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IMESAAsset managment

EkurhurleniGas to energy

Horizontal directional drilling in the South African contextin the South African context pp108108

InsightOn hollowed ground

SprayPaveA Team Effort on the Road to Success

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT • MAINTENANCE • SERVICE DELIVERY

The official magazine of the Institute of Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa IMESAIMESA

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VOLUME 36 NO 10 OCTOBER 2011Contents

30Urban Urban

PlanningPlanning

91Smart Smart

EngineeringEngineering

Since its inception 30 years ago, Spray-Pave has undoubtedly established and maintained its reputation as being one of Southern Africa’s leading manufacturers, suppliers and applicators of bituminous road binders and emulsions.

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AwardsAwardsInsightInsight

86 Winner: Young company of the year87 Winner: Mentoring company of the year88 Winner: Young engineering of the year89 Winner: Mentor of the year

Housing91 Are we heading for a bright new future?95 Sustainable social housing101 Raising the bar103 Concrete products showcased

SAPPMA105 Why plastic pipe?

Trenchless technology108 Horizontal directional drilling in the South

African context

Waste115 What does the new Waste Act mean for

your business?

Roads and bridges118 Rehabilitating the Wild Coast121 N4 Bakwena highway upgrade121 Road building equipment123 Vehicle-friendly traffic calmers

Project126 Optimum Coal Water Reclamation Plant

Insight129 On hollowed ground

Competition141 The quest to find South Africa’s oldest

concrete pipe installations

Products and services143 Road patch celebrates 25 years143 Industry warning on sub-standard meters144 Automated water reading an essential tool

Industry perspective35 Building bridges…for the breaking

SABITA37 When development outstrips infrastructure41 SABITA member listing44 Greenfields road upgrade50 Cement stabiliser for road contracts51 Consistency and density key elements

Ekurhuleni53 Creating opportunities linked to the OR

Tambo International Airport55 R15 million gravity outfall sewer line56 Using methane gas for energy61 Storm water upgrade to reduce flooding62 EMM’s electrification execution plan65 Preventing future water losses

Industry news69 Green laws take no prisoners

CESA Awards70 Winner: Projects with a value of greater

than R250 million71 Commendation: Projects with a value of

greater than R250 million73 Winner: Projects with a value between

R50 million and R250 million75 Commendation: Projects with a value

between R50 million and R250 million76 Winner: Projects with a value of less than

R50 million77 Commendation: Projects with a value of

less than R50 million81 Winner: Best international project83 Commendation: Best international project84 Recognition: Visionary client of the year85 Accolade: Business excellence

Regulars3 Editor’s comment5 President’s comment

Cover article6 Perfecting a Recipe for Success

IMESA13 IMESA’s progress towards a national

sustainable infrastructure asset management programme

25 Asset management and municipal databases

Government perspective30 Urban planning strategy reviewed

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EDITOR'S COMMENT

THE HIGHVELD has been uncomfort-ably dry for spring. There have been days in Johannesburg when the smell of Syringa blossoms has been

‘heavy’ in the air, with afternoons seeing the sky built up with dark Cumulonimbus clouds, accompanied by wind storms…all to no avail. This glorious time of year, with the novelty of warm humid air replacing winter’s dry cold is, for most, very welcome. Everything just seems better. Braais and rugby on the week-end now become routine.

On top of this is the expectancy of the first thunderstorm – everyone predicts when it will be and talks about how much it is needed. And when it finally arrives, as it did a couple of nights back, the cycle between winter and spring seems complete and all is well.

But then, the realisation that the rain will now render most of the traffic lights in Johannesburg useless sets in. The bleak real-ity is that rain in Johannesburg equals horrific traffic and the possibility of there being no power at home.

What exactly are the problems that cause this? I ask this sincerely. Please e-mail me at [email protected], as such a simple problem must have a simple solution.

Unfortunately, I have another question to ask – this one, however, is definitely more intricate and should hopefully have you intrigued. IMIESA has partnered with the Concrete Manufacturers Association to find out from our readers if they know of any con-crete piping installations older than 75 years in the country.

Answers should be emailed to [email protected] – see page 141 for more details. There are a number of cases of vintage wine to be won!

