Africa Surveyors September- October Digital issue 2021

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OPINION Collaboration in the engineering sector is vital for achieving South Africa’s national agenda It has been almost a year since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced South Africa’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, with a key objective being to create jobs, primarily through aggressive infrastructure investment. However, little progress has been made despite many industry bodies putting their hands up to aid with state capacity. Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu recently called on engineers to “patriotically contribute” to the development agenda of South Africa. This was part of her keynote address at a virtual seminar hosted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) in June, and has reaffirmed — for me, and for Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) — the importance of our industry bodies and associations raising our hands and offering partnerships with our government. But, before we raise our hands, perhaps we should be joining our hands. The South African engineering profession is home to countless industry bodies, associations, institutes, and authorities which have somewhat segregated us, causing disintegration. Between CESA, ECSA, SAICE, SABTACO, BBCBE, NSBE, SAIEE (and the list of acronyms goes on), South African engineers are operating in silos — something we have oft-criticised of government departments. The South African engineering sector should rather make efforts to present a united front, putting aside our differences and collaborating towards improved service delivery, economic development and transformation. Author: Chris Campbell ,Chief Executive of Consulting Engineers South Africa This may be more appealing to young engineers too, who are faced with a plethora of organisations to join when starting their career. Under one banner, we could focus on pooling our efforts and put aside any differences between our respective organisations in the relentless race to be heard first and recognised most. Together, we are capable of providing innovative solutions in support of the 14 September-October issue l 2021 www.africasurveyorsonline.com
OPINION national agenda and help deliver the infrastructure our citizens deserve — cost effectively and honestly. I am not suggesting a dissolution of existing industry associations, but rather a reinvigoration of an overarching body that could assist with better coordination of wider sector efforts. One example might be SAFE — the South African Forum for Engineering, which was established some years ago in response to this need for wider collaboration and communication. It became dormant, but perhaps the time has come to revitalise it, or something similar, especially as we aim to unite in support of South Africa’s economic recovery plan. I envision that a united engineering industry would be more conducive to the provision of equal opportunities, skills development, mentorship, industry transformation, talent retention and sustainability of the profession. These are all elements that are given attention by individual industry associations, so why not work together as one body on these important goals? A betterintegrated profession and industry would be more efficient, effective, and more appealing to stakeholders, including our government. It is confusing and time-consuming for decision-makers to deal with multiple entities individually, when we each share the same objectives. Under one banner, we are capable of providing innovative solutions in support of the national agenda and help deliver the infrastructure our citizens deserve – cost effectively and honestly. “ Under one banner, we are capable of providing innovative solutions in support of the national agenda and help deliver the infrastructure our citizens deserve – cost effectively and honestly. ” www.africasurveyorsonline.com Semptember-October issue l 2021 15
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Page 5 and 6: Trueman Goba named honorary fellow
Page 7 and 8: INTERNATIONAL FIXAR enters the Indi
Page 9 and 10: The intersection of geospatial the
Page 11 and 12: INNOVATION Trimble Civil Constructi
Page 13: Multiplexers and telemetry solution
Page 17 and 18: CADASTRAL SURVEY What are Land Owne
Page 19 and 20: DRONES Percepto launches drone with
Page 21 and 22: BIM FOR CONSTRUCTION collaboration
Page 23 and 24: INFRASTRUCTURE www.africasurveyorso
Page 25 and 26: ENGINEERING Additionally, the entir
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Page 29 and 30: Subsurface Locators Subsurface Loca
Page 31 and 32: MINING Proterra and Komatsu announc
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Page 35 and 36: ENERGY Africa Ren launches the cons
Page 37 and 38: AZURI TOWERS - NIGERIA Azuri Towers
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