Guiding young engineers to professional maturity

摘要

'Traditionally, contractors do not play the role that they should in institutional and professional affairs. They are largely conspicuous by their absence in this arena,' remarks incoming SAICE president for 2005, Mike Deeks. Being a seasoned contracting man himself- he's been with the Murray & Roberts Group of companies for the past 24 years - Mike is well placed to take the contracting fraternity to task about what he perceives to be a lack of payback to the profession. In trying to put her finger on what makes Mike tick, Lorraine Fourie finds a man who also feels that the 'grandfather figures' of civil engineering should play a stronger role in guiding young engineers to professional maturity.