This edition of IMIESA is the IMESA Conference edition of the magazine. It will be distributed at the 75th IMESA Conference being held in Kempton Park from 26 to 28

October. I am happy to report that this year’s con-ference edition

of IMIESA has kept in line with the tradition of being the largest of the year.

On page 13 we feature an article by an author known to many of you, Roger Byrne. Byrne discusses in his article the approach being taken by IMESA towards a sustainable infrastructure asset management programme.

“The cost-effective and sustainable man-agement of a nation’s large infrastructure portfolios is critical to its citizens’ stand-ards and cost of living. Implementing an appropriate standard of asset management cost-effectively and successfully is not easy. Many programmes have been started and dropped owing to the high cost; however, undertaking this nationally can be done very cost-effectively and quickly, with even greater benefits,” says Byrne.

We have featured the Ekurhuleni Metro (from page 53) in this month’s municipal feature to tie in with the venue of the IMESA Conference. In addition, we have covered the CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards extensively – highlighting the winners and commended entries from this year’s competi-tion (from page 70).

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Conference topics cover both new build-ings and renovation projects, together with maintenance processes.

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Practically and scientifically oriented pro-fessional presentations, interesting case studies and excursions, together with fruitful discussions with old and new colleagues, will perfect delegates’ expertise.

We warmly welcome all experts of munici-pal built environments – engineers, archi-tects, administrators, contractors, operators, consultants, investors, researchers and stu-dents – to attend IFME 2012.

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IN MY COMMENT in the August issue of this magazine I spoke of IMESA’s Constitution and how it calls on our members actively to support initiatives that promote service delivery and the

financial well-being of our municipalities, emphasising that municipal engineers are vital to the future of South Africa. In this month’s comment, I will be examining the topical issue of local government infrastruc-ture, specifically how to ensure its sustainability.

At the recent IMFO Conference in Cape Town, themed ‘Financial Sustainability Beyond Compliance’, the deputy minister of finance stated that the management of infrastruc-ture assets needed to be “significantly improved”, and identified five major challenges for local government, namely: population growth, ageing assets, backlogs, corruption and the need to appoint suitably qualified senior managers.

Roger Byrne from Australia has been a volunteer advi-sor to IMESA for the past three years and has worked extensively with the cities of Durban and Cape Town. He proposed a National Programme Model for infrastructure management to the National Treasury, based on the fol-lowing premises: • The cost-effective and sustainable management of the

nation’s large infrastructure is critical to its citizens’ standard and cost of living.

• The key drivers relating to infrastructure assets are essentially the same all over the world.

• The best practice management of infrastructure port-folios and the whole life cycle processes are common to all infrastructure assets.

• The greatest impediment to the progress of infrastruc-ture asset management in this country is the lack of skilled resources to undertake the successful imple-mentation of an appropriate management system (see also Byrne’s article on page 13).

PRESIDENT'S COMMENT

Jannie Pietersen, president of IMESA

Local government infrastructure Sustainability beyond compliance

Municipalities cannot afford to keep on reinventing the wheel. A few examples follow: • There are many different approaches being taken to

asset management in South Africa. • Asset valuations and depreciation activities are being

undertaken without proper guidelines. • Condition assessments are being undertaken using a

variety of technologies. • Training courses are being offered by different

groups using different approaches across the country.

• New guidelines and policies are being devel-oped, yet there currently exists material that is available in Australia and New Zealand.

What is needed is a truly national forum of all the key role players in this country to coordinate and drive asset management throughout South Africa. This should go a long way towards improving the management of infrastructure beyond GRAP 17 compliance.

An opportunity to discuss this and other important issues is our annual IMESA Conference. I look forward to wel-coming all our readers at the opening of our 75th IMESA Conference at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg on Wednesday 26 October 2011.

COMMENT

What is needed is a truly national forum of all the key role players in this country to coordinate and drive asset management throughout South Africa


COVER STORY

SPRAYPAVE

Perfecting a Recipe for Success

A PROUD MEMBER of the Basil Read Group of companies since 2006, SprayPave maintains that its role and position in the industry is,

without a doubt, founded on its belief that moving forward and growing with the times is essential.

“Our philosophy is quite simply to evolve relentlessly and never allow ourselves to be left in the wake of our competitors by becom-ing trapped in comfort zones and falling victim to antiquated policies and practices,” says commercial manager, Phil Chirnside.

