award, Shamiso Kumbirai, and welcome her to the YPF Executive committee for 2018/19 period.\nOverall the CESA YPF Imbizo provides networking opportunities and engagement that encourages dialogue that is necessary in order to sustain the future of Engineering.\nI encourage all our CESA member rms to invest in their Young Professionals by affording them the opportunity to\nattend the annual Imbizo and other industry related seminars.\nInternational Committee Representation\nJeshika Ramchund-Moonsamy (Past CESA YPF Chair) was elected as the GAMA YPF Chairperson, serving on the GAMA Executive committee and the FIDIC YPF Steering committee. Erick Mulaudzi (UWP Consulting) and Amanda Masondo-Mkhize also represent CESA on the GAMA YPF steering committee.\nInternational Events\nThe 2018 FIDIC – GAMA Conference on Infrastructure was held at the Laico L’Amitie Hotel in Bamako, Mali from 6th to 9th May 2018.\nThis conference attracted over 150 attendees from across the globe with the theme ‘Aligning the Consulting Engineer’s role to the Vision of Africa’s Infrastructure Development’, the conference hosted over 36 speakers over 3 days. The 2nd Annual GAMA Young Professionals Congress was well attended, with over 70 delegates who participated and shared in promoting the role of Young Professional’s in Africa.\nAmanda-Masondo Mkhize presented the GAMA YPF Vision and Jeshika Ramchund-Moonsamy along with Godfrey Ramalisa presented the YPF Best Practice Guidelines and Toolkit for mobilization of YP’s in Member Associations and within GAMA to start new YPF groupings and to enhance existing structures.\nAs winner of the Young Engineer Award and YPF Chairperson, Shamiso Kumbirai and Amanda Masondo-Mkhize (respectively) attended the 2018 FIDIC Conference in Berlin, Germany from the 9th to 11th September. During the FIDIC YP symposium Yolan Pillay (SMEC - Past KZN YPF Chair) presented a paper on Sustainability & Innovation in Urban Mobility. Jeshika Ramchund-Moonsamy moderated the nal session of the conference the Future Leaders Outlook. We applaud these Young Professionals for representing CESA on these international platforms.\nThe period under review has been successful for the Young Professionals Forum and with the continued support of our Sponsors and CESA Member rms we look forward to yet another fruitful year ahead.\nAmanda Masondo-Mkhize\nNational Chairperson: CESA YPF\n","","Quality, Risk & Sustainability Management (QRSM) Committee\nThe Committee met regularly during the year; meetings were held under the chairmanship of Dr Michele Kruger, CESA Board member, on 21 November 2017 and on 7 February, 11 May and 16 August 2018 under the chairmanship of David Leukes, member of the CESA Board.\nDuring the year the Committee dealt with the following strategic projects:-\n• After much debate over a number of meetings, the Committee has narrowed down the implementation of a\nCESA Quality Management System (QMS) for member rms not opting for the ISO: 9001:2015 QMS as follows: o Member rms will be expected to implement the CESA Quality Implementation Guideline, based on the\nFIDIC QMS\no Member rms will be expected to complete the QMIG Questionnaire contained in the CESA Annual\nDeclaration\no Member rms will be audited to ascertain their compliance with the CESA QMS and issued with a CESA\nletter accordingly.\n• The CESA Practice Notes are both the responsibility of and a major focus area for the Committee with several parallel initiatives being undertaken as follows:\no The ongoing editing and updating of the Practice Notes to ensure relevance and correctness continued in\n2017, although not as promptly and comprehensively as desired.\no The slow pace of the review of the practice notes together with the development of another six practice\nnotes, bringing the total number of practice notes to 91, means that a new initiative and/or allocation of\nresources will be required in 2019 to complete the review of the practice notes.\no It is intended that the review of the practice notes will include links to best practice articles rather than\nreproducing the articles within the Practice Notes themselves.\no Due to the slow pace of the review of the practice notes, the Practice Notes Seminar for the YPF originally\nplanned for 2017, will now be held in 2019.\no The CESA Practice Notes were regularly promoted in the CESA fortnightly newsletter, where readers were\ndirected to the Practice Note library in the Members’ Section of the CESA website\no The Committee regularly scanned the environment and identi ed new Practice Notes that required to be\ndeveloped for the members.