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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-track</title> <style type="text/css"> .CESA { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; } .CESA { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; } .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; } .Disclaimer { font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #333; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#333333" link="#3366CC" vlink="#3366CC" alink="#3366CC"> <table width="800" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.cesa.co.za"><img src="images/header_october.jpg" width="800" height="191" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table width="800" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="55"><a href="https://twitter.com/the_cesa"><img src="images/Social_tw.jpg" width="58" height="65" alt=""/></a></td> <td width="50"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ConsultingEngineersSA"><img src="images/Social_fb.jpg" width="53" height="65" alt=""/></a></td> <td width="47"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/consulting-engineers-south-africa/"><img src="images/Social_li.jpg" width="61" height="65" alt=""/></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cesa-consulting-engineers-south-africa-28645477"></a></td> <td width="630"><img src="images/Social_bar.jpg" width="630" height="65" alt=""/></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><p><img src="images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="7" /></p> <p><a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/"><img src="images/indaba_2020_banner.jpg" width="798" height="119" /></a><a href="https://www.cesa.co.za/eventreg?id=175"></a><a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/awards/register.php?type=buyer"></a><a href="https://cesa.co.za/golf/"></a></p> <h1><img src="images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="7" /></h1> <table width="650" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><h1><a><strong>Attention All Engineering Practitioners!</strong></a></h1> <p> </p></td> <td rowspan="4" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#B6B6B6"><a href="https://sa.aon.co.za/2vya356"><img src="images/Aon.gif" width="150" height="300" alt=""/></a><a href="https://www.avkvalves.com/en"></a> <p><a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/bce/"><img src="images/bce_tower.jpg" width="150" height="450" alt=""/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.cesa.co.za/scelist"><img src="images/sce_tower.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="450" /></a></p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><em><strong><a class="pull-left" href="#"><img src="images/chris.jpg" alt="" width="630" height="210" class="media-object" /></a></strong></em> <table width="630" border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tbody> <tr> <td><p>This is a clarion call to all Engineers, Technologists and Technicians responsible for the management, design and construction of the infrastructure we have and the infrastructure we know we require for the future growth of South Africa and all our people. Take a bow!</p> <p>While many countries across our continent marvel at what we have and most in the developed world wonder how we managed to achieve these major feats, strangely though, back home the role we play in society is mostly unknown and those who seek our expert services and advice spare no effort to get a discount on the cost of our expert advice but still expect the best from us.</p> <p>We expect to drive on safe roads, we expect to cross bridges safely, we expect to have water when we open our taps and be able to drink it. We expect the lights to go on when we flip a switch and with the all-important need to be online, we expect all of this to be available all the time.</p> <p>The unfortunate reality of course, is that we already have too few engineers to meet the needs of our country. A few years ago, it was reported that we had 1 for every 3000 citizens, whilst more developed countries had 1 for every 200. This ratio is only going to get worse unless something is done to urgently to fix our education system so that more young people get the requisite early childhood development and subsequent grounding in Maths and Science at a Basic Education level. Whilst there has probably been some effort to address this issue over the past few years, statistics on National Trends in Mathematics Performance between 2011 and 2018 show no change in the percentage of students who even wrote Mathematics at Grade 12 level.</p> <p>Something must be wrong when millions of Rands have been invested in addressing this issue and over the past eight years we have not even managed to get more than 45% of students to the stage of being able to write the Grade 12 Mathematics exam. An even more stark reality is that only about 4% of that number who wrote achieved a pass mark of between 70 to 79%, which apparently, owing to the quality and standard of the exams for the National Senior Certificate, is deemed to be a realistic 50 to 59%. This may get one into an engineering degree programme, but there is a slim chance of successfully graduating without extensive support and assistance which is not always available.</p> <p>Clearly there is lots to do if we want to change this narrative and unless we want to fall into the category of “the insane” we must do things differently. Using the same approach that we have over the past eight years will not cut it. Unless we adequately address the pipeline issues, we will not have the numbers of graduate engineers that we need. It is a fallacy to believe that fast tracking the professional registration process will make up for this shortage, as our challenge is that of not having invested adequately in “growing our own timber” so that there is adequate feedstock into the professional engineering registration process.</p> <p>The service delivery and failing infrastructure at Municipal levels is understandably but inexcusably so, since, of the 257 municipalities in the country only 55 have engineers leading their technical departments according to a statement by the then Minister of COGTA some 12 months ago. We need a parallel programme of enabling and encouraging young people to pursue a career in engineering whilst at the same time investing in educating society on the value that engineers add to society, especially in a country such as ours where there is a dire need for the development of the economic infrastructure we need to grow our economy and the social infrastructure to provide basic services to all of our citizens.</p> <p>Whilst it is understandable that the engineer cannot compete with the one to one relationship enjoyed between a medical doctor and a patient, as the latter is immediately aware of the role the former plays in helping to keep them alive. On the contrary, very little seems to be understood about how we get life sustaining drinkable water to our homes, without causing hundreds of people to get sick or how we get electricity to our workplaces, without the factory burning down, putting the lives of many a worker at risk.</p> <p>It is though even more disturbing that people who ought to know more about our profession who are entrusted with managing public infrastructure lack the basic knowledge of the competencies and roles played by various of the built environment professions. Just recently, I came across an RFQ for bridge upgrade advisory services by an expert professional engineer, with the company appointed by the client, specialising in land surveying and construction project management. I have to admit that even having a structural engineer play this role would be somewhat more comforting even though Bridge Engineering is a specialised field, at least they speak the same language and as Project Manager will ask the right questions in protecting the interests of the client.</p> <p>We need to create a better understanding of how we maximise the sustainable investment in infrastructure, starting with the appointment of appropriately skilled experts and making the correct assessment of the value we place in doing so and the quality of expert solutions we expect to derive. There is probably something to be said about China's exponential economic growth and the number of engineers running its SOE’s or who fulfil significant technical roles in Government.</p> <p>Maybe we need to do some self-reflection and wonder might that not be the missing ingredient in addressing our own challenges of leadership? Engineers are through their very training and education, problem solvers and may even make for more honest and ethical politicians. Go spread the word, rather than me preach to the converted!</p> <p><strong>Chris Campbell</strong><br /> CESA CEO</p></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><img src="images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="650" height="7" /></p> <p> </p></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><p> </p></td> </tr> </table> <p><img src="images/Line.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="7" /></p> <p align="left"> </p> <h2 align="left">Disclaimer</h2> <p align="left" class="Disclaimer">This publication is an attempt to share information of interest with members and readers. 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