Success through growth SprayPave’s head office is based in Alrode South, Johanensburg, and, following the com-pletion of a recent major upgrade, the com-pany is now capable of manufacturing all of the products it supplies.

“The benefits of this upgrade are substan-tial, to both SprayPave as well as its clients,

as quality control is maximised, lead times and delivery efficiency are optimised and competitive pricing remains a certainty,” says managing director, Steven Single.These products include: • SS60: Anionic Emulsion with 60% binder

content, as well as its diluted variant, SS30• CAT60, 65 and 70: Cationic Emulsions with

60%, 65% and 70% binder content, as well as diluted variants

• Opti-Prime: SprayPave’s very popular and environmentally friendly cold prime

• SP1i: SprayPave’s invert cold prime• Opti-Cote: SprayPave’s answer to quality

and effective pre-coating• SE-1 and SE-2: Effective and reliable poly-

mer modified binders (SBS)• SC-E1 and SC-E2: Effective and reliable

modified emulsions• Over and above these manufactured prod-

ucts, SprayPave also supplies all-penetra-tion grade and cutback bitumen.

“All of these products are manufactured according to very specific industry guidelines, but what sets us apart from our competitors are our extremely high standards and excep-tional house-keeping,” says Chirnside.

“Along with the upgrade to the manufactur-ing facility, we have upgraded our storage facility to over 500 000 ℓ, ensuring that sufficient quantities of product are consist-ently and readily available, thus facilitating the shortest turnaround times possible,” he continues.

Efficiency through versatilityNaturally, success cannot be attributed to merely one variable in a company such as SprayPave. Having the ability to produce sufficient quantities of world-class product requires the ability to adequately supply that product to a vast target market. This SprayPave is quite capable of doing, and doing well, thanks to a number of tools


Since its inception 30 years ago, SprayPave has undoubtedly established and

maintained its reputation as one of southern Africa’s leading manufacturers, suppliers and applicators of bituminous road

binders and emulsions.


COVER STORY

at their disposal. The first such tool is its Coastal Branch in Botha’s Hill, KwaZulu-Natal. Purchased in March 2010, the acquisi-tion has proven to be beneficial not only in terms of the plant itself, but in gaining assets such as branch manager, Leslie Webb, who brings with him a wealth of knowledge from within the bitumen industry.

“Our ability to extend our reach through the acquisition of our Coastal Branch has most certainly given us a competitive edge in our ability to supply a market that before was largely inaccessible due to both price and time restrictions,” says Single.

Second are two of SprayPave’s most inno-vative assets, and the brainchild of Steven Single, that illustrate the kind of forward thinking that will continue to drive the compa-ny’s success. These are the mobile emulsion and SBS plants. Currently situated on site in Namibia, the emulsion plant is self-powered with an on-board diesel generator, has a fully equipped lab and is capable of manu-facturing 6 000 ℓ of emulsion every hour. It is mounted to a double-axle trailer so it can be transported to any site, regardless of how remote the location may be, for several months at a time. The SBS plant is currently situated at the coastal branch and is soon to be fully operational.

“In a region where the supply of polymer-modified binders has been largely monopo-lised for some time, we are extremely excited to offer the market down there an alterna-tive option for procuring a very in-demand product,” says Single. This plant, as with its emulsion counterpart, is capable of being transported to most sites for lengthy periods and can manufacture 15 000 ℓ of SE-1 or SE-2 every four to five hours. There is also the option of basing it at the Coastal Branch itself and servicing multiple clients. Either way, the introduction of this plant into the coastal market is sure to satisfy the needs of many contractors in need of this product.

Point of prideLast, but certainly not least, is SprayPave’s pride, its ever-growing fleet of haulers and world-class bitumen distributors. Currently it boasts eight distributors, four of which are powered by modern and sought-after Scanias (with a fifth soon to be delivered), and all are fitted with the technically advanced Etnyre Spray-Bar system – the impressive sight of a red and white sprayer working on a road construction site is becoming ever more common. Then there are the haulers, an

indication of SprayPave’s commitment to ser-vicing its valued clients as effectively as pos-sible. “Where many other companies focus primarily on their distributors, they are forced to rely on sub-contracted haulers to transport their clients' bulk products. Naturally this creates the need to charge less competitive haulage rates as well as opening the door to

potential logistical problems that are some-what out of their control”, says Chirnside.

