The 2024 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, held in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, on 14 August, celebrated the outstanding contributions of South Africa’s consulting engineering sector towards infrastructure development locally and internationally. This is Part 2 of a two-part series.
The conclusion of the 2024 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards with winners on stage. CESA
Bigen Group was the winner of the Mentoring Company of the Year Award. Isak Frederik Malherbe from AECOM was the winner in the Mentor of the Year Award. This year’s winner in the Business Excellence Award is the BVi Group, while Bigen Group received a commendation in this category. The winner of the Small/Medium Company of the Year was AvenirHoldings.
SMEC South Africa was the winner in the category for projects ranging from R50 million to less than R250 million for the N4 Montrose Interchange Upgrade project for Trans African Concessions. While WSP Group Africa received a commendation in this category for Rejem-Linton JV’s MediMix Ancillary Building.
In the Engineering Technology and Innovation category, Knight Piésold won the Renewable Energy Systems Design Excellence Award for the Kikagati Hydropower Plant for Kikagati Power. Zutari received a commendation for the Water Sanitation and Hygiene Design Excellence Award for the Coegakop Water Treatment Works project for the Mandela Bay Municipality. In the Smart Building Systems Design Excellence Award, a commendation was awarded to Spoormaker & Partners for the NuMeRI Main Centre.
MPAMOT & WSP JV were the winners in the category for projects with a value ranging from R250 million to less than R1 billion for the Southern Corridor Phase 1 – Farm 694 Kosovo Housing Development for the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure.
The Publisher of the Year – Trade was awarded to Creamer Media, while Independent Online received the Publisher of the Year – Daily News award. The winner of the Job Shadow Initiative & Poster Competition was Mariswe, with Zutari as the first-runner up followed by BVi Consulting Engineers and Ensync Engineers both as second runners-up.
In the Best International Projects category, Zutari was the winner for the PAIX DKR1 Senegal 21 project in Senegal for PAIX. The company also won in the category for mega projects greater than R1 billion for the Upgrading of the Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works project for the City of Cape Town.
Campbell concluded: “Congratulations to the finalists and the winners of the 2024 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards. Each award reflects your success in delivering projects that make a difference in enhancing the quality of life and the value of infrastructure development in driving economic growth in South Africa and beyond. We celebrate your achievements and the standard you have set for engineering in this country.”
