2008 Events

JCD Lecture series - Durban : Target contracts: the contracts of the future - presented by RonWatermeyer

Joint Civils Division Lecture series: Target cost contracts: the contracts of the future - Ron Watermeyer and Tony Nixon

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Joint Civils Division was held on 15 October 2008. This was followed by a lecture by Hylton Macdonald entitled : Key Elements For Controlling and Managing Project Risk.

This site visit went off extremely well. It consisted of a safety induction, lecture on what the project is all about, and followed by a visit to the Rosebank Station, precasting yard and terminus. The amazement at the scale of work that is underway with minimal disruption to the residents of Gauteng was apparent.

Joint Civils Division Lecture series: Ann Wilson -Chief Procurement Officer, Transnet Capital Projects: Transnet Capital Projects: One Programme, Two Huge Challenges

Joint Civils Division Lecture series: Ann Wilson -Chief Procurement Officer, Transnet Capital Projects: Transnet Capital Projects: One Programme, Two Huge Challenges

Joint Civils Division Lecture series: The National Roads Programme - presented by Mr Nazir Alli, Chief Executive Officer, SA National Roads Agency, Limited.

The Chairman of the Joint Civils Division, Mr Mike Lomas, presented a lecture to students at the University of Stellenbosch on the Joint Civils Division, and what it provides for students. The lecture also introduced the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the South African Institution of Civil Engineering and what they offer.

BUILDING SUCCESS WITH NEC Delivering world class projects on time and on budget Roadshows and Workshops

Transnet Capital Projects: One Programme, Two Huge Challenges The lecture was presented by Anne Wilson, Chief Procurement Officer, Transnet Capital Projects

The Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) was established by Parliament as a statutory body to provide leadership to stakeholders and to stimulate sustainable growth, reform and improvement of the construction sector for effective delivery and the industry’s enhanced role in the country’s economy. The CIDB has now developed a framework for a Register of Professional Service Providers as a flexible system to support a range of methods of procurement. To ensure adequate participation by all parties, the CIDB will consult with interested and affected parties in relation to competitive selection of professional service providers on a regional basis.

South Africa has to a large extent based its structural codes of practice on that of the United Kingdom. The UK along with other members of the European community is moving towards the implementation of the Structural Eurocodes. Singapore and Vietnam have adopted the Eurocodes. Several countries including Malaysia, Hong Kong and some of the middle east states are also moving toward the adoption or adaptation of these codes, while other such as China, Russia, India and Australia are giving the matter serious consideration. South Africa is different to the UK and other European nations in that it is not obliged to adopt the Eurocode. Accordingly, each structural code covering concrete, steel, masonry, timber, aluminum and bridges needs to decide to adopt one of three options: Option 1: Adopt the Eurocodes and produce a National annex to address South African conditions Option 2: Develop a South African code based on the Eurocodes Option 3: Update and revise the existing South African codes

The Inaugural Event of the Joint Civils Division will be held on 30 October 2007 at the Museum of Military History in Saxonwold, Johannesburg.

EAP, Joint Civils Division, cidb and eThekwini Water session at the 12th Regional Seminar for Labour-based Practitioners, Durban. Paper presented by the JCD Vice Chair, Ron Watermeyer.