Operations manager, Quentin de Ridder, adds, “Although we still make use of external haulers, by not relying on them 100% we are able to plan more effectively and decrease lead times for urgent deliveries. This also allows us to mitigate any unforeseeable delays far more readily and effectively.”

SprayPave’s current hauler fleet consists of six vehicles dedicated to supplying cli-ents, as well as distributors on site and two brand new haulers that will be solely dedicated to transporting bitumen from the refinery to SprayPave’s manufacturing facil-ity in Alrode South, Johannesburg. These impressive machines are powered by the latest R500 Scania horses and coupled with the most modern and technologically advanced tankers.

These tanks have a 34 000 ℓ capacity and come fitted with electronic braking systems (EBS), Weweler air suspension and axle lifting

device, as well as a computer management system that communicates pertinent informa-tion to the cab while in transit.

“We are very proud of these vehicles and are confident that they will go a long way in facilitating our logistical optimisation as well as market-leading customer service and sat-isfaction,” says de Ridder.

Innovative approach“We are very proud of SprayPave’s growth, as well as extremely impressed with the innova-tive approach they have taken to get to where they are today,” says Marius Heyns, chief executive officer of Basil Read. “Furthermore, there are a number of exciting initiatives cur-rently in the R&D phase that, when unveiled in the near future, are sure to give SprayPave an even more auspicious position and reputa-tion within the industry.”

By taking a look at SprayPave’s origins as essentially a middle-man in the industry, offering bitumen distributor hire and supply-ing outsourced products, to now being a world-class manufacturer, supplier and appli-cator of all bituminous binders and emulsions required to construct quality roads, it is clear that their belief in constant evolution is not merely a thought, but a culture.

SprayPave

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"We are extremely excited to offer the market an alternative option for procuring a very in-demand product" Steven Single, MD, SprayPave

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Past AchievementsCommemorating

IMESA is about to launch their history book at their 2011 conference that takes place between 26 and 28 October in Gauteng, as a tribute to their Golden Jubilee.

Take a very special journey with IMESA highlighting the existence of Muncipal Engineering in South Africa over the last 100 plus years. Experience fi rsthand the trials and tribulations of the times, meet the people and engineers involved and share with them their experiences in the fi elds in which you yourself are so dedicated. THis journey through time potrays a “Refl ection” of our past as an Institute.

Secure your hard or soft copy commemorative book at the conference and have it personally autographed by the author, Professor Johannes Haarhoff.

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Programme

Tuesday 25th October 2011

12h00 - 16h00 REGISTRATION

1 H00 MAYORAL FUNCTION: THE SERENGETI AT BIRCHWOOD

Wednesday 26th October 2011

07h00 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS IN EXPO AREA

08h30 Master of Ceremonies: Mr Moses Maliba, Past President, IMESA

SESSION ONE: WELCOME AND KEY NOTE ADDRESSESSession Chairperson: Mr Jannie Pietersen - President, IMESA

08h40 Opening Conference: Mr Jannie Pietersen - President, IMESA

08h55 Offi cial Welcome: Councillor Mondli Gungubele - Executive Mayor, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

09h10 Keynote Address: Councillor Kgosientsho Ramokgopa - Executive Mayor, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality

09h35 The Role of PPC Cement in Delivering World Class Infrastructure in South Africa: Platinum Partner Presentation

09h50 REFRESHMENTS AND EXPO VISIT

SESSION TWO: WATER ENGINEERINGSession Chairperson: Mr Frank Stevens

10h30 Improving Municipal Water Services Provision Through the National Benchmarking Initiative: Mr William Moraka - South African Local Government Association

11h00 Using Performance Measurement and Management Information to Improve Water Service Delivery - Yesterday, Today andTomorrow: Ms Sizani Moshidi- Department of Water Affairs, South Africa

11h30 Sustainability Through Integrated Decision-Making in WDM: Mr Kobus Du Plessis - University Stellenbosch

