Early involvement vital to fix infrastructure – association

Consulting engineers, as key experts, are best positioned to unlock faster, better-quality infrastructure in the water, energy and transport sectors. There is a need for deeper and longer partnerships that ensure consulting engineers are involved from the earliest stages of policy and planning, not just after project approval, asserts industry association Consulting Engineers South Africa CEO Chris Campbell. He says a key strategy for harnessing such public–private partnerships (PPPs) is having integrated project teams that bring together municipal engineers, national agencies, consulting firms and private-sector operators co-design and co-implement solutions, particularly rehabilitating and maintaining water and road networks.