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CONSTRUCTION WORLD AUGUST 2017
The theme of the week was climate
change, sustainability and resilience
and included a number of lectures by
academics and industry specialists as
well as a studio project that groups of
students undertook.
“It was an honour to be chosen as the
top performer for the AET and to travel to
the UK. It afforded me the opportunity to
attend the residential week for the IDBE
Masters Programme in Cambridge while
at the same being exposed to different
people and cultures. The lectures themed
around climate change, sustainability
and resilience were very insightful and
contributed greatly to my chosen research
topic for my Honours degree, which is
based on the execution of sustainable
construction projects,” said Matlakala.
“The highlight of my week was working
on the group project. I loved the fact
that groups were made up of individuals
from different professional backgrounds
within the built environment, making
group discussions interesting and
providing a constructive platform for
debate and information exchange,”
commented Matlakala.
Susan Snaddon, leader of Arup’s
Planning and Development team in South
Africa and trustee of the AET commented,
“Our collaboration with the IDBE
programme aims to expose historically
disadvantaged built environment
students from the AET to interdisciplinary
JBCC is a non-profit company that
represents building owners and developers,
professional consultants, and general and
specialist contractors who all provide input
for the compilation of JBCC Agreements
that portray the consensus view of the
committee’s constituent members.
JBCC Agreements are accredited by the
Construction Industry Development Board
(CIDB) for use by Organs of State.
The one-day Principal Building
Agreement and Nominated/Selected
Subcontract Agreement courses will be
presented by Uwe Putlitz, CEO of JBCC, on
the following dates at these venues:
Training on
building contracts
The Joint Building Contracts
Committee (JBCC) has
announced the dates of the six
training seminars dealing with
building agreements it will stage
in the second semester (August
to November) of 2017.
All the courses will earn delegates a credit
for Continuing Professional Development.
For further information, contact Allison
Kuhn on tel. 011 482 3102 or email
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• 23 August – Garden Court Hotel, East London
• 24 August – Beach Hotel, Port Elizabeth
• 20 September – Johannesburg Country Club,
Auckland Park
• 11 October – Garden Court Hotel, Cape Town
• 31 October – Bytes Conference Centre, Midrand
• 9 November – 18 Burlington B&B,
Westville, Durban
Uwe Putlitz, CEO of JBCC, will personally
conduct the training seminars dealing with
building agreements in six areas of South
Africa between August and November this year.
Achiever participates at Cambridge
The Arup Education Trust’s (AET) top final year achiever for 2016,
Comfort Matlakala, recently visited the University of Cambridge to
take part in the Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment
(IDBE) programme. The AET was launched in South Africa in 2011
and owns 30% of Arup.
international thinking and experience.
This year the IDBE and Wolfson College
hosted Comfort Matlakala, AET’s top final
year student for 2016. It is incredibly
rewarding to witness someone like Comfort
engaging with international Masters level
students in a stimulating environment
such as Cambridge”.
The IDBE is a two-year part-time
Masters course for built environment
professionals, offered by the Cambridge
Institute for Sustainability Leadership
and supported by the Departments
of Architecture and Engineering. It is
structured around emerging trends,
opportunities and challenges within
the built environment such as building
information modelling and low carbon
energy and materials, political and
regulatory changes.
Matlakala is currently an Honours
student in Construction Management
at the University of the Witwatersrand
in Johannesburg.
The AET was established as a
means to enhance the quality of lives of
disadvantaged youths through education
and skills development, with a mission
to provide an enabling environment that
allows students to reach their full potential.
The holistic approach of the Trust marries
funding with guidance and mentorship,
empowering with skills and knowledge;
enabling development of successful,
empowered leaders of tomorrow.
Comfort Matlakala, recently visited the University
of Cambridge for the Interdisciplinary Design for the
Built Environment (IDBE) programme.