74th Annual IMESA Conference and Exhibition in Full Swing

East London will be the host city for the 74th Annual IMESA Conference and Exhibition.  The theme of the conference is "Meeting Service Delivery Challenges" and will take place at the newly built Regent International Convention Centre from 27th to 29th October 2010.  The facility has been developed to compete with both the local and international markets.

This conference will offer delegates an ideal opportunity to share ideas and constructively debate the challenges facing engineers in the municipal environment. 

PLEASE VISIT THE IMESA 2010 CONFERENCE WEBSITE:  http://www.imesa2010.co.za

Infrastructure Asset Management Workshop

After last year's workshop proved so popular, IMESA will again be running a 1-day workshop on Infrastructure Asset Management before the IMESA Conference 2010 which will be held in East London in October this year. The workshop last year introduced Infrustructure Asset Management Planning and the theme of the workshop on Tuesday, 26th October 2010 continues with "What to do with your Valuation Data Plan". The program includes relevant experience and case studies from South African municipalities presented by a variety of speakers.

For the IAM workshop details, click here (Microsoft Word 2003, 186 Kb).
For the IAM workshop program and content, click here (PDF document, 103Kb).

For more information about other Infrastructure Asset Management workshops and courses held around the country, please email Judy Stephens on imesatrg@webstorm.co.za or phone 031-266 3263.

IMESA Bursary Scheme

The aim of the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa’s (IMESA) Bursary Scheme is to offer financial assistance to students who would otherwise not be able to afford to complete their studies in the field of Civil Engineering or any other discipline of engineering as approved by the Executive Council of IMESA. Unless the applicant is a dependent of an IMESA member, applications can only be accepted from students who have already started their engineering studies and can submit mid-year results with their applications. The closing date for applications for a bursary in 2011 is 15th September 2010.

For information about the bursary scheme, click here (Word 2003, 28kb). For a bursary application form, click here (Word 2003, 84kb). For queries, email: imesaudit@webstorm.co.za or telephone 031-266 3263.

IMESA Branch Events:

Contact details of the Branches and EXCO/Council members are displayed under the sub-heading About Us (see Contact Us).  

The contact details of our National Office/Secretariat are:

Biennial Project Excellence Awards

The Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) and the Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) have pleasure in inviting local, provincial and government/semi-government authorities and/or their engineering consultants to submit entries for the 2010 Biennial Project Excellence Awards competition. 

For details, click here.

IMESA is the Official Distributer of the IIMM in South Africa Learn more about the International Infrastructure Management Manual (IIMM) here* ... You can also order it directly from IMESA Head Office here* ... More on the available Training Courses in Infrastructure Asset Management here* ... * See in the Index: Knowledge Sharing/Infrastructure Engineering/ Asset Management/ IIMM

Built Environment Professions Bill withdrawn

The new Built Environment Professions Bill has lead to much controversy around the future of ECSA as official engineering council for professional engineers. Subsequently the IMESA Council decided during its meeting on 28 October 2008 in Bloemfontein to state that “IMESA supports an independent engineering professional council in the interest of technological development in South Africa and to maintain our international technological standing”.

In the mean time Engineering News of 18 November 2008 reported that "The controversial Built Environment Professions Bill has been temporarily withdrawn, newly appointed Public Works Minister Geoff Doidge said on Tuesday, citing technical and legal issues. The objective of the Built Environment Professions Bill was to foster the accelerated transformation of professions, such as engineering, architecture, and quantity surveying, and also proposes the establishment of a new South African Council for the Built Environment (SACBE). This supercouncil would incorporate all the existing professional councils, including the influential Engineering Council of South Africa, and transform them into subsidiary boards" .  Read the full report on .....

 More than 300Mb Legal Freeware on 2008 Conference CD

The 2008 Conference Committe provided more than 300Mb of legal freeware on the 2008 Conference CD (see more under Computer Applications under Knowledge Sharing). The following software is provided: