PRESS STATEMENT: CESA saddened by Alli resignation

Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) received with sadness the news of the resignation of Nazir Alli and lauded him for  exceptional performance since his appointment to the position of CEO of SANRAL in 1998.  Under his leadership SANRAL has produced and maintained an impressive national network of roads to world class standard.  Due to this success SANRAL’s task has recently been extended to managing the regional network of roads in certain Provinces.  Creating such an impressive network of roads is no mean feat and has been developed throughout his tenure.

CESA believes that careful consideration needs to be given when looking for a suitable candidate to replace Alli and continue with the good groundwork laid and to ensure staff retention of existing skills within SANRAL.   Graham Pirie, CEO of CESA states, “Alli’s replacement needs to have both senior managerial as well technical skills in order to operate in such a complex and highly technical environment.”  CESA considers the retention of skills as critical to ensure the seamless operation of a very important entity.”

CESA Concerned About Lack of Expenditure by Public Sector

 

The results of Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) bi-annual Economic and Capacity Survey for the period July to December 2011, just released, indicate that conditions in the consulting engineering industry have eased slightly with member firms being involved in design and feasibility studies. Capacity utilisation within member firms has increased from 80% in the first 6 months of last year to 90% in the period under review. All of this planning needs to be converted into actual projects and in this regard the industry is waiting in anticipation of Government’s promised (R844 billion in the next 3 years) spend on infrastructure.
 

A Momentous Decade

Having been founded in 1952 CESA is proud to celebrate its Diamond Jubilee in 2012 celebrating 60 years of service to the industry.....and there is much to celebrate.

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CESA FIRMS READY TO ASSIST WITH GOVERNMENT’S INFRASTRUCTURE ROLLOUT

Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) welcomes President Jacob Zuma’s State-of-the-Nation-Address, delivered on Thursday, 9 February, in which 2012 will see infrastructure delivery take centre stage with the unveiling of a list of five major geographically focused programmes, as well as a host of infrastructure initiatives designed to support health and education, the upscaling of information and communication technologies, as well as to accelerate regional integration.

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