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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>CE-news December</title> <style type="text/css"> .CESA { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #333; } .CESA p { font-weight: bold; } body,td,th { font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: #333; } body { background-color: #FFF; } h1 { font-size: 24px; color: #36C; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#333333" link="#3366CC" vlink="#3366CC" alink="#3366CC"> <table width="1000" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" class="fixed"> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CE-news_Header.jpg" width="1000" height="262" alt=""/></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><h1><strong>Brief Special Message from the CEO</strong></h1></td> <td width="240" rowspan="33" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" class="CESA"><h1><strong>Affiliates of CESA</strong></h1> <p><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/GMIB_Logo.gif" alt="" width="120" height="67" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/nedbanklogo2.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="67" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/silversoft-logo.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="67" /></p> <p> </p> <p> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><strong>Dear Valued Members and Readers</strong> of our CE-news, a restyled version of the Enews which we shared in the past. I would like to extend our Industry Wishes to all of you and may the New Year prove to be more fruitful than the one that has passed. Admittedly 2016 has been a difficult year and we trust that 2017 brings with it the hope that we are getting over the worst and will be seeing an upswing in our economy. Along with this we should be experiencing an acceleration in the rate at which our Consulting Engineering Professional services are commissioned and utilised, to develop the very infrastructure required for the economy to grow even further. That being said, it is my belief, that it always helps to approach the future with a sober, glass half full attitude. I trust that you share these sentiments!</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"> <h1><strong>Highlights from CEO</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2 align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Empowering supplier -</strong> Dr Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry has decided to scrap the concept of an Empowering Supplier, by virtue of all companies automatically being an Empowering Supplier. See <br /> <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Notice_708_of_2016_-_Empowering_Supplier_-_DTI.pdf">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Notice_708_of_2016_-_Empowering_Supplier_-_DTI.pdf</a> for your personal copy of the official notice (Source: Smart Procurement World))<br /> <br /> <strong>Status of ECSA Exemption Applications – </strong>ECSA decides to appeal rejection by Competitions Commission (CC), for more detail see <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Status_of_ECSA_Exemption_Applications.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Status_of_ECSA_Exemption_Applications.docx</a></p> <p><strong>New global GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards launched in SA - </strong>The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international, independent, standards organisation, launched its new GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards for South Africa on 15 November 2016. For more detail see <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161124_-_New_global_GRI_Sustainability_Reporting_Standards_launched_in_SA.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161124_-_New_global_GRI_Sustainability_Reporting_Standards_launched_in_SA.docx</a> <br /> (Source: infrastructurene.ws and service delivery)<br /> In addition CESA will be updating its Sustainability Reporting Framework accordingly under the oversight of its Quality & Risk Management Committee.</p> <p><strong>CESA Legal Forum invites members –</strong> At its meeting on 23 Nov 2016, the Legal Forum decided to invite legal advisers from Member Firms to join the Legal Forum. The Forum serves as a platform where members share and debate matters of common concern as well as assisting CESA with legal advice where required. This is also an appeal for member firms to support CESA and release their legal advisers for the Forum meetings which benefit the members and ultimately their Firms (there are only 5 meetings scheduled for 2017).<br /> Any legal advisers that are interested should contact Wally Mayne at 011 463 2022 or <a href="mailto:wallym@cesa.co.za">wallym@cesa.co.za</a>. </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Communications</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="74" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/engnews.png" width="64" height="61" alt=""/></td> <td width="686" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Engineering News</strong><br /> Confidence in South Africa’s consulting engineering sector under pressure. To read more please click: <a href="http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/confidence-in-south-africas-consulting-engineering-sector-under-pressure-2016-11-09/rep_id:4136">http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/confidence-in-south-africas-consulting-engineering-sector-under-pressure-2016-11-09/rep_id:4136</a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="74" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/saconnews.png" width="64" height="67" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><strong>SA Construction News</strong><br /> Time still tough for Consulting Engineering industry. To read more please click: <a