Awards impress yet again SAISC; Malapa Fossil Excavation Site; American International School of Johannesburg – Aquatic Centre; No 1 Silo; Tugela River Pedestrian Bridge; Isando Pedestrian Bridge; 30 Jellicoe; McDonald’s; Lutheran Community Outreach Foundation Recreation Centre; Bakubung Platinum Mine Main Shaft Headgear; Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation 2/23–46 Striving for the best (SAICE Transportation Division Chairman’s Award) Moodley 8/65 Geometric Design of Roads Handbook Keith Wolhuter 8/66 Leadership and Agency by Women Engineers in South Africa Hannelie Nel; challenges of working as a woman civil engineer; solutions to retain technical women 9/80 Megastructures and Masterminds Tony Murray; construction of major structures in South Africa 9/80 Vibration Analysis and Structural Dynamics for Civil Engineers A Zingoni; A Elvin; Essentials and Group-Theoretic Formulations 2/48 CARTOON Civillain Jonah Ptak; cartoon 1/83; 2/63; 3/79; 4/68; 5/77; 6/71; 7/49; 8/62; 9/72; 10/84; 11/74 DISPUTE BOARDS Dispute Boards – Dispute Avoidance Role, Part 1 van Langelaar; standing Dispute Boards; FIDIC; standard form contracts; GCC 1/69–74 Dispute Boards – Dispute Avoidance Role, Part 2 Anton van Langelaar 3/72–77 DISPUTE RESOLUTION Alternative Dispute Resolution – using the President’s List J du Plessis; SAICE list of mediators, adjudicators and arbitrators; dispute statistics 4/50–52 ECONOMIC PRICING OF SERVICES An integrated transport strategy: what progress has been made? R Holden; new dispensation on e-tolls; Gauteng 25-Year Integrated Transport Master Plan; hybrid funding model; 6/69–71 Behaviour change at household in the water sector Richard Holden; water consumption 3/69–71
How low can you go? How much can you reduce your household service costs? R Holden; sustainable cities; densifying the core of cities and reducing transport costs 5/72–74 Integrated transport R Holden; economic apartheid; Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP); Bus Rapid Systems; Gautrain; Standard Gauge; Cape Gauge 2/64–66 ENGINEERING EDUCATION Student to engineer – easing the transition by way of the design project H de Clercq; R Walls; graduates better equipped for the design office 4/43–48 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Breakthrough in waste management technology G Heron; Earth Probiotic; landfills under strain; in-vessel composting machine 7/16–17 Development of the Nyamasoga Hazardous Waste Landfill, Uganda S Louw; J Shamrock; Lake Albert; Cambrian Age; Basement Complex system rocks; double composite liner system 7/9–15 How prepared is the and sanitation sector to respond to disasters in South Africa? Risks to water security; wide-scale blackouts; water conservation and demand management 7/46–49 Hydroelectric potential in the Orange–Fish–Sundays Water Transfer Scheme B hydro-energy potential; SHE installations; Gariep Dam 7/26–35 Leading water treatment technology for SA coal mining Exxaro Matla; modular approach to reducing water usage at mines; underground flooding 7/18–19 Modelling of composite type variation of the Crump weir A Maritz; P Wessels; F van Vuuren; measuring of flow in rivers; effective management and conservation of scarce water resources; compound gauging weirs; modular flow; non-modular flow 7/36–45 PrimeComposite slab system drastically reduces CO2 emissions X Destrée; B J Pease; B Meadway; transport of readymix concrete; environmentally demanding processes for the concrete construction industry; reducing required concrete slab thickness resulting in significant performance improvements and CO2 emission reductions; reducing shrinkage; steel fibre-reinforced concrete (SFRC) 7/21–25 FROM THE CEO’S DESK Bottom(s) up Tendering; civil engineering prestige; engineering challenges; grading consultants; professional registration 8/1
Bridge over troubled waters Temporary structure collapse at Grayston interchange; increase in infrastructure collapse; Civilution 9/1 Glory days Brain drain; state of the industry; Standard for Infrastructure Procurement and Delivery Management; Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent; Public Protector; COGTA 10/1 It’s mine Service delivery; strikes; Malamulele 2/1 knock Improving quality of life; reinvention and innovation; Civilution Congress 2016; future of engineering and construction business 11/1 Nice try but no cigar engineers; skills shortage; municipalities to attract and employ professional engineers 6/1 Ons sal lewe, ons sal sterwe Transformation 5/1 Rhodes must fly statue; Cricket World Cup 2015; integrated strategy 3/1 With a little help from my friends Consulting; contracting; price discounting; industry complaining 7/1 GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING 8th SAYGEC cultivated at Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch Cultivating the future of geotechnics; Ken Schwartz; challenging young engineers; Luis Alberto Torres Cruz; Jean Potgieter; Marie Basson; Valencia Kuppusamy, Ashmita Boodoo; Ryan Freëse 3/64–65 96 Mill Point Road development