12h00 Questions from the Floor

12h15 Keynote Address “The Long White Night”: Mr Alex Harris

13h05 Lunch Sponsor’s Address

13h10 LUNCH IN EXPO AREA AND EXPO VISITS

SESSION THREE: SANITATIONSession Chairperson: Mr Ashley Pillay

14h00 Sustainable Low-cost Sanitation: Past, Present and Future: Dr Johan van der Walt & Mr Max Pawandiwa - Ugu District Municipality

14h30 Innovative Procurement in a Municipal Environment to Achieve Elimination of Sanitation Backlogs: Mr Peter Allen - Peter Allen Inc. Professional Engineers

15h00 Beaufort West: First Direct Water Reclamation (Toilet to Tap) Plant in South Africa: Mr Pierre Marais - Water and WasteWater Engineering. Risk Assessment and Risk Management for Beaufort West Water Reclamation: Mr Chris Swartz -Chris Swartz Water Utilization Engineers


15h45 REFRESHEMENTS IN EXPO AREA

SESSION FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERINGSession Chairperson: Mr Danie Nothnagel

16h10 An Integrated Solution to Solid Waste Handling and Service Delivery in Rustenberg: Mr Darryl van der Merwe - BKS (Pty) Ltd

16h35 Determination of Additional Resources to Manage Pollution in Stormwater and River Systems: Mrs Nicole Nel - PD Naidoo and Associates


17h15 IMESA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

EVENING AT LEISURE

Venue: The Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre, Gauteng

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Thursday 27th October 2011

07h30 REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS IN EXPO AREA

08h15 Master of Ceremonies: Mr Moses Maliba

SESSION FIVE: ROADSSession Chairperson: Mr Johan Basson

08h30 Generally Acceptable Minimum Principles of Road Design and Maintenance Procedures: Prof. Wynand Steyn - University of Pretoria

09h00 Job Creation Potential of Infrastructure Maintenance: Dr Kevin Wall - CSIR Built Environment

09h30 The Gauteng Freeway Improvment Project: Mr Alex van Niekerk - National Roads Agency


10h15 REFRESHMENTS IN EXPO AREA : BEST LARGE AND SMALL STAND PRIZE PRESENTATION

SESSION SIX: STORMWATER MANAGEMENTSession Chairperson: Mr Gerhard Fritz

10h45 The Proposed South African National Guidelines for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Prof Neil Armitage - University of Cape Town

11h15 Stormwater Systems Modelling, CCTV Inspection and Data Capturing Project for eThekwini Municipalitiy’s Coastal Stormwater & Catchment Management: Mr Colin Whittemore - Aurecon Group

11h45 A Stormwater Management System for Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality: Ms Loudene Roelofsz - Aurecon Group


12h30 Keynote Address: Is South Africa Becoming a Failed State?: Dr Tjaart van der Walt - IMESA

13h00 LUNCH IN EXPO AREA

SESSION SEVEN: TRANSPORTATION / TRAFFIC ENGINEERINGSession Chairperson: Mr Duncan Daries

13h45 The Application of Integrated Rapid Public Transport Networks (IRPTNS) in Smaller Cities: Ms Pauline Froschauer - Namela Consulting

14h15 The Gautrain - Past, Present and Future: Mr William Dachs - Gautrain Management Agency


15h00 TECHNICAL TOUR DEPARTS FROM BRICHWOOD RECEPTION

19H00 GALA FUNCTION IN OR TAMBO CENTRE, BIRCHWOOD

Friday 28th October 2011

07h30 REFRESHMENTS IN EXPO AREA

08H15 Master of Ceremonies: Mr Moses Maliba

SESSION EIGHT: FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE / SERVICESSession Chairperson: Mr Leon Naude

08h20 Financial Sustainability and Management of Public Infrastructure: Mr Chris Champion - International Federation of Municipal Engineers (IFME)

08h50 Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant: Technical Assistance to Emfuleni Local Municipality (via Sedibeng District Municipality) - Mr Richard Kruger and Ms Lerato Sekoboto - WorleyParsons

09h20 Challenges of Global Urbanisation - Advantages of Trenchless Microtunneling: Mr Udo Gerstmann and Mr Swen Weiner - Herrenknecht AG

09h50 The Engineering Profession - Regulation and Strategy: Mr Christopher Campbell - Engineering Council of South Africa


10h30 REFRESHMENTS IN EXPO AREA

SESSION NINE: PANEL DISCUSSION: ENGINEERING OF THE FUTURESession Chairperson: Mr Jannie Pietersen

