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Project
Management South Africa (PMSA) Conference
26-28th May 2008
Johannesburg, South Afica
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might not seem far away, but for South Africa, 2010 (the
FIFA World Cup) is just around the corner. Massive infrastructure
projects such as the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link are the
order of the day. At the biennial project management conference,
held by the Project Management South Africa (PMSA) association
in Johannesburg from 26–28 May 2008, delegates were
exposed to the immensity of these undertakings. |
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The
Gautrain is a state-of-the-art rapid rail commuter
link network between Pretoria and Johannesburg with
a connecting link to Tambo International Airport.
With a budget of £1.2 billion, it is the largest
Public Private Partnership (PPP) yet launched in South
Africa. The contractual documents alone consist of
80,000 pages and took over a year of legal input to
define. For this work, Gautrain received the international
award for the Best Global Project to Sign (Public
Private Finance Awards, London 2007). The Bombela
Consortium formed to build Gautrain includes Bombardier
Transportation in Derby, who are building the new
state-of-the-art trains. So if you see some rather
large trains heading for the docks you know where
they are going!
South
Africa has a proud history in project management.
The PMSA association has over 1,300 members and the
2008 three-day conference was well attended, with
an international speaker line-up.
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Louise
Worsley, of CITI, presented a peer-reviewed paper highlighting
the need to revise selection and recruitment procedures
in the face of an environment where demand for project
managers exceeds supply - a critical concern in South
Africa where the ‘brain drain’, particularly
to the Middle East and Europe, is considered a major
barrier to the delivery of projects.
For
a copy of the conference paper - click
here
For
a copy of the presentation click here - click
here
For
further information on Gautrain see their award-winning
website www.gautrain.co.za
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