\n","• Unfortunately it was not possible to hold the QRSM Roadshows in 2018 as the Committee had planned in 2017, as neither the CESA QMS nor the Review of the practice notes had been completed. The purpose of the Roadshows is to raise awareness amongst the CESA Branches and members, of the good work carried out by the Committee and alert members to the resultant bene ts available to members such as the CESA Practice Notes and the CESA PI Scheme administered by Aon. It is envisaged that the Roadshows will be held in 2019 when the CESA QMS and the revised CESA Practice Notes can be explained and promoted at the presentations.\n• Aon representatives continued to attend Committee meetings where they played a valuable role in reporting on the strength of CESA PI Scheme, its premium income, claims, pro tability, trends and implications for members. Their recommendation that the minimum PI carried by members, as required by CESA, should be increased to R5 million in each and every claim to compensate for excessive costs of litigation was implemented in 2018\nas approved by the CESA Board late in 2017.\n• The Committee identi ed the need to revise the CESA Sustainability Framework in the light of revisions to the Global reporting Initiative (GRI) and has consequently established a working relationship with GRI Africa that has offered assistance to CESA and its members, including making available their reporting system developed for use by small rms. Due to the limited resources and time available to the Committee, it is intended to pursue this opportunity later in 2019.\nWallace Mayne\nContractual Affairs Manager\nDavid Leukes – bvi\nChairperson\n","Membership and Constitutional Affairs Committee\nThe Committee was Chaired by Olu Soluade (AOS Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd) assisted by Wally Mayne, Contractual Affairs Manager and Gillian Wands.\nThere are currently 561member rms employing 20 622 staff as at the 31 August 2018 compared to 548 member rms employing 21 117 staff for the previous period.\nForty-three new members were elected during this period.\nThe Committee has recently set up an online application platform for prospective members. A review of the Constitution is being considered.\nGillian Wands\nAdministrative Of cer\nOlu Soluade - AOS Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd\nChairperson\n","AVK - YOUR PREFERRED VALVE SUPPLIER\nEXPECT SOLUTIONS, NOT JUST PRODUCTS\nAVK SOUTHERN AFRICA\n10 Chris Street\nAlberton, Alrode Johannesburg\nSouth Africa\n011 908 3760 industrial@avkvalves.co.za\n","Marketing and Communications Committee\nThe year under review saw CESA changing focus from Events to Thought Leadership with events being the vehicle to promote the value that CESA provides to members and the industry. These strategically chosen events provided members with networking opportunities focused on building relationships with clients and industry stakeholders.\nCommunication\nWith the focus on thought leadership and providing members with industry insights CESA embarked on a process of publishing a series of articles and social media posts and clips to articulate the organization’s stance on important issues within the industry. Much has been done within the Organisation to re ect its position and actions to promote Transformation and it is our intention to share this widely and more comprehensively in our CE-News and CE-Track publications over the next period.\nMedia Coverage\nAn independent Advertised Earned Value (AVE) report, that tracks every time the CESA brand is mentioned in the media, indicates that, for the period July 2017 to June 2018, CESA received media coverage valued at a total of R 7 512 410 comprising R3 425146 for online coverage and R4 087.264 for print coverage off a total investment in advertising spend for the same period of R85 434.\nSocial Media\nCESA’s presence on Social Media continues to go from strength to strength. The year under review witnessed a continued increase in social media activity across all platforms as a result of our focus on thought leadership articles, events as well as our participation in industry activities. The introduction of video content has contributed to engagement on our platforms owing to the fact that people are attracted to visual content. Covering CESA events including the Infrastructure Indaba, Presidential Visits, Young Professionals Sustainability Imbizo and others has brought a new dimension to our efforts to communicate with our target audience.