11h00 Panel Members: Mr Jannie Pietersen (Chairperson), Dr Kevin Wall, Mr Dawie Botha, Ms Allyson Lawless and Prof. Romano de Mistro

12h15 Presentations and Appreciations

12h30 CONFERENCE CLOSURE

12H45 LUNCH IN CLOVERS GREEN, BIRCHWOOD

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THE COST-EFFECTIVE and sustain-able management of the nation’s large infrastructure portfolios is critical to its citizens' standard and

cost of living. Implementing an appropriate standard of asset management, both cost-effectively and successfully, is not easy. Many programmes have been started and dropped due to associated high costs; how-ever, undertaking this nationally can be done very cost-effectively and quickly, with even greater benefits.

More than 30 years ago, Australia and New Zealand embarked on a journey that was intended to drive improvements in the way they managed infrastructure asset management. Since then, other countries have joined the movement. However, most have done it on their own and in isolation. Many have failed to raise sufficient inter-est and, in some cases, even failed to start. Many have progressed, only to aban-don initiatives after significant effort had been wasted.

The IMESA team have been involved in all or significant parts of this journey, which has now spread to cover much of the developed world. We all know it can be done better than it has been. The discussion paper is aimed at raising discussion on the development of a national programme model for sustainable infrastructure asset management, or SIAM.

This discussion paper forms the fourth in a suite of papers on a future vision for infra-structure asset management:1. Lessons learned in infrastructure asset

management from around the globe.2. The AMPLE Tool Suite – a response to the

lessons learned.3. Taking a global approach to driving sustain-

able infrastructure asset management.4. Taking a national approach to driving sus-

tainable infrastructure asset management.

IMESA’s vision and progress towards a national SIAM programmeAn article by Roger Byrne, IMESA mentor: Sustainable Infrastructure Asset Management, on the approach being taken by IMESA following the publishing of the original concept in 2009.

It is suggested that readers would have a better understanding of these issues if they were to have read the previous papers in the above order.

The visionThe idea of a national programme model for infrastructure management seems daunting, but one which, if correctly applied, could have a dramatic impact on the well-being of munici-pal infrastructure services in South Africa. We can manage our extensive and valuable community infrastructure assets far better than we do currently, and there is no valid excuse for not doing so, especially as we can make a significant impact on the standard of living, and its related cost of living, for mil-lions of people in this developing nation. By getting more out of our existing infrastructure at a lower cost, we can also have a significant impact on addressing the backlogs and imbal-ances that exist in services to disadvantaged communities across the nation.

We can also make a positive impact on our planet by looking at our infrastructure man-agement with a triple bottom line approach, which assesses the impact of our decisions in economic, environmental (including cli-mate change) and social terms.

It seems illogical that we can have an audit process for our municipal finances, but that no process exists for the quality with which we manage the vast community wealth that is tied up in infrastructure assets. We estimate that the total replacement value of municipal infrastructure in South Africa will exceed R2 500 billion. This needs to be well managed.

The problems with our current approachAs with other nations, South Africa is mov-ing towards improved asset management,

or SIAM. We have the advantage of texts and guidelines/manuals, like the IIMM, and some parts of the professions doing best appropriate practice AM. However, in general, the bulk of South Africa’s municipal infrastructure assets are being managed at below the level 1 or basic level. The author has made the following observa-tions following his time in South Africa, his detailed work with the cities of Durban and Cape Town and a broader national experience, namely:• There are currently over 25 different

approaches being taken to AM.• Only a few organisations have adopted a

quality framework or maturity assessment approach to identifying a logical improve-ment programme.

• Training programmes are being developed and undertaken by different groups using different approaches across many indus-try sectors. There are various private con-sulting groups and government depart-ments undertaking different training for the same industries.

• Every industry/service programme or asset type is being approached differently by different groups.

• Asset valuations and depreciation activi-ties have been under taken without appropriate guidelines and approaches that would have drastically reduced the cost of this activity and delivered a better (higher confidence) outcome that could be more easily expanded into good asset management.

• Condition assessments are being under-taken using a variety of methodologies that prevent national comparisons being made, at a significant cost, over opti-mised (statistical) processes.

• All this work has been undertaken with-out ensuring full integration with the

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