Industry Outreach
Your professional home for environmental engineering in South Africa.
Builds partnerships with industry bodies to foster collaboration and host joint environmental engineering initiatives.
Other SAICE SEED Portfolios
It is important for SEED to have relationships with all the other related institutes in the sector. The leader of the industry outreach portfolio would reach out to these institutions, to work together and arrange joint activities for the benefit of the industry. Such institutions include Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA), and others.
Why is the Industry Outreach portfolio important for SAICE SEED?
The Industry Outreach portfolio is important because environmental engineering depends on collaboration across multiple built-environment and sustainability disciplines, not only civil engineering. SAICE states that its mission is to “advance professional knowledge and improve the practice of civil engineering in South Africa,” and that it provides members with continued learning and industry networking opportunities. For SEED, this means building relationships with other relevant institutes is part of strengthening knowledge-sharing, professional networks, and practical collaboration across the environmental engineering sector.
Why would partnerships with organisations like GBCSA benefit SEED members and the wider industry?
Partnerships with the Green Building Council South Africa can help SEED connect environmental engineering more directly to sustainable building practice, green infrastructure, training, certification awareness, and policy-oriented industry change. GBCSA says it leads the transformation of the South African built environment towards sustainability, and describes itself as a non-profit organisation advancing sustainable practices in the property and construction sectors. It also offers learning opportunities, events, reports, and certification-related engagement. For SEED, working jointly with GBCSA could create valuable events and initiatives around sustainable design, resource efficiency, environmental performance, and greener infrastructure delivery.
Why should SEED collaborate with bodies such as ILASA and other related institutes?
SEED should collaborate with bodies such as the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa because environmental engineering challenges often intersect with land use, ecological systems, public space, water-sensitive design, and broader environmental planning. ILASA describes itself as a voluntary organisation registered with the South African Council for the Landscape Architectural Profession, and states that it is mandated to grow and promote the profession and concept of landscape architecture in South Africa. That makes ILASA and similar institutes useful partners for joint events and cross-disciplinary initiatives, especially where environmental engineering overlaps with landscape planning, resilience, rehabilitation, and sustainable development outcomes.