\nSOCIAL MEDIA\nLinkedIn\nTwitter\nFacebook\nFollower growth in numbers\n1168\n927\n779\nFollower growth in percentage\n74%\n36%\n10%\n","Events\nDuring 2017/18 CESA hosted a number of successful events, the most signi cant of these was moving the Infrastructure indaba from November to March which proved to be very successful.\nThe Presidential Media Breakfast – 30 January 2018\nThe Presidential Media Breakfast was held on the 30 January 2018 in Johannesburg where the CESA President delivered his statement of intent for the year: ‘Our Future Is Now!’, the event was well attended by editors and journalists from both the Business and Technical media and CESA received excellent coverage.\nCESA Infrastructure Indaba & AGM – 5 to 6 March 2018\nThe 7th Annual CESA Infrastructure Indaba was held at the Southern Sun, OR Tambo International in Kempton Park. Under the theme: ‘Engineering the Future Now, the event brought together leading experts including government\nof cials, consulting engineers and built environment professionals for the purpose of improving the delivery and management of public infrastructure. MEC for Infrastructure Development in Gauteng Jacob Mamabolo, Keynote Speaker at the Infrastructure Indaba made a clarion call to private, public and civil society sectors and organisations to pull together to bring a new energy and a new hope for our country.\n2018 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards – 15 August 2018\nA prestigious Awards evening acknowledging and celebrating engineering excellence was hosted by CESA at Vodaworld in Midrand. The Awards recognized outstanding achievements in the engineering industry celebrating innovation, quality, outstanding workmanship and professionalism. We would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support: Headline Sponsor, Aon; as well as category sponsors: ACSA and Bosch Holdings. Congratulations to all Award recipients and a huge thank you to all those that entered into the Awards!\nCESA Relay - Gauteng – 15 September 2018\nThis annual sporting event, hosted by CESA was held in Gauteng at the Riversands Farm in Fourways. This year we had just over 200 teams participate in the Walk/Cycle/Run/Tug-O-War/Volleyball categories. The Relay is a wellness platform for a fun- lled sports day where staff from member rms compete against other member rms in a true spirit of comradeship. Sponsors and Partners included:\nSponsors: Old Mutual, Engineerex\nPartners: Knight Piésold, Makone Consulting Engineers, JG Afrika, BVI Consulting Engineers, Royal HaskoningDHV, Infraconsult Engineering, Ditlou Consulting Engineers, Bosch Holdings, Matleng Energy Solutions, Vuka Africa, MPA Consulting Engineers and Mott MacDonald.\nWe look forward to greater participation by member companies, whom nothwithstanding tough times, could minimize their own budgets for staff wellness, teambuilding and networking, all of which are provided for through this event.\nPresidential Golf Challenge – 19 October 2018\nThe 2018 CESA Presidential Golf Challenge was held at the Randpark Golf Club in Randburg and was a huge success. CESA would like to thank all member rms that participated in helping to achieve yet another successful Golf Challenge. It was an exceptionally successful day and this success was achieved due to support from members, clients and suppliers to the Industry.\nExhibitions\nThis year CESA participated in the following Exhibitions in order to enhance brand visibility and to create stronger networks with clients and industry stakeholders:\n• WISA 2018 Biennial Conference - 24 to 27 June 2018\n","• The Concrete Conference 2018 - 1 to 2 August 2018\n• 5th Annual Africa Engineering Week – 17 to 20 September 2018 • IMESA – 30 Oct to 2 Nov 2018.\nAf liates\nDuring the year under review CESA actively engaged with the Organisation’s Af liates in order to maximize relationships with existing Af liates and encourage new Af liates to join. CESA is proud to be associated with the following Service Providers to the industry with whom we have an Af liate Memorandum of Understanding (MOU):\n• Aon\n• AVK Valves\n• Old Mutual • Silversoft\n• Nedbank\nBonolo Nkgodi\nManager: Marketing and Events\nDennis Ndada\nStrategic Communicator\nNeli Magubane – Matleng Energy Solutions\nChairperson\n","ASSIST EMPLOYEES TO\nSAVE FOR THEIR RETIREMENT WHY OLD MUTUAL SUPERFUND IS A GREAT FIT FOR RETIREMENT\nOffering employees an incentive and simple solution to save for their future is crucial – not only for the employee’s wellbeing, but also to help South Africa in increasing its poor saving habits.