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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Members
<b><i><span style='color:#EEECE1;background:teal;mso-highlight:teal'>South
African History and Heritage</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
have received an invitation from Ron Cox who is the Chair of the ICE <b><i>Engineering
History and Heritage</i> Journal</b> to encourage our members of SAICE to submit
papers to the panel for their consideration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.”</span></i></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 3<sup>rd</sup>
Journal that was published in November 2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
Ron Cox appeals to us to do our best to identify and encourage contributors to
participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
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 <b><i><span style='background:lime;mso-highlight:lime'>submit
abstract and ideas for papers to Ben Ramster at</span></i></b> <a
href="mailto:ben.ramster@ice.org.uk">ben.ramster@ice.org.uk</a>.<span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eng
David Botha Pr Eng<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SAICE
Outreach<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel
+27 (0) 11 805 5947<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Cell
+27 (0) 82 459 1907<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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