href="http://www.saconstructionnews.co.za/construction/16937-time-still-tough-for-consulting-engineering-industry">http://www.saconstructionnews.co.za/construction/16937-time-still-tough-for-consulting-engineering-industry</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="74" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p>CESA member firms ready to partner with government to reduce irregular expenditure: <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/node/604">http://www.cesa.co.za/node/604</a> <br /> </p> Times Still Tough for Consulting Engineering Industry: <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/node/602">http://www.cesa.co.za/node/602</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"> <p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Contractual Affairs & Procurement</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><span class="clear:both"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></span></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Professional Indemnity insurance – </strong>Excellent article by Meggyn Marot, Aon, on the true cost of discounting fees and good comment by Mike Rivarola, of member firm Carifro CEs, putting the blame where it belongs. See <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_IMIESA_-_The_unintended_consequences_of_discounting_by_Meggyn_Marot.pdf">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_IMIESA_-_The_unintended_consequences_of_discounting_by_Meggyn_Marot.pdf</a> and <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Discounting_of_Fees_-_Mike_Rivarola.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Discounting_of_Fees_-_Mike_Rivarola.docx</a> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><span class="clear:both"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></span></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Standard for Infrastructure Procurement & Delivery Management (SIPDM) –</strong>Treasury training workshop successfully held on 26 Sept 2016 in Pretoria, attended by 108 delegates, who will write online multiple choice verification ‘exam’ and thereafter be listed on a Treasury database for convenience of clients implementing SIPDM process. Next training workshop will be held in March 2017.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Draft Amended Construction Sector Code open for public commentary – </strong>members are reminded that they have until 28 December 2016 to comment on the Revised Construction Charter. For more info see <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-__Amended_Construction_Sector_Code_open_for_public_commentary.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-__Amended_Construction_Sector_Code_open_for_public_commentary.docx</a> <br /> (Source: infrastructurene.ws and service delivery)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Client Liaison</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Fidic_2017_logo.png" width="64" height="21" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p>Invitation: <strong>24th Annual FIDIC-GAMA Conference</strong> 2017, Cape Town<br /> Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), will be hosting the FIDIC-GAMA Conference in Cape Town at the CTICC, from 7-10 May 2017. CESA would like to invite member firms to offer their full support (attendance, paper, speaker and sponsorship & exhibition) for what is a major event for Consulting Engineers on the African Continent.<br /> The salient facts regarding the 2017 GAMA Conference are:<br /> • Host: Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA, GAMA member association)<br /> • Conference theme: “African Partnerships for Sustainable Growth”. <br /> • Conference Strategic Intent: To improve Africa’s connectivity of railway, ports, airports and national roads, water and energy, as catalysts to sustainable growth and development in countries across the length and breadth of the continent.<br /> • Websites: <a href="http://www.fidic-gama2017.org.za">http://www.fidic-gama2017.org.za</a> (follow us on social media)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Indaba_Icon.jpg" width="64" height="64" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed">Many thanks: <strong>#CESAIndaba</strong> – Working towards improved delivery of infrastructure and engineering services. Delegates, Speakers & Sponsors, many thanks for your efforts in making Annual CESA Infrastructure Indaba such a resounding success. Special thanks to eThekwini Municipality, KZN Office of the Premier and Treasury, Necsa, Transnet, Eskom, cidb and Department of Water and Sanitation for providing us with keynote speakers. Please visit the CESA’s website for the presentations and the picture gallery - <a href="http://cesa.co.za/indaba/programme.php">http://cesa.co.za/indaba/programme.php</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/cogta.png" width="64" height="76" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Meeting with CoGTA: </strong>on the 10 November, CESA met with the Acting Director General of CoGTA and Acting CESA of the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) to restore collaboration between the institutions. Discussion points: 1) Engineering Capacity in the CoGTA sphere; 2) Capacitation of municipalities through consulting engineers – members of CESA and 3) collaboration by CoGTA and CESA in creating a conducive environment for consulting engineers – delivery of engineering services and infrastructure.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/acsa.png" width="64" height="63" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Meeting with ACSA: </strong>on the 24th October, CESA met with the Group Manager at Airports Company South Africa, this was a second meeting of 2016, and the discussion of the meeting were centred on the procurement model being prepared by ACSA to improve the delivery of engineering services and transformation within the construction sector as a whole.