Labour Intensive Practices for Improved Sustainability and

Management of Pavements in South Africa (RSA)

Mirriam Mosia

South African National Roads Agency Limited

Cancun

South Africa

INTRODUCTION• Road Network – 746 978 km

• National Road Network – 21 946 km

• SA National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL)

• Inception of Community Development Projects and Low Costs Pavements

• Small Medium & Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) Labour Intensive Methods

• SANRAL Service Providers – Commercial and Unsustainable in SA context

SUSTAINABILITY IN RSA• Middle Income Country & Population – 55 908 900

• High levels of unemployment of 27% – 15 095 400

• Public education system is ranked 75th out of 76 in a ranking table by OECD in 2015 – Low base skills

• High poverty rate of 45.5% – 25 438 550

• RSA is in the top 9 of unequal countries in the world

Sustainability for RSA means to develop and implement programmes that will create jobs and improve some if not all of the challenges above.

Community Development Programme

• Road and Pedestrian Safety Issues – High Accident Rates

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT• Funds were ring fenced for the

Community Development (CD) works and Training

• CD works are required to be labour intensive works in order to maximise participation of disadvantaged communities and promote economic upliftment.

• CD works are undertaken within a main contracts.

• Two (2) Models were developed:

(i) Labour-based Model

(ii) Local Small Companies (SMMEs) Model

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Type of Training Include:

• Computer & Basic Business Skills

• Tendering Software

• Number of trainees > ± 50 candidates and training period is about 12 months

• R250 for transport advanced to candidates plus transport and lunch.

• Fence Installation

• Gabions

• Road construction materials handling and compaction training

• Concrete mixing, placing and finishing

• Construction of Seals, Slurry-Bound Macadam Surfacing and Labour Based Surfacing (LSB) cold asphalt

• Women-owned

companies are

prioritised on Community

Development Programme

• SMMEs Graduate

• Accredited Qualifications and Certificates

• Level NQF 4 – Supervision and Construction Processes

Community Development Works:

• Side Walks

• Low Cost Access Roads

• Concrete Channels and Drains

• Gabions

• Building

OUTCOMES• SMMEs and local community

members received lifelong benefits and currently employed at other SANRAL contracts.

• SANRAL trained up to 4120 local residents and created 15 721 jobs in the past financial year (2016) under the CD Programme. Increased skill base of Local communities.

• Unemployment was reduced.

• Access roads and safety along national routes were improved > Accident rate reduced

• Poverty levels were reduced.

OUTCOMES• Local community infrastructure assets

are upgraded.

• Accessibility to crucial facilities are improved.

• Safety along national routes were improved > Accident rate reduced.

• Poverty levels were reduced.

CASE STUDIES• Owner of Lucky Lips Trading was

unemployed with limited construction experience > CIDB Grade 1

• Value of Work Completed: R4.25 Million

• Upgraded from CIDB Grade 1 to 5

• Subcontractor to Triamic and MD Civils > Concrete Works (R2.6 Million) Lucky Lips Trading

• Owner of Lucky Lips Trading was unemployed with limited construction experience > CIDB Grade 1

• Value of Work Completed: R4.32 Million

• Upgraded from CIDB Grade 1 to 4

• Paid University Fees and Private School Fees for his children.

• Subcontractor to H&I and Taupele Constructors> Concrete Structures and Gabion (R7.3 Million)

Madubela Civil Solutions

CHALLENGES• Criticism from the public.

• Drop-outs > No return on investment

• Incompetent accounting and book-keeping skills > Tax Non-Compliance and Liquidation of SMMEs

• SMMEs spending money allocated for Site Establishment for personal gain.

• Continuous Revision of the Community Development Programme

CONCLUSION

Contact: mosiam@nra.co.za

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Important Dates:1. Abstract Submission: 31 August 2017 2. Notification of acceptance: 20 November

20173. Paper Submission: 1 March 2018 4. Notification of review outcome: 14 May 2018