20 May: Regional Awards Competition presentations at the Athenaeum, and just short of 80 people in attendance. The projects put forward were:

  • Preekstoel Water Treatment Works, Overstrand, presented by Geoff du Toit of Aurecon;
  • Slope stabilisation at Langhoogte, along the N2, SANRAL, Doug Dorren also of Aurecon;
  • Kirstenbosch Tree Canopy Walkway (Boomslang), SANBI, Henry Fagan of Henry Fagan & Partners;
  • Rehabilitation of Mouille Point Sea Wall, City of Cape Town, Tony Gates of Ingerop;
  • Jorf Lasfar Phosphate Slurry Pipeline in Morocco, Mike Fehrsen of Paterson & Cooke;
  • Wallacedene Public Transport Facility, TCT, Johan Troskie of Bigen Africa.

The first five were in the “technical excellence” category, the sixth in the “community involvement” category. The Moroccan slurry pipeline will naturally fall in the “international projects” category for the national awards.
During the presentations, two projects were at a disadvantage through having presenters other than those originally intended having to step in, and one was hampered by the Powerpoint display not behaving correctly on a foreign machine.
The winner was the Kirstenbosch Tree Canopy Walkway. However, all six projects achieved scores in the mid-70’s or better, and the panel recommended that all six should go forward to the national competition! Our congratulations to the winners and to all the entrants on the standard of the presentations.
Our thanks to Aurecon, Henry Fagan & Partners, Ingerop and Paterson & Cooke who sponsored the event.