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<ul><li>Can you believe it, it is that time of the year again, <strong><em>the first presidential visit of the year took place in Cape Town</em></strong> where Cecil Rose gave his address to a well attended gathering. Professor Mark Alexander was invited to respond which he did so very ably. We were indeed fortunate to have pre meetings with 3 important client bodies namely the Cape Metropolitan Council, the regional branch of SANRAL and the Provincial Government's Department of Transport and Public Works. We were able to share views on issues relating to the Construction Charter, Procurement, Capacity Building, the CETA and related education and training issues. They were also invited to give comment on the quality of service provided by our members. <br /><br /></li><li>It has been confirmed that the long awaited <strong><em>amendment to the PPPFA Regulations will be phased in from sometime in April 2007.</em></strong> I am not at liberty to disclose details at the moment but if what we heard comes to pass, there will be a few major surprises here. My message at this time is proceed with caution and do not accept, as a given, that the generic Codes of Good Practice and Charter Scorecard will be the final word when it comes to public sector procurement. Those of you that are basing your strategies and company structures on the existing information may have to prepare for a revisit. I will let you know as soon as I have more information. <br /><br /></li><li>The <strong><em>biennial Construction Management Programme (CMP)</em></strong> held at the Stellenbosch University will take place from the 23 June to 21 July. I attended a meeting at SAFCEC to try and make sure that the programme catered for the needs of Consulting Engineers. There are only 20 spaces left out of a total of just over 40 candidates .... the programme is highly recommended and I therefore urge you to contact Alett Slabbert, Institute for Transport Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Tel. +27 (0)21 808-4364, fax.+27 (0)21 808-4361, e-mail: <a href="mailto:alett@sun.ac.za">alett@sun.ac.za</a> to obtain further information and register.<br /><br /></li><li><strong><em>Construction South Africa (CSA)</em></strong> had its second meeting at the NAFCOC Head Office in Rosebank. Progress is slow but the Constitution of the new body has almost been brought to a point of finality and working groups have been set up to debate and hopefully come up with a common position on various issues such as the CIDB, the CETA, Business Unity South Africa, Empowerment and the Charter Council, Environmental Sustainability, NEPAD and finally the Economic Environment and its effect on the construction sector. These working committees will meet on the 22 and 23 March 2007 whilst the next meeting of CSA will be on the 12 April 2007 at our offices. <br /><br /></li><li>Unfortunately the Department <strong><em>of Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) </em></strong>have not as yet finalised their recommendation to appoint a service provider for the flood damage repair work in the Eastern and Western Cape, but we are expecting a decision shortly.<br /><br /></li><li>The <strong><em>ECSA Guideline Scope of Service and Tariff of Fees as well as the indicative Time Based Fee Scales</em></strong> are due to be published in the Government Gazette on Friday, 30 March 2007. They will become operational as from 1 April 2007 and will become available on their website, <a href="http://www.ecsa.co.za/">http://www.ecsa.co.za/</a>. <br /><br /></li><li><p><strong><em>Coega Development Corportion (CDC) - </em></strong>Many of you will by now be aware that the Association has taken up an issue with the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) in regard to, in our view, it's deviation from a CIDB requirement not to re-tender on the same Scope of Works within a 6-month period. This matter has now made headlines in the local press and whilst the Association stands by its view, we are unhappy that the matter is now being debated in the local media. It appears from information received, that my letter was leaked anonymously to the journalist in question, probably by one of our members. In my view this will have a negative effect on ours and our members' relationship with a very important client. This was not the Association's intention and I must say whoever is responsible has done us a disservice. There are still some unresolved issues which we will be taking up with the CDC.</p></li><li><p>Finally, I would like to make an appeal to those firms who have not as yet sent in their <strong><em>Annual Declarations (AD)</em></strong> to please comply with our Constitution which actually requires that they be sent in by end of January of every year. So far we have only received slightly over 60% of the AD's which is a problem because the knock on effect is that it will delay publication of our annual Directory of Firms as well as cause us cash flow problems, the consequences of which you will be well aware. The forms are available on <a href="http://www.saace.co.za/">http://www.saace.co.za/</a> and can be completed electronically or by forwarding the hard copy to our offices. Many thanks in anticipation.<br /></p></li></ul><p><strong><em>Graham Pirie </em></strong></p>
