SA Affordable Housing January / February 2018 // Issue: 68 | Page 12

EVENTS
Constructing new perspectives
Hosted under the theme ‘growth, development and
transformation’, the fifth annual construction management
conference took place late last year.
By Ntsako Khosa | All images Ntsako Khosa
The Birchwood Hotel Conference Centre was filled with professionals ready to engage about the sector.
H
eld over three days, the South African Council for
the Project and Construction Management
Professions (SACPCMP) was held at Birchwood Hotel
and Conference Centre from 18 to 20 October 2017. Each
session, panel discussion and speaker offered insightful
information about what is happening (and needs to
happen) in the sector.
DAY 1: MENTORING
Kicking off at 7am with registration, attendees gathered in
master classes that provided focused learning sessions by
experts in each area.
Master Class 1, presented by Celestine Jeftha from
mentoring4success, addressed structured mentoring in the
workplace giving professionals a brief insight into the
critical importance and significant long-term value and
benefit of implementing a structured mentoring
programme (SMP) in the organisation. This ensures that
crucial knowledge transfer takes place as well as
empowerment and effective transformation to fast track
professional registration. She handed the group exercises
to engage the professionals with one another and
the content.
Master Class 2 gave an overview of Health, Safety, and
Environment (SHE) management. The masterclass, hosted
by NOSA , encompassed an overview of modules offered
during the Construction Health and Safety (CHS) training.
It provides professionals specialising in construction and
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project management. NOSA focused on key components of
CHS, such as the role of CHS in tender submissions and cost
estimations; controlling employee wellness in the
construction environment; and site (or camp)
establishment risk.
The mediation, arbitration and conciliation masterclass
followed presented by Marietjie Botes from RICS. The class
looked at the introduction to major dispute avoidance and
Conference attendees registering for the sessions.