lateral support Katy O’Brien; South Perth, Western Australia; design options for lateral support 3/38–43 Engineering geological considerations for three dams in Nigeria Gary Davis; Kashimbila Dam; Otukpo Dam; Karshi Dam 3/21–24 Geotechnical research at Wits Charles MacRobert; Luis Alberto Torres Cruz; Irvin Luker; internal erosion; mechanical characterisation of tailings; rapid pile testing 3/62–63 Health and safety risks of geotechnical investigations in townships across South Africa Steven Zaal; Hennie Barnard; illegal overhead and underground electrical connections; mitigation of risks; electrical shock; damage to property; public unrest; risk management plan 3/52–54 Importance of practical skills in geotechnical courses, The Elizabeth Theron; undergraduate geotechnical labs; balancing theory and practice; involving seasoned practitioners 3/60–61
In situ pile testing – a tool for design and quality assurance on site Gabrielle Wojtowitz; Eduard Vorster; Futila Sea Breeze development; pile behaviour 3/26–32 Need for ‘hands-on’ geotechnical engineering, The Philip Stott; Carl Terzargi; Jeremiah Jennings; SABS 1200; SANS 2001; responsibilities of the engineer; understanding and assessing soils; CUT Geotechnical Research Group 3/55–57 Predictable granites? Not really Mark Laughton; Riaan Jooste; Willian du Toit; Alice Lane Phase 3 project; Johannesburg Granite Dome; dolerite rock 3/45–49 Road construction on expansive or low strength subgrades Hannes Taljaard 3/44 Rock engineering for Boschkop intake works Alastair Morgan; Vaal Dam reservoir; inter-basin water transfer; Vaal River Eastern Augmentation Project; extending and integrating geological and geotechnical modelling; approach 3/15–20 Role of civil engineering materials laboratories Wessel Badenhorst; understanding materials 3/58–59 Role of the geotechnical engineer on site, The Vian van der Westhuizen; Gouda Wind Farm; Acid Mine Drainage Eastern Basin project; Thukela River, Sahlumbe 3/50–51 Tensar TW1 system used on roads contract in Ballito Samantha Naidoo; Fernando Pequenino; Frans van der Merwe 3/34–36 HISTORY Construction of the Prieska–Kalkfontein railway line 1914–15. Part 1: A running – from Prieska to Upington J Haarhoff; German South-West Africa; World War I; wireless stations; General Smuts; William W Hoy; Arthur M Tippett; Charles Cocks; H J Walker; South African Rebellion; South African Railways; General Manie Maritz; tracklaying record; Nicholas Kingswell Prettejohn; Transnet Heritage Library 2/50–63 Construction of the Prieska–Kalkfontein railway line 1914–15. Part 2: A major obstacle – the Orange River at Upington J Haarhof; Willam Tippet; Sir Thomas Price; William Hoy; bridge over the Orange River; Nicholas Prettejohn; James Greathead; pontoons for military purposes; train ferry floated on pontoons; slipways onto banks; train ferry; Transnet Heritage Library; James Mackenzie 4/31–40 System
Quest to find affordable and sustainable sanitation solutions for Africa, The S Septien; innovative solutions for access to sanitation; dry- and sanitation; Sustainable Sanitation Alliance; ‘Reinvent the Toilet Challenge’ 9/44–45 Rural Road Asset Management System M Futshane; N Vezi; graduate recruitment programme; capacity building; MIG roads grant 9/65–67 Seawater – a prerequisite for marine desalination M Retief; A van Tonder; Project programme and risk dependent on seawater abstraction solution 9/47–53 Upgrading of internal roads and stormwater systems in the Sol Plaatje District R Letsoalo 9/60–62 ENGINEERING Achieving cost-effective and sustainable wastewater treatment using Nereda® S Robertson; J Doutor; B Bekker; S Pols; aerobic granular sludge for industrial wastewater treatment; system status; Weemershoek 5/56–59 Bloemwater Conduit Hydropower Plant launched M van Dijk; M Kgwale; J Bhagwan; I Loots; extracting energy from water supply and distribution systems 5/42–46 Celebrating 50 years of water engineering accomplishments D Besseling; SAICE Water Division 50th anniversary and celebration; Celebrating 50 years of SAICE’s Water Engineering Division – 1965 to 2015 5/70–71 City of Tshwane Water Resources Master Plan F Mouton; E Loubser; C Talanda; P van Rooyen; T Ceronio; establishing the current and projected future yields of the local water resources; study on possibility of upgrading or extending CoT’s water resources 5/35–40 Construction of the Matsaoha Wastewater Treatment Works W Orwin 5/66–67 Emfuleni Lessons – how to deliver on reduction in a South African municipality, The N Kranz; S Beerhalter; measures taken, and successes and challenges on tackling large losses 5/21–29 Improving the utilisation of the Lesotho Highlands Project whilst deepening international cooperation P van Niekerk; C Seago; risk period; block delivery vs variable delivery; concerns for shortages; operating rule 5/60–64 Liesbeek River Life Plan – an example of a ‘Community of Practice’ for Water Sensitive Urban Design in South Africa, The K Carden; K Winter; development and maintenance of an information transfer system 5/51–54