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<ul><li><strong><em>Western Cape consultants' tender practices - </em></strong><em>"These guys are really killing each other in Cape Town, and that while the Contractors, Plant hire companies and material suppliers are all scooping off cream and laughing all the way to the bank. How stupid can we get!"</em> These are the words of one of our member firms relating to a number of recent tender results in Cape Town. <strong>What's wrong in Cape Town??<br /></strong> </li><li><strong><em>Waste Management Bill - </em></strong>The Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has recently published the National Environmental Management: Waste Management Bill, for general comment (General Notice 1832 of 2007 as in Gov Gazette No. 29487, 12 January 2007). <br /><br />Written comments can be submitted to the Director General, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Private Bag X447, Pretoria 0001, Attention: Ms Zanele Mvusi, Fax (012) 322 2309, e-mail to <a href="mailto:zmvusi@deat.gov.za">zmvusi@deat.gov.za</a>. The deadline for comment is 12 April 2007.<br /><br /></li><li><strong><em>Advisory note for the week </em></strong>- <strong>Business Structures And Their Implications Concerning Risk (search code 00/4). </strong>The advisory notes on the SAACE website cover a wide field of topics, ranging from business practice to risk management. They can be found at <a href="http://www.saace.co.za/">http://www.saace.co.za/</a> Click on advisory notes in the left column, and do a search or view the whole list of topics.<br /><br /></li></ul>Contact Quentin Koen at (011) 463 2022 or email: <a href="mailto:quentinkoen@saace.co.za">quentinkoen@saace.co.za</a><br /><br />
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<ul><li><strong><em>GAMA CONFERENCE: The 14th GAMA AGM and Conference<br />14th - 16th May 2007<br /><br /></em></strong>The 14th GAMA AGM and Conference is being hosted by the Association of Consulting Engineers Botswana (ACEB) from the 14th - 16th May 2007. The Group of African Member Associations (GAMA) organizes FIDIC activities in Africa on a regional basis. The GAMA Secretariat is presently maintained by the South African Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE), which handles enquiries about consulting Engineering companies in the region.<br /><br />The theme of the 14th GAMA Conference is - ‘Engineering Services, Value for Money'. This theme focuses on engineering services rendered professionally within various areas of specialization.<br /><br /><strong><strong><em>CALL FOR PAPERS:</em></strong></strong><br />If you would like to make a contribution on this very important subject, kindly submit an abstract, papers may cover, but not necessarily be limited to the following topics: </li><ul><li>Procurement </li><li>Contractor Registration </li><li>Industry Regulation </li><li>CPD - Continuing Professional Development </li></ul></ul><blockquote><p>Participants wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract of approximately 200 words in English in Microsoft Word, outlining the content and conclusions of the paper. It should be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to the Conference Secretariat. It is intended that the presentations at the Conference will be typically 30 minutes in length with 15 minutes for questions and answers. This is intended as a guide and those delegates wishing to chair a panel discussion or workshop are welcome to submit.<br /><br />Abstracts and papers should be e-mailed to Kabelo Motswagole at <a href="mailto:kabelo@cpp.cp.bw.The" title="mailto:kabelo@cpp.cp.bw">kabelo@cpp.cp.bw.<br /><br /></a>The Programme and Registration for the Conference is now available on the GAMA website, please visit, <a href="http://www.gamaconference.com/" title="http://www.gamaconference.com/">http://www.gamaconference.com/</a>. For general conference enquiries email: <a href="mailto:inge@gamaconference.com" title="mailto:inge@gamaconference.com">inge@gamaconference.com</a> or <a href="mailto:sheilagh@gamaconference.com" title="mailto:sheilagh@gamaconference.com">sheilagh@gamaconference.com</a></p></blockquote><ul><li><em><strong>SAACE Glenrand MIB Engineering Excellence Awards, 2007:</strong> </em>To be in line with our Presidents theme of his term, "<strong><em>Building Knowledge, Capacity, and skills for 2010 and beyond '</em></strong>,we decided that the theme for this years awards should be, <strong>‘Engineering Excellence within our Borders and Beyond'. <br /><br /></strong>This year's event promises