Ingenuity and technical excellence prevailed at the most anticipated evening in industry - the PPS-SAICE 2020 National Awards ceremony that took place on Thursday, 12 November 2020 in Johannesburg. The event brought together civil engineering practitioners from across the country in its first hybrid (face-to-face and online) event to celebrate the outstanding innovation and contributions made by the built environment for 2019/2020. SAICE was proud to have insurance giant PPS for Professionals partner with them for the event.

SAICE received numerous project entries from across the country and internationally which competed in the following categories:

NATIONAL PROJECT AWARDS

SKI Civil and Structural Engineers Technical Excellence Project Award

Sizabantu Piping Systems Community-Based Project Award

Sizabantu Piping Systems International Project Award

SAICE received nominations from across the country for individuals who rendered outstanding service to the profession, made a contribution of distinction to civil engineering and who continues to promote the practice and development of excellence in civil engineering in the built environment – for the following categories:

SAICE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Egis Operation South Africa Project Manager of the Year

Graduate Technologist of the Year

Young Technologist of the Year

Technologist of the Year

Graduate Engineer of the Year

PPS Young Engineer of the Year

Reinforced Earth Engineer of the Year

SAICE is proud to announce the winners in the following categories for 2019/2020:

SKI CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD

Highly commended:

Emergency Reconstruction of Seaward Road Bridge Over the Umhlatuzana River eThekweni engineering unit – roads

Highly commended:

Improving the Livelihood of Our Rivers - Upgrade of the Stellenbosch Wastewater Treatment Works to MBR Technology

Highly commended:

Coastal Park MRF: Bulk Earthworks

Joint winners:

V&A Waterfront Swing Bridge                                      Raising of Garden Route Dam

Project Team:                                                               Project Team:

SMEC                                                                           Zutari

Stefanutti Stocks                                                          Khubeka Construction

SIZABANTU PIPING SYSTEMS COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT AWARDS

Highly Commended:

Nkungumathe Irrigation Scheme

Winner:

Mossel Bay UISP - Emergency Shared Basic Services

Project Team: Zutari

Mossel Bay Municipality

Entsa Henra

SIZABANTU PIPING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS AWARDS

Winner:

Kashimbila Multipurpose Dam, Hydropower Station and Network Integration

Project Team:

Zutari

Federal Government of Nigeria

S.C.C. (Nigeria) Ltd

The awards for Most Supportive Advertiser and Most Supportive Advertiser Runner-up are made annually by SAICE’s magazine “Civil Engineering” to thank SAICE’s advertisers for their loyal support. The award is made not only on the strength of the amount of money spent by an advertiser, but also on factors like general cooperation, meeting of deadlines, and the timely settling of accounts.

2019 most supportive advertiser was awarded to Reinforced Earth, and the runner-up was awarded to AfriSam.

Sizabantu Piping Systems Photo Competition

Winners

1. Henry du Preez, North Bank 01

2. Adam Moolagee, Construction Unit Swartberg Pass

3.Victor Bicamumpaka, In Time

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS   

Engineer of the Year      

Winner: 

Monro Jansen

Young Engineer of the Year

Joint winners:   

Radeshni Moodley & Byron Mawer

Graduate Engineer of the Year

Winner:

Naadira Ballim

Technologist of the Year

Winner:  Kamashan Reddy

Highly commended

Marisa Ackhurst

Young Technologist of the Year

Winner Letshego Sehume

Graduate Technologist of the Year

Winner Parellin Naidoo

Project Manager of the Year

Winner: Amjad Hendricks

STUDENT CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

Winner: University of Johannesburg Auckland Park Kingsway Campus

SAICE DIVISION OF THE YEAR

Winner: SAICE Project Management and Construction Division

SAICE BRANCH OF THE YEAR

Winner: Johannesburg Branch

SAICE would like to extend their gratitude to all their partners and sponsors for their support and in ensuring that this prestigious event was a grandiose success:

PPS

Reinforced Earth

Apollo Instrumentation

SKI Civil and Structural Engineers

Egis Operation South Africa  

Sizabantu Piping Systems