\nDELIVERING BETTER BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS AND SIMPLER SOLUTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS Designed with varying levels of exibility and choice in mind, Old Mutual SuperFund delivers the right solution, tailored to the needs of most businesses and their employees, regardless of how diverse their workforce.\nOld Mutual SuperFund achieves this exibility by means of three solutions:\n• Old Mutual SuperFund Easy\n• Old Mutual SuperFund Choice\n• Old Mutual SuperFund Customised\nThrough these three simple, yet highly effective solutions, Old Mutual SuperFund has enabled employee bene ts to become a reality for every type of business in South Africa – whether they have a staff of ve or 5 000.\nDesigned to ensure that employee bene ts are seamless to offer, Old Mutual SuperFund:\n• Adapts to the changing needs of the business;\n• Integrates seamlessly into existing business and payroll\nprocesses;\n• Has simple eligibility requirements for maximum employee\naccess;\n• Offers transparent, simple and affordable fee structures;* • Uses risk-free automated collection processes;\n• Comes with dedicated and accessible professional\nsupport.\nOffered free of charge, our Financial Wellbeing Programme provides nancial education, tools and advice that aims to empower employees make informed decisions about their nancial futures.\n*When it comes to fees, be sure to compare all fees – investment management fees, investment and scheme advice fees, as well as administration fees – to appreciate fully how Old Mutual SuperFund is keeping fee structures affordable.\nFor more information contact Glenda Coert on 011 217 1259 or 073 635 5069. Alternatively, visit www.oldmutual.co.za/superfund\nOld Mutual is a Licensed Financial Services Provider\nbds 04.2017 L10498\n","Supply Chain Management Committee\nThe Committee met regularly during the year and meetings were held on 15 November 2017 under the chairmanship of Anton Boshoff, member of the CESA Board, and on 15 February, 22 May and 29 August 2018 under the able chairmanship of John Truter, CESA Board member.\nDuring the year the Committee dealt with the following strategic projects:\n• As the implementation of the National Treasury’s Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (SIPDM), was put on hold by National Treasury pending its revision of the Standard, the Committee approved the holding by the School of Consulting Engineering of training seminars for the Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management (IPDM), developed by National Treasury and the University of the Witwatersrand.\n• Again there was very little news forthcoming with regard to the New Procurement Bill, which is disappointing as the Committee were keen to see the Bill and in uence its development.\n• With regard to the IDoW & Publication of Professional Fees, applications that were rejected by the Competitions Competition, the Committee continued with its efforts to develop a Practice Note dealing with calculation of fees for consulting engineers without falling foul of the Competitions Committee and consulted extensively with PWC in this regard.\n• Request for Proposal (RFP) Guidelines – After National Treasury withdrew its assistance and support for the development of these Guidelines pending the revision of the SIPDM, the Committee decided to resume its oversight of the development of the Guidelines in order to assist smaller government entities in particular in developing a proper Scope of Works/ Services for their tender processes.\n• Procurement Irregularities – The Committee regularly discussed procurement irregularities brought to its attention by members such as excessively priced bid documentation, the misapplication of the PP Regulations (2017) and very poorly drafted RFPs, which were then addressed with Treasury and the affected state entity.\n","• ECSA Fee queries – The Directorate continued to reply to fee queries at the request of ECSA as well as those queries it received directly from members, clients and the public, basing its responses on the ECSA 2016 Fee Guideline approved by the Competitions Commission, as well as the DPSA Fee Guideline for Consultants.\nWallace Mayne\nContractual Affairs Manager\nJohn Truter - WSP, Structures, Africa\nChairperson\n","Notes\n","","Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Physical Address\nBalvenie\nKildrummy Of ce Park\nc/o Witkoppen and Umhlanga Rd Paulshof\nJohannesburg, South Africa\nPostal Address\nPO Box 68482\nBryanston\nJohannesburg, South Africa 2021\nContacts\nTel: +27 (011) 463 2022 Fax: +27 (011) 463 7383 Email: general@cesa.co.za Website: www.cesa.co.za\n"];