1. The Construction Management discipline in SA – A health check Bridgette Gaza, Dries Hauptfleish & Bob Hindle

2. Are we all on the same page? All here today are ‘stakeholders’ in the Construction Management discipline The profession that deals with all aspects relating to the delivery of infrastructure and buildings A profession that has a B.Sc. Degree stream at 6 universities – Btech @ 7

3. 1970 2000 Time Line Apprenticeship route into CM Tertiary education route into CM Old universities STAKEHOLDER impact on CM discipline NDF BITS CETA 19901980 CM & QS amalgamations BIFSA to MBSA SAIB CM Education established CIDB Bursaries CIOB Africa 2010 SACPCMP Leadership & Unity lost - Most CM’s recruited overseas prior to this time Btech Degree NDip Bldg CBE 1000 2000 3000 New universities

4. Industry – leadership (1) Events led to a leadership void No contribution yet from NEW industry bodies: –CIDB – No leadership - focus on SMMEs & Government capacity –CETA – Did not deliver when most needed now ‘a basket case’ –SACPCMP & CBE – No developmental impact yet Result seen by many as Fragmentation and more ‘Red-tape’

5. Industry – leadership (2) No firm hand on the tiller since 1995 as: –Gov’t ‘democratisation of construction’ required more inclusive representation –racial based employer associations not happy to work together BIFSA to MBSA - reduction in capacity Examples: –CETA scope did not include ‘Construction Management’ –Voice of construction dominated by ‘Engineers’ Only engineering voice heard (acting alone)

6. The education providers Government changes led to changes in curricula & funding – caused: –Partial privatisation of universities –Promotion of ‘trendy’ degrees Independent CM Dept’s abandoned in all but one (old) university CM neglected High No of changes – mid degree Few practitioners to teach a practical subject Few champions of CM to promote Discipline neglected

7. Career Promotion Industry image very poor CM not a popular career choice Traditional stakeholders withdraw or lack capacity SAIB numbers eroded – branches few - until CIOB Africa formed but still needing to grow SACPCMP new champion of the discipline but still building capacity Other BE professions resisting CM & CPM Career promotion really minimal

8. Questions (1) Where is the VOICE of CM? Why do we only hear of the shortage of ‘Engineers’ ? Is the Building fraternity weak? Is it a issue of FRAGMENTATION (no co-operation between role-players) If so how do we get industry organisations to work together & become developmental again?

9. Questions (2) Does industry still value graduates with degrees in CM? The Technical Universities seem to be doing better than the traditional but –Is the graduate equal, better? What does industry need?

10. Questions (3) Is the problem more one of ‘fashion’ or a ‘social trend’? Is Construction still ‘dirty, dark and dangerous’? - Perhaps more a case of ‘Up n Down, away from home, stress & strain’ Or is it simply that the promotion machinery has broke-down?

11. Questions (4) Who are the stakeholders who should work together on these issues? What is the role of the new ‘developmental’ orgs’ - CIDB, CBE & CETA in this regard? Is it a capacity issue at all levels and in all organisations?

12. Questions (5) Where is the trend of change in CM education taking us? How do we get more CM champions & practical academics into universities? Who are the real champions of CM education and how do we find more?

13. Questions (6) What do you think - Are our concerns real? Are these issues we should work on together?