SA Mechanical Engineer February 2017

S MECHANICAL A ENGINEER February 2017

Publication of the SA Institution of Mechanical Engineering, incorporating News of Associate Organisations

Celebrating 65 years in South Africa

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► Visual Impact Assessments

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Ohlanga Pump station ECO Duties

Freightpak Warehouse Site Audit

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Ballito Interchange Botanical survey

Site assessment Sundumbili pipeline

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Chris Reay

Chairman of the Working Committee: Communications (SA Institution of Mechanical Engineering)

All these areas of engineering activity need all the engineering disciplines and skills we can muster if the economy is to start growing

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Sassda Executive Director, John Tarboton

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Mike Allen, Kregan Reddy and Sagen Moodley

Sheila Ngubane, Craig Samuels and Sharita Samuels

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A NEW DEAL BASIS OF RECRUITMENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS The world of work and of recruitment is changing fast.

Any business however has to have the right person in the right place at the right time.

How does a small organisation without a dedicated recruitment function achieve this ideal? After all, it is people that do things not systems. We know how difficult and costly it is to find the right people in time without using traditional recruitment agents.

Why face that cost?

If you are such a business, we invite you to form an arrangement with us to act as your virtual recruiter partner. We would offer to operate on a nominal monthly fixed fee over a defined period no matter what numbers of new recruits you might need.

No individual placement fees as such and we relate to the engineering functions; we have and continue to build the buffer stocks of the types you might need. We would filter and send you the most suitable limited list. Fast. You then choose.

Phone us to discuss the option details : it is designed as a win-win solution: the only way to do business Chris: +27 82 333 1904 18

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It’s one of the most corrosive environments imaginable, only one material can tough it out

With stainless steel’s strength, versatility and over 200 grades, these are some of the reasons we call it the only man-made noble metal.

Stainless Steel. It’s Simply Brilliant.

Call 011 883 0119 or see sassda.co.za. Your complete stainless information source.

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This fuel is equivalent to A Grade coal and as such, forms a very suitable and robust alternative to fossil fuel use

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The fan forms the basis of the Concentric Air System (CAS) used by Fendt to reduce the fuel consumption of the cooling system in the 1000 Vario by 70%

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Supply Chain Today

Sept 2014

Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, CEO of Jack Hammer

Appears as if business leaders are starting to find their equilibrium within the ongoing context of uncertainty and turbulence, and that they are adapting and even thriving despite external pressures

“Despite incredibly challenging times, great uncertainty about the local political landscape in particular, and global economic and political stability in general, there is a marked overall, somewhat counter-intuitive air of resilience around business,� notes Debbie

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