The IStructE Southern African Regional Group host technical talks once a month.
If you would like to present send an email to tech-talk@istructesa.org. Click here for future Technical Talk dates.
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“ Conservation Agriculture (RICA): Application of Earth and Timber as Primary Structural Materials  ”Â
Presenter:Â Cameron Bailey and Aimable Mukire
“Co-Design: The future of building design is here”
Presenter: Diego Padilla-Philipps
“Understanding Concrete Cover: SANS vs Eurocode”
Presenter: Habib Yaro
“Elizabeth Line – mind the gap! Engineering the parts that make the line unique.”
Presenter: Julian Birbeck
“Building the Future: Advancing Structural Engineering with 3D Printing in South Africa”
Presenter: Prof J Mahachi
Technical Talk 11 2024
“Innovating for Impact: Structural Engineering Lessons from the Field”
Presenter: Marco Cont
“Forensic Engineering Cases – Recurring Themes And Lessons Learned”
Presenter: Don McQuillan
“Structural Failures in Hurricanes and Earthquakes”
Presenter: Shalini Jagnarine-Azan
“Technical Introduction to Engineered Timber In South Africa “
Presenter: Marcus van der Hoven
“Electromagnetic Forces Applied to Structures”
Presenter: Azhar Mayet and Bilal Hajee
“It shouldn’t happen to an Expert”
Presenter: Nick Russel
“FRP and Composite Construction”
Presenter: Jayesh Nandwana
“Sustainability and Hollow Sections”Presenter: John Cameron
“Developments in Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures (CROSS)”
Presenter: Alastair Soane
“Minimising Energy in Construction”
Presenter: John Orr
“Snake Engineering”
Presenter: Henry Fagan
“Fire safety challenges for innovative buildings – Shipping container structures, mass timber, ecobricks and green facad”
Presenter: Prof Richard Walls
“Introduction to Structural Strengthening”
Presenter: Ahmed Sobhy
”Why Physical Models are still important”
Presenter: Mark Samuelsson
“Being the best we can possibly be”
Presenter: Martin Powel
”Design and Building of the Free Form Glazed Roof at the UCT d-school”
Presenter: Andrew Spottiswoode
“Let’s Start with an Earthquake”: A Commentary on Current Seismic Design in South Africa
Presenter: Mark Mallin
“New Ashton Arch, Western Cape, South Africa: Design And Construction Aspects”
Presenters: Kaboyamodimo Nare and Rodney Kayonga
“Influence of Geometry on the Dynamic Behaviour of Steel Tubular Towers for Onshore Wind Turbines”
Presenters: Kaylee Folster and Kenny Mudenda
“Embodied Carbon in Africa: Project carbon calculations, local factors and a way forward. ”
Presenters: Alex Strachan, Fiona Carr, Omorinola Akeredolu-Ale, Suvarna Maharaj and Tessa Brunette.
“The Structural Engineer’s role in addressing Climate Change and Embodied Carbon – Part 1”
Presenter: Will Arnold from the Institute of Structural Engineers (London)
“ Concrete Durability and Performance-based Mix Design for Concrete Structures”
Presenter: Prof. Mike Otieno
“ The Design of Post-Fixed Anchors”
Presenter: Kevin Owen
“ Failure Analysis versus the Design Process part 3”
Presenter: Amanuel Gebremeskel
“ Failure Analysis versus the Design Process part 2”
Presenter: Prof. Alex Elvin
“Net zero carbon in South Africa, What is the role to be played by the Structural Engineer”
Presenter: Georgina Smit (Green Building Council of South Africa)
“Introduction to Computational Engineering”
Presenter: Peter Debney
”Professionals Listing and Engineering Work Identification – What does this entail for the Structural Engineer?”
Presenter: Dr. Ron Watermeyer.
” Failure Analysis versus the Design Process ”
Presenters: Prof. Alex Elvin and Amanuel Gebremeskel.
“Fundamentals of Structural Fire Engineering”
Presenter: Prof Richard Walls.
“Mass Timber and the Structural Engineer in South Africa”
Presenter: Chris Greensmith