Congratulations to the City of Cape Town for taking away top honours in this year’s South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Western Cape Branch awards.
The 2016 Regional Awards Competition presentations had a fitting turnout of 80 attendees. The projects put forward were: Realignment of 4km of the N7 for Clanwilliam Dam, Construction of the Northern Areas Sewer – Phase 2, Road and road/rail near Spier, Century City MiCiti IRPTN Station, Flood damage repair work near Botlierskop, Mossel Bay, Bellville Waste Management Facility and Phola Park Stormwater Upgrade. The first six were in the “technical excellence” category, the seventh in the “community involvement” category. The winner was the City of Cape Town’s Phola Park Stormwater Upgrade (and they say the “after” photo hasn’t been photoshopped). However, all seven projects achieved scores in the upper 70’s or better, and the panel recommended that all 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 AECOM, EFG Engineers, HHO Africa, Kantey & Templer and Mott MacDonald who sponsored the event.
The SAICE-WC Model Bridge Building Competition was held at Canal Walk on 7 May 2016. 30 teams of learners from 21 schools participated from across the greater Cape Town region. The competition has evolved over the years but fundamentally teams of three need to build a bridge with the materials provided that can span a set distance determined by the judges. The teams have rules they need to comply with regarding the method of construction and functional internal and external parameters that need to be met. They also have a limited amount of time to build the bridge and are not allowed assistance from their teachers, parents, or phones.
April 9, 2016 saw the running of the inaugural SAICE Aqualibrium Water Competition hosted by UCT’s Civil Engineering Department. The competition saw seventeen teams of three high school students battle it out for the honor of being the Western Cape regional champion and become the Western Cape’s representative at the National Competition in Johannesburg later this year.
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20 May: Regional Awards Competition presentations at the Athenaeum, and just short of 80 people in attendance.
The 2015 SAICE National Bridge Building competition took place on the 1 August 2015 on at Canal Walk Cape Town. The event saw the testing of some excellent quality and aesthetically pleasing bridges. Congratulations to the winning team Brackenfell High who took first and second in the Western Cape competition. They subsequently took first place in the national competition on the 28 August 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre, carrying 155kg, over 60kg’s higher than second place - a brilliant achievement.
The 2015 Aqualibrium competition held in April saw some of the Western Cape’s bright young minds gather at UCT’s New Engineering Building. Eighteen teams of three from nine local schools took part in the event. The morning kicked off with a warm-up challenge involving the elevation of a marshmallow by a structure built from spaghetti. With one minute to go and still no clear victor, team Parel Vallei 2’s Eiffel Tower like structure emerged highest.
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