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Date/time:
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Venue: South Africa
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16 - 20 January
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Sat 16th Jan
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Apprentices arrive in Durban South Africa and met by Tom Mckune and his team
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18:30
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“Braai” / social event with young people from the SAICE Durban Branch and the Joint Structural Division (IStructE and SAICE) at the Durban Undersea Club
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3 method cards presented by each group to peers for comment during the evening
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Date/time:
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Venue: Blue Waters Hotel
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Sun 17th Jan
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Topic Number / Activity
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Speaker/Tutor(s)
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Comment
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Enjoy Durban beach and city
(Coffee, tea in pm – during discussions)
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12.30 – 13:30
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Lunch:
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13:30 – 14:30
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#PAs Working Session - review where we are
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14:30 – 16:00
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T0: Millennium development goals 1 – poverty reduction responses
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Ron Watermeyer, Soderlund and Schutte
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Linkages between infrastructure delivery and the millennium development goals including poverty reduction strategies
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Background reading
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16:30 – 18:00
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T18: Millennium development goals 2 – coalitions and political role
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Sam Amod, Development Engineering Consultants
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Developing coalitions between civil society and government, the political role of infrastructure and instruments of influence
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Briefing material
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18:00 – 19:00
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PAs Working Session - catch-up..
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Review progress and catch up
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19.00–21.00
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Working Supper - Review of the day and T
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Apprentices + Charles Ainger + Ron Watermeyer
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Mon 18 th Jan
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(Coffee, tea in am & pm – during discussions)
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9:00 – 10:30
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T14 Infrastructure Delivery and Capability Development – 3: Programme and project partnering
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Charles Ainger
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Integrating project delivery + capability building; incl. Kansas City, USA, eg.
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Background reading
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11:30 – 12:30
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T13 Infrastructure delivery for Capital projects 2 – linking a social and economic development agenda
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Ron Watermeyer, Soderlund and Schutte
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Engaging communities to construct their own infrastructure
Use of targeted procurement procedures to provide employment and business opportunities
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Background reading
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13.00- 14:00
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Lunch
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14:00 – 15:30
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T15 Infrastructure Delivery for Capital Projects 4 – developing country issues
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Mike Lomas, retired CEO of Group 5
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The challenges in constructing infrastructure in developing countries – resources , ethics etc.
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16:00 – 17:30
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T16 Infrastructure Delivery for Capital Projects 5 – appropriate procurement strategies
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Ron Watermeyer, Soderlund and Schutte
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Identifying appropriate procurement strategies for public infrastructure delivery – a developing country perspective
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17:30 – 19:00
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Briefing for site visits
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Ron Watermeyer and others
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Tues 19th Jan
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Site visits to eThekwini Projects
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Apprentices + others
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8:00 – 17:00
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Site visits to:
1) Moses Mabhida 2010 World Cup Stadium (8:00 – 9:30)
2) Replacement of secondary water mains (10:00 – 13:00)
3) Zibambele Programme (13:30 – 16:30)
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Focus on participation of black owned businesses on a mega project
Focus on employment intensive works, employment of the unemployed people and small contractor development
Focus on creating work opportunities for eThekwini’s most destitute citizens by providing them with maintenance contracts on their roads
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18:30 – 22:00
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Dinner hosted by the Joint Civils Division with Dr Mike Sutcliffe, City Manager eThekwini Metropolitan Council, as the guest speaker
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Wed 20th Jan
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Apprentices depart for Johannesburg
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Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, OR Tambo Airport
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9:30 to 11:00
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T17: Capacity building
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Allyson Lawless, SAICE
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Identifying the skills gap. Using retired engineers to train and nurture young graduates to breach the gap
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Briefing material
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11:30 to 13:00
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T19: Effective maintenance of public Infrastructure and facilities
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Kevin Wall, CSIR
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Ensuring funding, management and resources for the effective operation and maintenance of infrastructure in a developing countries
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Background reading
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13:00 – 13:45
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13:45 – 16:00
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#PAs Working Session - ‘plans >> Paris + mapping out the way ahead
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Apprentices + Charles Ainger + Ron Watermeyer
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Wed 20th Jan
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Apprentice depart from OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg to return home or enjoy other parts of South Africa
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