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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><b><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span style='font-size:
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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH SURVEY<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pretoria</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
– Department of Engineering and Technology Management requests a few
minutes of your time. As part of their commitment towards improving the
quality of life for all South Africans through engineering excellence they
would appreciate it if you would take part in this survey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>As part of a Masters in Project
Management, research is being conducted by Me. Jana van der Merwe to explore
methods to successfully execute civil engineering consulting projects in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South Africa</st1:country-region></st1:place>
despite the skill shortage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>The survey should only take
about five minutes of your time and can be accessed by clicking on the link
below. If this does not work please copy the link into your browser
window.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a
href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Vq4_2fX8ZhJ0ZSVRyoIxqvjg_3d_3d%20">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Vq4_2fX8ZhJ0ZSVRyoIxqvjg_3d_3d</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>You are receiving this survey as
the main point of contact in your organization. We would however
appreciate it if you could, kindly distribute the survey to as many of the
individuals in the civil engineering disciplines in your organization as
possible:</span></font><font color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>The closing date for completing
the questionnaire: <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>31 October 2008</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify'><font size=3 face=FuturaTEE><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:FuturaTEE'>Your assistance is highly
appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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