[Saice] History and Heritage - an opportunity

[Memory Scheepers]

Dear Members                                  South African History and
Heritage

 

I have received an invitation from Ron Cox who is the  Chair of the ICE
Engineering History and Heritage Journal to encourage our members of
SAICE to submit papers to the panel for their consideration. 

 

The primary remit of the journal is to acknowledge and record the past
achievements of the civil engineering profession. Only by appreciating
the challenges met by earlier members of the profession, and the
solutions applied to meet those challenges, can practicing engineers
hope to build on the experience of their predecessors. History and
Heritage is an important "book of learning."

SAICE itself has recently embarked on a modest campaign to facilitate
and create a focus on History and Heritage and the SAICE H&H Panel is
chaired by Tony Murray. As a matter of interest, I am also a member of
the UK H&H journal panel and was honoured to have been invited to write
the editorial for the 3rd Journal that was published in November 2009. 

 

The ICE journal is international in outlook and coverage and although
the current support of our colleagues in Europe and from around the
world is much appreciated and has proven to be an important influence on
the content of the journal we can really utilize this opportunity much
more to carry the stories about South Africa's rich engineering history
and many pioneering aspects as well.


Ron Cox appeals to us to do our best to identify and encourage
contributors to participate.


Therefore, please identify aspects of civil engineering history and
heritage that could be researched and written about -for example,
historical studies of major engineering works, development of theories,
construction methods and materials, case studies in conservation,
restoration or rehabilitation, and biography and please submit abstract
and  ideas for papers to Ben Ramster at ben.ramster at ice.org.uk.

 

Eng David Botha Pr Eng

SAICE Outreach

Tel +27 (0) 11 805 5947

Cell +27 (0) 82 459 1907

 

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