2010: Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya; 14-17 March 2010
Organised by ACEK-Kenya

GAMA 2010 Conference (14-16 February 2010): The Consulting Engineer as a Strategic Partner

• Presentations
• Programme and General Assembly Meeting Agenda PDF
• Call for Papers PDF

Business Opportunities Workshop (17 February 2010): Finacing Africa's Infrastructure Tomorrow

• Presentations

Contact:

• Sam Mambo, GIBB Africa Ltd, Shell & BP House 5th Floor, Harambee Avenue, POB 30020 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
• E-mail: smambo@gibbafrica.com
• Tel: +254 20 3245000
• Office Cell: +254 722 206876 or +254 733 333024

2009: Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa; 15-18 March 2009: Website
Organised by CESA-South Africa

2008: Tunis Science City, Tunis, Tunisia; 22-25 June 2008: Energy and the Environment
 
Consulting Engineers Africa 2008 (brochure PDF) comprised:

• FIDIC GAMA-Africa 2008 Regional Conference (22-23 June 2008)
• African Development Bank Workshops (23 June 2008)
• Lending  programme
• Business opportunities;
• DACON registration
• Infrastructure, Water and Environment sector information
• General Assembly Meeting (24 June 2008)
• ANBEIC-Tunis Energy and the Environment Workshops (24 June 2008)
• FIDIC Contracts Claims and Dispute Resolution Seminar (25  June 2008) - programme in French PDF
• Presentations

  2007: Gaborone, Botswana; 14-16 May 2007 

• The FIDIC GAMA 2007 Africa Regional Conference and GAMA General Assembly Meeting took place on 14-16 May 2007 in Gabaronne, Botswana. The local organizer was ACEB-Botswana. The programme PDF is available on the conference website. Press release (SAACE-South Africa) WORD
• Presentations download
• Low resolution, 4 MB: PDF
• High resolution, 10 MB PDF
• Abstracts and Presentations 
• Engineering services - A.S. Kitolo
  Design and engineering professionals are not receiving adequate compensation and recognition. 
• Consulting engineers and anti-corruption in contracts, procurement and asset disposal processes - E. Letsapa. Abstract: PDF
  All levels of government and the private sector annually procure goods and services amounting to billions of Rands.
• Challenges of delivering value for money: consulting engineers in corruption prone sub-Saharan African countries - A.S. Mawenya
  Corruption in public procurement are often corrupt officials with consulting engineers playing a role, and this jeopardising their capacity to deliver quality services.
• Expanded public works programme: practical implementation of the EPWP contractor learnership programme - K. Moodley, L. Saunders, A.G. Zimbwa and T. Mkhabela
  Describes the implementation of the  EPWP programme.
• Impact of the public procurement reforms on the consulting engineering industry in Tanzania - E. Mushi and L. Shirima
  Reviews the organization of the consulting engineering profession in Tanzania.
• Managing risks and reducing claims in road construction - M.I. Pinard. Abstract: PDF
  The type of contract employed and the manner of procuring civil engineering contracts can affect the balance of risks between the Employer and the Contractor and, ultimately, the success or failure of the project. Unfortunately, a disturbingly large number of projects in Botswana suffer from problems related to an ill-considered allocation.
• Developing a professional engineering industry - A. Taute. Abstract: PDF; presentation: PPT
  Many issues that need to be addressed to develop a competent consulting engineering industry. Examines all of the issues and makes recommendations in this regard based on observations of that actual state of professional engineering in several countries.
• Procurement of consultancy services: the issues affecting African firms - L. Zulu. Abstract: PDF
  Engineers in Africa provides technical services to an array of organisations in the public, parastatal, private or donor sectors. The common goal remains the sympathetic exploitation of natural, financial, and human resources for the good of society.
• Regulating the engineering industry through technical and financial auditing  - S. Mambo. Abstract: PDF
  Discusses the need for auditing engineering projects.
• Standards development and implementation: an imperative tool in the value chain of the construction industry - K. Morgan and M. Ntau. Abstract: PDF
  This paper explores the extent to which certified products are used on Botswana Government projects and the implications of not using certified products. The paper also explores the extent of participation in standardization work by the construction industry.

2006: Bagamoyo, Tanzania; 3-5 April 2006: Regional Cooperation within the NEPA - African Union Framework 

• Organization: ACET; Website
• Annual General Assembly minutes WORD
• Presentations
• GAMA Task Force draft report: B. Adeola PPP
• Business Integrity Management: J. Diaz Padilla PPP

  2005: Kampala, Uganda; 14-17 March

• Programme WORD
• Annual General Assembly minutes RTF 1 MB!!
• Presentations
• Summary Website
• Links to presentations Website

  2004: Abuja, Nigeria; 14-17 March

• Annual General Assembly minutes RTF 1 MB
• Council Meeting minutes RTF 1 MB

  2003: Livingstone, Zambia; 12-14 March 

• Presentations: Adeola, Naidoo PPT, Pirie PPT, Pybus, Silbernagl PPT, Boswell PPT , 2.3 MB
• FIDIC News item on NEPAD 

  2002: Johannesburg, South Africa; 1 May

• Meeting Report RTF
• Annual General Assembly minutes RTF (1 MB!!)

  2001: Lusaka, Zambia; 21-24 March

• Annual General Assembly minutes RTF

  2000: Gaborone, Botswana; 22-24 March

• AGM minutes RTF. 
• Presentations GAMA 2000

  1999: Kampala, Uganda; May 1999

• AGM decided to:
• Take up with FIDIC issues of fundamental concern to members.
• Support an initiative to create a School of Consulting Engineering;
• Work to increase representation.
• To send a delegation to meet with the African Development Bank in Cairo on 4-5 May 1999.