Electricity + Control July 2015

LIGHT + CURRENT

Engineering with heart

In support of the Mayor of Msunduzi’s ‘Take a girl child to work day’, consulting engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV, played an important role in exposing youth to the field of engineering, and in particular the role of a consulting engineer. On Friday 29 May 2015, Royal HaskoningDHV ’s Pietermaritzburg office hosted students from Sukuma Secondary School in Imbali and Msumudi High School in Sweetwaters, exposing them to this exciting career path. Over the course of the day, students were exposed to the office as well as site environment engaging with civil engineers, technologists and technicians.They gained insight into the daily duties of a team focused on assisting Government in improving the infrastructure of our country. Royal HaskoningDHV is committed to growing our country’s much-needed engineering skills, in both the public and private sectors. Without engineer-

ing skills there will be no provision of water, housing or roads. A number of the students are part of Royal HaskoningDHV’s Saturday Schools Initiative, which is a weekly programme where Engineers and Technicians volunteer their time to tutor matric students in maths and science. Others were from schools in and around the Pietermaritzburg area. The first part of the day was spent on the development of designs in consultation with government officials. Thereafter students were taken to a construction site in Greytown, one of a number of sites in the area that aims to eradicate the water shortages in the Umzinyathi district. These projects demonstrate that Government and engineers are hard at work in an effort to improve our country’s infrastructure. Enquiries: Hillary Erasmus.Tel. 011 798 6000 or email hillary.erasmus@rhdhv.com

Scelo Ngcobo (Royal HaskoningDHV) with students

Scelo Ngcobo (Royal HaskoningDHV) with students.

Africa UtilityWeek

Voltex received a record number of visitors on its stand at African UtilityWeek held at the CTICC from 12 to 14 May 2015. Positioned as the global meeting place, conference and trade exhibition for African power and utilities, this year’s event attracted over 6 000 attendees made up of utility heads, the continent’s leading renew- able energy project managers, investors, technology providers and

Manager, stated: “With the current instability in power,businesses have no choice but to look for reliable standby power solutions in order to keep their operations going.The 25 kVA generator therefore attracted keen interest from prospective buyers, particularly in the agricultural and commercial sectors”. Enquiries: Email daryl@urbrand.co.za

international professionals. Eighty-two percent of the at- tendees were fromAfrica with the balance coming from Eu- rope, Asia and the USA. The Voltex exhibit offered visitors interactive product displays of MV/LV Solutions - Distri- bution Board, Weidmuller enclosures, LSis circuit break- ers, the Elspec Activar and a 25 kVA generator as well as energy efficient solar light- ing products. Not surpris- ingly, the 25 kVA generator and Activar were the talking points on the stand. Shawn Roets,Western Cape Regional

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