The Civil Engineering Contractor March 2019 | Page 5

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Gugulethu Sidinile – making a difference 4 Policymakers
6 Project owners
9 Consultants
10 Contractors on site
11 Infra Africa
15 World news
18 This is civil engineering
Project preparation is the key to bridging
Africa’s infrastructure gap 20 On site
Development has never been limited by the lack of money,
but rather the ability to spend money, according to economics
and history professor at Harvard University, David Landes.
Similarly, those projects which make it to fruition, often fail to
meet expectations and targets. 25 Feature: Finance
30 Insight
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34 Project alerts
“How can we improve the bankability of projects 36 Thought leaders
so as to unlock the pipeline and realise all these 38 Business intel
40 Supply chain
Very few people are fortunate enough to find their way
and follow it from an early age. Gugulethu Sidinile, urban
development section manager at SMEC, is one of them. He
talks to Civil Engineering Contractor about his career journey
and what lies ahead.
38 Business intel
high aims? The key is project preparation and
funding for various stages of a project.”
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