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environment
Locally, the South African National Roads
Agency Ltd (SANRAL) has implemented the
Struman BMS and the system is used in
most provinces. It is also used in Namibia,
Botswana, Swaziland, Taiwan and Dubai.
CSIR contributes to better
infrastructure management
through immovable asset
management
With its immovable asset management
(IAM) programme, the CSIR provides
routine decision-support to infrastructure
delivery departments. The aim is to
support departments to improve the
effi cient management of their immovable
assets as required by legislation, including
the Government Immovable Asset
Management Act (GIAMA), 2007 (No 19
of 2007), the Public Finance Management
Act, 1999 (No1 of 1999, as amended)
and related policy and legislation.
Immovable assets are described as land
and any immovable improvement on that
land, which have enduring value and
consist of various types of assets. These
include installed machinery and equipment
that are integral parts of immovable assets
and cover all state-owned and leased
assets.
Recent immovable asset management
projects include:
• Performance assessment of all
immovable assets for the Department
of Arts and Culture (2009 - 2010),
Department of Defence (2008 -
2011), Limpopo Department of
Health and Social Development
(2005 - 2007), Limpopo Department
of Education (2007 - 2008),
Mpumalanga Department of Health
(2008 - 2010)
• Compilation of user asset
management plans for various
national and provincial departments
(2008 - 2011)
• Immovable asset management
policy development and valuation of
immovable assets for the Free State
Department of Public Works (2009)
• Immovable asset management
policy development and strategic
maintenance planning for the
Mpumalanga Department of Public
Works, Roads and Transport (2010 -
2011)
• On-going system support and
maintenance on the computerised
immovable asset management system
for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of
Public Works.
Improved design and
quality of SA roads
SANRAL has commissioned the CSIR
to conduct a comprehensive study to
evaluate and update the current South
African road pavement design method.
Due to increased premature road failures
and associated traffi c congestion,
comprehensive work was required, with
a substantial fi nancial investment by both
SANRAL and the CSIR.
Important parts of the current road
design method were obsolete, needing
serious revision and updating. Guideline
documents, test protocols and equipment
for new design and rehabilitation
investigation are being modifi ed based
on new information generated through this
project.
The new road design method will protect
the multibillion-rand investment in the South
African transport infrastructure through
improving the quality of road design
by the local road industry. The new
method will facilitate the analysis of the
current road network condition and the
maintenance process. Roads approaching
the end of their design lives can thus be
identifi ed timeously, allowing for early,
light rehabilitation instead of total (and
more costly) reconstruction.
The new method encompasses a webbased
software application through
membership registration, managed by
SANRAL, with technical support from
the CSIR. It caters for different levels of
expertise and design complexity, covering
a broad spectrum of roads ranging from
national roads to light structures for rural
access and urban mobility.
17 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS