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projects. Great importance has been placed on the meant to accelerate the growth of the economy
sustainability of the infrastructure through proper thereby reducing inequity, unemployment and
operation and maintenance plans. The programme poverty amongst the people of South Africa.
also requires an additional step, to the normal “Consulting engineering is not only at the forefront
design phase, called the Implementation Ready of infrastructure development but it is a critical and
Study. This ensures that the infrastructure can be fundamental mechanism to providing the quality of
properly implemented and that all socio-economic life to the modern society. It is therefore imperative
and legal aspects have been considered. to establish strategic partnership with Government
in order to compliment the required technical
CESA President Abe Thela said that the capacity to accelerate the implementation of both
organisation identifies with the NDP, especially social and economic infrastructure in line with the
with the National Infrastructure Plan which is NDP 2030 vision and goals,” reiterated Thela.
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