[Saice] SAICE Infrastructure Report Card for South Africa 2011

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Dear SAICE Member

SAICE Infrastructure Report Card for South Africa 2011

It gives us great pleasure to announce the SAICE Infrastructure Report Card 2011 has been launched and is already receiving extensive interest, including from the media.

This report is a collective opinion provided by civil engineering professionals at SAICE in the manner of "expert witness", on the current condition of infrastructure assets.

You may download the Report Card from the SAICE website on the following link: http://www.saice.org.za/IRC2011

In 2006 SAlCE released the first ever Infrastructure Report Card (IRC) on the state of engineering infrastructure in South Africa. The report highlighted the observations of the professionals responsible for the planning, construction, operation and maintenance of our nation's life-support system. Overall, it gave the nation's infrastructure a D+ grade.

The 2011 report is an up to date assessment of infrastructure in South Africa. With the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and the projects that were developed around it, the IRC has arrived at the appropriate time. SAICE is uniquely placed to do the report because its membership is drawn from all sectors of the civil engineering community: all tiers of government, the private sector designers and constructors, suppliers of equipment and materials, and even suppliers of finance.

The Institution views this as its responsibility and duty: to report and engage constructively and without hesitation to the benefit of South African society. Leadership requires that we act not simply as a tool to fulfill society's demands but also to advise society on the wisdom and sustainability of its requirements so that the prosperity, and indeed survival, of future generations is not further compromised.

Please contact Marie Ashpole, SAICE Outreach Officer, should you have any further questions or enquiries, at marie at saice.org.za<mailto:marie at saice.org.za>.


SAICE greetings!


Linda Erasmus

Manager: Communication
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering


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