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<td align="left" valign="top"><h1>Consulting Engineers - Protecting Lives and Livelihoods</h1>
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<td><p>Tackling industry concerns head on, our CEO Chris Campbell was featured in the recent Sunday Times Infrastructure feature with an article titled <em>Consulting Engineers – Protecting Lives and Livelihoods. </em>In the article, Campbell explains the critical role that consulting engineers play in the sustainability and safety of South Africa’s infrastructure. He also highlights that, while infrastructure development is certainly an avenue for job creation and is important in the short term, greater emphasis should be placed on the long-term economic growth and the sustainable jobs that would arise from the benefits of having functional infrastructure.</p>
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<td><p>CESA has long been encouraging partnership and collaboration with government in spurring infrastructure development, both private and public. This year has seen us increase efforts for collaboration with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, as well as consultation with municipalities on improving service delivery. However, a recent dig through CESA archives has revealed that this push for partnership spans long before our recent actions.</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><h1><strong>Action Plans for Economic Recovery</strong> </h1>
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<td><p>Being an industry body with a keen interest in protecting lives and livelihoods, CESA is constantly engaging with various stakeholders in the public and private sectors. This results in the organisation being invited to make presentations aimed at improving infrastructure development.</p>
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<td><p>We are celebrating some strong, female leaders in the engineering industry this month, in recognition of the great role they play in the consulting engineering industry. In this feature we profile Malani Padayachee-Saman, Vee Munnery, Logashri Sewnarain and Zeenat Ghoor.</p>
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<td><p>SA’s second-quarter GDP contracted by a record 51% quarter on quarter, and 16.3% year on year. The unavoidable fact is that SA is in a deep economic crisis. Michael Avery spoke to Annabel Bishop, Investec chief economist; Webster Mfebe, CEO of the SA Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors; Dr Azar Jammine, chief economist at Econometrix; and Chris Campbell, CEO of Consulting Engineers SA.</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><h1>Engineering News - Sustainable Solutions Needed to Build the Economy</h1>
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<td><p>Engineering News recently featured CESA CEO Chris Campbell, reporting on his presentation on the Ministerial roundtable discussion on water, sanitation and human settlements during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa earlier this year. Campbell shared his insights on reigniting South Africa’s economy after Covid-19, saying that a pooling of resources and public-private collaboration will enable a state capable of driving an improved infrastructure procurement process.</p>
<p>“The country needs to map out a development and delivery strategy for the short term to meet the immediate needs of the economy and the industry, and for the long term in respect of sustainability. To achieve this, mutuality is key, and will facilitate the betterment of South Africa’s economy and infrastructure,” he said.</p>
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<td><p>Continuing to encourage transformation in the industry, CESA hosted its first <em>Diversity and Inclusion Webinar</em> in partnership with PPS on 31 August, which addressed the topic of how to go about influencing diversity in the workplace. The aim was to answer the question, “How could young professionals influence their organisations/firms to transform or benefit from workplace diversity?” Speakers included CESA CEO, Chris Campbell; CESA Gender Diversity Forum chair and Bosch Projects Lead Engineer for Developments, Jeshika Ramchund; and Dr Sybil Seoka, Chairman of the PPS Holdings Trust Board. The aim of this first episode was to encourage young professionals to influence senior managers, and to see professionals elevating diversity, equity and inclusion in the consulting engineering industry. This was an insightful discussion moderated by Innocentia Mahlangu, SAICE’s diversity and inclusion champion and Project Manager at Hatch. The next two Diversity and Inclusion Webinars will be hosted on 8 October and 16 November. </p>
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<td><p>The final two CESA Presidential Branch webinars for the year were recently hosted by our President Sugen Pillay. First up was the KwaZulu-Natal Presidential Webinar on Tuesday, 25 August where guest speakers included eThekwini Municipality’s Head of Catalytic Projects, George Mohlakoana and SANRAL Eastern Region Manager, Dumisani Nkabinde. In his presentation, Mohlakoana explained the city’s vision in terms of infrastructure development and also outlined how they were going about implementing their plans. Nkabinde also spoke about SANRAL’s action plan and outlined the different projects they were embarking on as they connect different towns and cities through improvements to the road network.</p>
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<td><p>In partnership with Aon South Africa, CESA hosted the <em>CESA Youth Best Practice Webinar: Leadership and Management</em> on 20 August 2020. This session was facilitated by CESA YPF Northern Cape Branch Deputy Chair and Aganang Consulting Engineers director, Pearl Mabija. Speakers included Aon South Africa Client Service Advisor for Corporate, Nyasha Madzingira and CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards 2009 Young Engineer of the Year, Dr Lucas-Jan Ebels who is also the Division Head for Transportation at Mariswe. </p>
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<td><p>With the month of August becoming more widely celebrated as “Women’s Month” in South Africa, this presented CESA with the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the women in our profession. Considering that consulting engineering is still a largely male dominated industry, we proudly promoted female professionals in the industry throughout the month, encouraging women and inspiring youth to consider this career path. Using our online and social media channels, we profiled female consulting engineers and members from member firms across the country. The campaign featured 20 profiles which showcase technical excellence and drive. Have a look at what they had to say by viewing their quotes <u><a href="https://www.cesa.co.za/blog/2020/09/01/cesa-celebrates-womens-month/">here</a></u>.</p></td>
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<td><p>CESA is pleased to announce the finalists for the upcoming CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, a celebration of innovation, quality, outstanding workmanship, and professionalism. This year, the awards event will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, 11 November in adherence to Covid-19 guidelines.</p>
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<td><p>Owing to the global Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown imposed by government, skills development has been severely impacted due to physical attendance of courses being brought to a halt. However, this has not deterred CESA’s School of Consulting Engineering (SCE), which has taken steps to ensure that individuals, companies, and other organisations could benefit from the courses it offers.</p>
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<td><p>The recent updates from FIDIC show that the international consulting engineering profession is not shying away from progress, despite global Covid-19 restrictions. The organisation has hosted several online events, including their 2020 General Assembly Meeting which was successful in unanimously passing several new strategic changes. These changes which will enable FIDIC to move forward with greater confidence, efficiency and effectiveness into the future. The meeting also saw Tony Barry named as FIDIC president elect. Barry has vast experience in the industry, having worked for Aurecon for 39 years. He has been a member of the FIDIC board since 2015.</p>
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