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Aon Proud Main Sponsor of

the Awards

Risk advisors and insurance brokerage Aon South Africa has been the proud main sponsor of the event
for a number of years. According to Manager of Professional Risks at Aon, Malcolm Padayachee, “CESA
members have a pivotal role in South African society and in the greater South African economy. The
progress of this country and its sustainability is touched on a daily basis by some facet of engineering
and without this science, the vast majority of development and upliftment we need would not happen.
But complicating the overall operating scenario of consulting engineers are factors such as new
legislation, new procurement regulations, skills shortages, declining education standards and increased
litigiousness. Moreover, on a macro level there are issues relating to slow private sector and government
fixed investment and ‘extraneous’ elements such as the new emphasis on green development, all of
which represents additional pressures on pricing, competitiveness and procurement for the consulting
engineer. The country as a whole is under huge pressure to accelerate infrastructure development to
minimise the impact of the soft global economy and to drive employment and job creation. An enormous
responsibility lies upon the shoulders of consulting engineers in South Africa, but by the same token,
to deliver on these responsibilities, consulting engineers have to operate in a secure, risk managed
environment. It’s our role at Aon South Africa to facilitate that environment with our world risk solutions,
people and services,” concludes Malcolm.

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