South 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. The major roadworks, substantial upgrading of the three largest airports, and a lot of other infrastructure were also completed on time.
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Wall, K. 2010. Civils are “Sharp!”. Civil Engineering (July 2010), pp 5
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Wall, K "Civils are “Sharp!”." (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4492
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