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/ypf_logo_2009.jpg" width="64" height="27" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><strong>Annual YPF Sponsorship</strong>: many thanks to member firms for your continued support to the forum over the past years, since its formation in 2004. YPF would like apply for new and continued sponsorship into the new session. CESA YPF is operated on non-profit basis and relies on volunteers and sponsorship support from CESA member firms as well as other companies that seek to grow built environment and engineering Young Professionals (YPs) and understand the importance of developing selfless, caring, resilient and inspiring YPs for the future to work. Join <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/node/61">http://www.cesa.co.za/node/61</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Members' News</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/ix.png" width="64" height="54" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><strong>iX Engineers –</strong><strong> </strong>Member firm WorleyParsons RSA established iX Engineers (Pty) Ltd, a 53% black-owned consulting engineering company focusing on the public infrastructure sector, following the incorporation of WorleyParsons’ Public Infrastructure (PI) business with Black Jills Engineers. iX Engineers will provide professional services for the design, development and through-life-support of public infrastructure, including roads, dams, water supply, water treatment, wastewater, power transmission and distribution infrastructure. See <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Establishment_of_iX_Engineers.pdf">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Establishment_of_iX_Engineers.pdf</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/saice.png" width="64" height="52" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Engineer of the Year -</strong> Danie Badenhorst, dams and hydropower lead at member firm AECOM, won the prestigious title of Engineer of the Year at the 2016 SAICE-SAFCEC Civil Engineering Awards. Badenhorst was honoured for a 40-year career that has seen him working on more than 120 dam projects in Africa, see (Source: Construction World)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Governance</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Board – </strong>held on 29 November 2016</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <h1><strong>Sector News</strong></h1></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Times still tough for consulting engineering industry -</strong> The Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Bi-annual Economic and Capacity Survey for the period January to June 2016, just released indicates that times remain tough. Confidence levels amongst firms have deteriorated over the last few years, alongside modest increases in fee earnings. The outlook for gross fixed investment has deteriorated and expected to fall behind GDP growth in the next three years. Over 537 firms employing just over 24 315 staff, who collectively earn a total fee income of R25-billion per annum, are members of CESA. For more info see <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Aricle_on_BECS_-_Construction_World.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_Aricle_on_BECS_-_Construction_World.docx</a> <br /> (Source Construction World)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>Study confirms SA Construction Sector under pressure -</strong> The study focused on an analysis of ‘the South African Multidisciplinary Construction Industry within an African Context’. It analysed 12 of the biggest construction companies that operate in the fields of mining, processing plants, and project management within Sub-Saharan Africa for the 2015 financial year. For more info see <a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_SA_construction_sector_under_pressure.docx">http://www.cesa.co.za/uploads/20161123_-_SA_construction_sector_under_pressure.docx</a> (Source: infrastructurene.ws and service delivery)</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/saice.png" width="64" height="52" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>SAICE President for 2017 –</strong> Recently inaugurated Sundran Naicker plans to focus on the Code of Best Practice for Tertiary Engineering Education. Sundran is a director at member firm Nyeleti Consulting.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/tcta.png" width="64" height="30" alt=""/></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>TCTA celebrates 30th consecutive unqualified audit, eyes further mandates – </strong>For more detail see <a href="http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/tcta-celebrates-thirtieth-consecutive-unqualified-audit-eyes-further-mandates-2016-11-18">http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/tcta-celebrates-thirtieth-consecutive-unqualified-audit-eyes-further-mandates-2016-11-18</a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/CESA_Icon.jpg" alt="" width="64" class="media-object" align="left" hspace="5" style="clear:both" /></a></td> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p><strong>4th Project and Construction Management Professions Conference </strong>– CESA attended the Launch of the SACPCMP VA Forum at the Conference Dinner on 28 Oct 2016 at the Sandton Convention Centre, and signed the MOA as a member of the Forum.</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="fixed"><p class="clear:both"><img src="http://www.cesa.co.za/cenews/dec2016/images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="760" height="4" /></p> <p>CE-news Contributions <br /> • Email or phone Dennis Ndaba at dennis@cesa.co.za or 011 463 2022 to contribute news, comment etc. <br /> • Email Wally Mayne at wallym@cesa.co.za if you work for a member firm and would like to receive a copy of this newsletter direct.<br /> • News of member firms is usually provided by the firms themselves or copied from their newsletters or the media.</p> <p>Copyright © CESA 2016</p></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>