to be great not only for award winning firms and clients but for all our member firms to entertain clients and show them what consulting engineers are capable of <strong>, so </strong><em><strong>ENTER NOW! <br /><br /></strong></em>Pre-entries for the SAACE Engineering Excellence Awards is 16 March and for the full entries is Friday, 20<sup>th</sup> April, 2007. For full entry details please visit <a href="http://www.saace.co.za/">http://www.saace.co.za/</a> or contact Sipho Momoti on (011) 463 - 2022. <br /><br /></li><li><strong><em>71st IMESA Conference:</em></strong> Member firms who wish to exhibit and sponsor at this event should contact Rita Zaayman on (031) 311 -6382 or via e-mail: <a href="mailto:zaaymanr@durban.gov.za">zaaymanr@durban.gov.za</a></li></ul><p><strong>Siphokazi Momoti</strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>ECSA<br /><br /></em></strong><em><strong>CPD - </strong>(Continual Professional Development)<br /></em>Should you have problem in understanding the process and or managing your CPD credits do hesitate to contact me on (011) 463 - 2022, to arrange an appointment for me to visit your firm and take you through the process step by step.<br /><br /><em><strong>Life Long Learning Solution: <br /><br /></strong></em>The March DVD will be sent out during the first week in April. This has been delayed due to the postponement of the Procurement Indaba. (The indaba would have been the March programme).<br /><br /><strong>If you are interested in becoming an online mentor, call Johan van Schalkwyk at SAACE on 011 463 2022 to submit your credentials.<br /><br /></strong><strong>QMS<br /></strong>Requirements of an ISO 9001:200 system:<br />(I will, in future news, handle/explain each requirement in detail)<br /><br />•1. Scope</p><p>•2. Normative reference</p><p>•3. Terms and definitions</p><p>•4. Quality management system</p><p>•5. Management responsibilities</p><p>•6. Resourse management </p><p>•7. Product realization</p><p>•8. General</p><p><strong>SACPCMP<br /><br /></strong>Note, the identification of project management work has been submitted to the Council for the Built Environment.<br /><br /><strong>HR FORUM</strong></p><p>Feedback on the meeting with DoL and CETA on the proposed framework for the national qualifications framework will be tabled at the next HR meeting.<br /><br /><strong>HOT SITE FOR THE WEEK<br /><br /></strong>Greatest engineering achievements of the 20<sup>th</sup> century: <a href="http://www.greatachievements.org/SCE">http://www.greatachievements.org/<br /><br /></a></p><p><strong>THE FIDIC Course on Project Sustainable Management has been cancelled. <br /></strong><br />Applications to receive the full 10 programmes on Engineers in Practice can be found on: <a href="http://www.llls.co.za/">http://www.llls.co.za/</a> for R 1200.00 excl vat and postage.<br /><br /><em>Send your suggestions, seminars issues, requests and advice to Johan van Schalkwyk on (011) 463-2022 or email: <u><a href="mailto:johanv@saace.co.za">johanv@saace.co.za</a>.</u></em></p><p> </p>
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<p>In my last e-news I promised to provide a bit more information on the visits to the Middle East. But before I give you more information, I would like to remind you of some of the reasons why the Middle East is important as a source of work for our industry in the longer term. Firstly, most experts agree that the member countries of the <strong><em>Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)</em></strong> will be on a massive multi billion dollar capital expenditure programme for at least the next 10 to 15 years. Generally the driving force of the spending is a desire to grow the non-oil sector parts of their economies. <br /><br />The second reason is that, in a post 9/11 world, South Africa has a number of political and economic advantages to doing business in that region. While many of you would be aware of those reasons, I would like to confirm that demand for South African Consulting Engineering expertise is high because of our political acceptability, quality and experience.<br /><br />The third and last reason is that our government has made a Cabinet level strategic decision to target all GCC countries for the reciprocal promotion of trade and investment. It was in this context that I was also officially invited to be part of the <strong><em>business delegation of the President, who will be visiting Saudi Arabia next week</em></strong>. I will be joined by the Chairman of the IBDS committee, and we will be having discussion with counterparts in Saudi Arabia regarding the implementation of the <strong><em>Arabian Gulf Export Group</em></strong>.