Consulting Engineers South Africa
Kwa-Zulu Natal Branch
MINUTES OF THE KZN BRANCH MEETING, HELD AT JEFFARES GREEN OFFICES, WESTVILLE, ON 22 FEBRUARY 2010 @ 17H00
1. Welcome
PV welcomed all.
PRESENT
Peter Viljoen (PV) : Goba (Pty) Ltd (Chairman)
Colin Raman (CR) : ILISO Consulting (Deputy Chairman)
Dawie Erasmus (DE) : Vela VKE
Shian Saroop (SS) : YPF
2. Apologies
Prudent Katide (PK) : SSI
Colin Scott (CS) : J & G
3. Approval of Previous Minutes
The minutes of the meeting held on 7 September 2009 were tabled and accepted.
4. Matters Arising from Previous Minutes
4.1 Treasurers Report
PV confirmed that all financial matters with the exception of the study fund was being handled by the National Office. The Study Fund account balance was approximately R12 600.00.
4.2 The final cost for the 2009 Presidents Cocktail Party had been received and submitted to Head Office for payment.
4.3 All other matters were dealt with as part of the meeting.
5. PRESIDENTS VISIT AND COCKTAIL PARTY
5.1 The cocktail function has been confirmed for Thursday, 22 April 2010.
5.2 A venue still needs to be determined since the Durban Country Club is PV
not available on that day. Possibilities include the Top of the Royal,
Elangeni and Blue Waters.
5.3 PV to approach Glenrand MIB for a sponsorship of R20 000. ABSA may also PV
be approached to supplement the sponsorship should Glenrand limit
their sponsorship to a lower amount.
5.4 It was agreed to invite an external quest speaker again with either PV
Julie-May Ellingson (eThekwini Special Projects) or Sean van der Valk (ACSA)
being favoured.
5.5 PV requested that members circulate the client guest list within their respective
offices to either add on new people or make corrections to the existing. ALL
6. PROPOSED MEMBERS MEETINGS/ACTIVITIES FOR 2010
6.1 The presentation by Stewart Wilson on the Wild Coast Toll project had been carried out successfully on 29 September 2009.
6.2 The AGM for 2009, preceded by the Construction Charter Presentation, was
held on 4 November 2009.
6.3 The newly elected branch committee members are:-
Peter Viljoen - Chairman
Colin Raman - Deputy Chairman
Prudent Katide
Dawie Erasmus
Colin Scott
Colin Raman accepted the nomination as Deputy Chairman with the intention that he takes over as Chairman from Peter Viljoen in November 2010.
6.4 Activities confirmed for 2010:-
Branch Committee Meetings
16 March 2010
31 May 2010
02 August 2010
04 October 2010
Council Meetings
10 February 2010
19 May 2010
18 August 2010
03 November 2010
Branch Member Meetings & Guest Speaker
May 2010 - Krish Reddy (Transnet) CR
July/August 2010 - Carlos Esteves (ETA – Planning)
November 2010 - Course preceding AGM
Other
14-16 March 2010 - GAMA (Kenya)
22 April 2010 - President Visit & Cocktail Party
12 August 2010 - Construction Procurement Road Show
18 August 2010 - CESA Awards Evening (Gauteng)
19-22 September 2010 - FIDIC Conference (New Delhi)
06 October 2010 - CESA Conference (Gauteng)
November 2010 - Branch AGM
7. LIAISON COMMITTEES
7.1 Representatives
- Umgeni Water - PV; PK PV
- eThekwini - CS; CR; DE CSc
- Transnet - PV; CS; Anita Govender PV
- KZN Dot - PK; Brian Henwood; PV PK
- KZN DPW - PV PV
- SANRAL - PV; CR; DE, CS; (Also PK representing PV
SABTACO)
- Msunduzi - CR; PK CR
- Ilembe DM - DE; Dominic Collett, Neil Sankar DE
7.2 Actions
The necessary meetings with Umgeni Water, SANRAL and eThekwini regarding providing a common response to the request for comments to the amended draft PPPFA had taken place.
Umgeni Water
- The last meeting was held on 16/10/2009 and attended by PK and Clive Swaisland. Minutes of meeting have been circulated to the members. The key issues discussed were:-
- Construction Charter
- PI Insurance
- Effect of escalation of construction prices on fees
- Capital Budget- UW not keen to circulate
- Procurement rules referring to the use of sub-consultants.
- Quality of site staff
- Putting out tenders for work and not awarded them.
Another meeting with UW needs to be scheduled. PV
SANRAL
- PV noted that he had contacted SANRAL over concerns regarding the amount of effort requested from the industry where concept designs for a signature pedestrian bridge were required in the tender. SANRAL undertook to consult with CESA in the future before releasing similar tenders.
- Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday 24 March 2010. PV
ETHEKWINI
- PV and Keith Kuhn of SAFCEC had met with the Head of Engineering, Adrian Peters, on 10 September 2009 to discuss the Construction Charter.
- CS & CR need to confirm a date with eThekwini for the next meeting. CS&CR
TRANSNET
- In the previous year, Ann Wilson suggested postponing a meeting to 2010 as PV
there was little clarity on their way forward without a CEO. PV felt that as Transnet was a national client body, liaison should perhaps be handled by the National CESA office. PV to discuss with Godfrey.
KZN DoT
- PK to try and arrange a meeting with Simphiwe Nkosi. PK
KZN DPW
- The joint CESA/SABTACO response to DPW not recognising Pr Tech Engs as office heads was submitted to DPW in September 2009. The letter indicated that the Department could not discriminate but should rather look at capability and capacity.
- At their request, PV had provided Francois Jacobs with information on the demographics of the Engineering Industry in November 2009.
7. KNUCS
8.1 The Steering Committee comprises:-
CESA - Peter Viljoen (Chairman)
SAFCEC - Wantz Klopper
eThekwini - represented by Keith Barnett
Dean of Facility - Prof. Fambirai Takawira
Head of School - Prof. Christina Trois
8.2 Umgeni Water had confirmed a sponsorship of R1,5 million per annum for a 10 year period for a Chair.
8.3 The subvention scheme was paying out in the order of R350 000 per annum. So far a total of R885 000 had been raised. However, CESA members and SAFCEC response had been disappointing to-date. PV tabled the list of contributing firms. (See attached).
8.4 eThekwini were still considering contributing partially towards a Chair to the value of approximately R0,5 million per annum.
8.5 PV will be drafting a new appeal for contributions from the industry. This would highlight the contributions being made by our clients.
9. YPF ISSUES / REPORT BACK
9.1 The inaugural meeting for 2010 had taken place two weeks prior.
9.2 There were presently only 4 members on the committee and as such a CS/PV
need to co-opt additional members. PV and CR, on behalf of Goba and
ILISO, undertook to propose names from their respective organisations.
9.3 SS tabled a list of activities for 2010 which he committed to circulate via email. SS
10. GENERAL
10.1 The matter regarding MIG tenders has been referred to the CIDB
10.2 The matter with Public Works requiring Directors to personally take up liability
if they do not keep PI Cover for up to 10 years is being dealt with by Head Office
10.3 CESA Excellence Awards: A Stadiums Category has been included in 2010.
10.4 PV provided a brief feedback on the CESA Council meeting held on 10 February 2010 to the branch committee members (See attached)
The following new appointments were noted:-
- President - Zulch Lotter
- Vice-President - Naren Bhojaram
- Co-opted - Malani Padayachee
11. NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
KZN Branch Chairman: …….………………………
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