Author:Wall, Kevin; Rust, Frederik CDate:Jul 2017The purpose of the “report cards” of the condition of engineering infrastructure in South Africa, the product of cooperation between the CSIR and SAICE, have been to draw the attention of government, and of the public at large, to the importance ...Read more
Author:Ittmann, HW; Viljoen, NM; Cooper, Antony K; Van Dyk, FEDate:Jul 2013Infrastructure development impacts directly on the economic growth and global competitiveness of a country. It is no secret that South Africa needs to drastically revitalise and expand its transport infrastructure, which is the focus of this ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:2011The infrastructure investment in South Africa over the century since Union is staggering. This investment has arisen partly because of population increase (from 6 million in 1910 to an estimated 50 million in 2011); partly because of ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Jul 2010South Africa succeeded in hosting a successful 2010 FIFA world cup. It is, however a triumph of African civil engineering. All the stadia and associated works were completed on time, despite extremely tight design and construction schedules. ...Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:2011This report reflects the labours of the research team at the CSIR and the drafting, reviewing and grading by the field experts at SAICE. It extends the start that was made five years ago and it is trusted that it improves upon the first IRC. ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Dec 2022The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) recently published its latest infrastructure report card. Unsurprisingly, the findings reflected that in many instances our infrastructure assets are in poor and worsening shape. At ...Read more