<br /><br />So it was in this context that we did our first stop in Muscat, the capital of Oman. I was really pleasantly surprised by this English speaking county on the South Eastern extremity of the Arabian Peninsula. The core of the opportunities for our industry in that country relate to infrastructure and industrial development. On the infrastructure side there is a major free port development similar to our Coega, which includes an aluminium smelter. I have met a number of South Africans (including some engineers) who are not only part of, but actually lead these developments. <br /><br />The Port and Tourism developments sounded of particular interest, and I was assured by all that there is a demand for Consulting Engineering services in that country. What really struck me about the country was the extremely pleasant living conditions. If being a former British colony, they not only have similar work methods and ethics to South Africans, they also are not as strict as Saudi Arabia when it comes to religious issues. The Arabian Gulf Export will focus on developing these contacts. Should you be interested to learn more please e-mail Roelof on <a href="mailto:roelofvt@saace.co.za">roelofvt@saace.co.za</a>. </p>
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<p><strong>SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY LIMITED:<br /><br /><em>CONTRACT NRA N.012-060-2009/1<br /><br /></em></strong><strong>CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF NATIONAL ROUTE 12 SECTION 6 BETWEEN VICTORIA WEST AND VOSBURG INTERSECTION<br /><br /></strong>TENDER NOTICE AND INVITATION TO TENDER:<br /><br /><strong><u><em>CLOSING DATE ( AT 14H00)</em></u></strong><strong><em>: 30 March 2007<br /></em><br /></strong>The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) invites tenders for the provision of Consulting Engineering Services for the Strengthening of approximately 56 kilometers of National Route 12 Section 6 between Victoria West and The Vosburg intersection. This project is in the province of Northern Cape and the approximate programme is for design and construction documentation to be completed by June 2008, followed by supervision of twenty four (24) months.<br /><br />Preferences are offered to tenderers who comply with the criteria stated in the Tender Data.<br /><br /><strong><em>TENDER DOCUMENTS</em></strong>:<br /><br />The physical address for collection of tender documents is Parc du Cap Building 5, c/o Willie van Schoor Avenue and Mispel Street where documents may be collected during the hours 08h00 to 16h00 (Monday to Friday), from Monday,<strong>12 March 2007</strong>.<br /><br />A non-refundable fee of R250.00 payable in cash or by bank guaranteed cheque made payable to SANRAL is required on collection of the tender documents, which will be issued in electronic format on CD.<br /><br /><strong><em>TENDERERS MEETING:<br /></em><br /></strong>A compulsory pre-tender meeting with representatives of SANRAL will take place at the offices of SANRAL at Parc du Cap, Building 5, cnr Mispel Street & Willie van Schoor Avenue, Bellville on Friday, <strong>16 March 2007</strong> starting at 10h00<br /><br /><strong><em>COMPLETION AND DELIVERY OF TENDERS: <br /><br /></em></strong>The closing time for receipt of tender is <strong>14:00</strong> on <strong>30 March 2007</strong>.<br /><br />Telegraphic, telephonic, telex, <em>email</em>, facsimile and late tenders will not be accepted. <br /><br />Tenders may only be submitted on the tender documentation that is issued.<br /><br />Requirements for sealing, addressing, delivery, opening and assessment of tenders are stated in the Tender Data. </p><p>Queries relating to issues arising from these documents may be addressed to: <br /><br />Ms Elma Lourens<br />Tel: No.021- 957 4600<br />Fax No.021 - 946 1630<br />e-mail: <a href="mailto:lourense@nra.co.za">lourense@nra.co.za</a></p>
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<p><strong><em>To all SARF Members and interested persons: <br /><br /></em></strong>The South African Road Federation will be hosting 6 courses for March - June 2007.<br /><br />1. Soil Stabilisation East London 28 - 29 March 2007 2 Credits<br /><br />2. Preparation of Contract Documentation and Administration of Civil Engineering Contracts (Revised) 26 - 28 March 2007 Kempton Park Application for CPD Validation has been made to SAICE<br /><br />3. Traffic Signal Design Bellville 2 - 4 April 2007 3 Credits<br /><br />4. Geographic Information System (GIS) Kempton Park 23 - 24 April 2007 2 Credits<br /><br />5. Urban Road Stormwater Drainage Durban 7 - 11 May Durban 2007 4½ credits <br /><br />6. S A Road Traffic Signs Manual Durban 28 - 29 May 2007 2 Credits </p><p>7. Geometric Design of Urban and Rural Roads Port Elizabeth 4½ Credits</p><p>8. Compaction of Road Building Materials Nelspruit 12 - 14 June 2007 3 Credits</p><p>9. Integrated Environmental Management for the Roads Industry Pietermaritzburg 26 - 28 June 3 Credits<br /><br />If you require any other information please contact <strong>Peter Pearse</strong> on (011) 403 5603/4 or via e-mail: <a href="mailto:sarfuse1@acenet.co.za">sarfuse1@acenet.co.za</a></p>
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