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Golder Associates expanding in Africa

Golder in Africa launches Construction Services Business Unit

Global firm Golder Associates is expanding to provide specialist construction services to its clients in Africa, complementing their existing strengths in ground engineering and environmental consulting. Clients can now rely on Golder to deliver all aspects of a project from the conceptual planning and design phase, through to the detailed design, construction and commissioning phases. Golder offers one point of client contact, ensuring that every aspect of the project, including risk analysis and permitting, is effectively managed.

 

Project Management skills development

PPO backs Davis&Dean internship programme

Local project management solution provider, Post Vision Technology is throwing its support behind an innovative project management internship programme established by local rapid skills development company, Davis&Dean. Focusing on curtailing the South African skills shortage, the programme aims to prepare unemployed graduates for intern placement with companies in need of project management skills.

   

FTI’s new (PM) programme off to flying start

Growing Interest in FTI’s new Project Management Programme

Faculty Training Institute’s (FTI) new Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice is off to a flying start and courses are now waitlisting. Launched late last year as part of a completely restructured curriculum in Project Management, this new, four-month long, part-time programme encompasses traditional project management knowledge and techniques as well as modern developments in the field.

   

Revising Project Management programmes

FTI restructures Project Management course portfolio

Faculty Training Institute (FTI), South Africa’s market leader in business and systems analysis and project management training, has announced its intention to bring to market a completely revised and upgraded portfolio of project management programmes. The brand new courses include the recently launched Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice, FTI’s Applied Project Management Programme as well as a range of focused, intensive short courses.

   

Pam Golding completes search for effective project management solution

PPO finds a happy home with Pam Golding

The Pam Golding Property Group Project Office has completed its search for a homegrown, easy-to-use yet effective project management solution, opting to roll out Post Vision Technology’s Project Portfolio Office (PPO) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) project management offering.

   

Advanced Project Management

Barend_Cronjnd_Rory_BurkeBook aimed at the project sponsor

Author and project management guru, Rory Burke, recently visited South Africa to promote his new book, Advanced Project Management. The book is aimed at the project sponsor specifically, in order to explain how they can use a project methodology systems approach to develop and implement corporate strategy.
   

FTI new structured certificate programme

FTI launches a Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice

Faculty Training Institute (FTI), leading national Business Analysis and Project Management training specialist, is launching a Certificate Programme in Project Management Practice. The four month modular programme replaces their signature Diploma in IS Project Management. The remodelled project management programme forms part of a comprehensive relaunch of FTI’s entire portfolio of project management courses and will enable individuals to pursue career growth paths that can lead to a National Certificate in Project Management (a NQF level five) and professional qualifications accredited by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

   

Ellerines IT rolls out (PPO) Software as a Service

Ellerines Holdings Limited enhancing project management processes
In order to centralise documentation availability and improve IT resource and project visibility, furniture retail group, Ellerines Holdings Limited’s (EHL) IT department is rolling out Post Vision Technology’s Project Portfolio Office (PPO) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) project management solution.

   

Skills Development Summit 2011

World's top mining group backs SA Skills Development Summit 2011

The world's biggest mining group BHP Billiton has thrown its weight behind the efforts to solve South Africa’s skills shortage crisis by sponsoring the Skills Development Summit to be held at the CSIR convention centre in Pretoria on 6-7 September.
   

Freight Intra Africa

Freight Intra-Africa

A feature of particular interest for project managers will be available at the Freight Intra-Africa (FIA) South Conference to be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 27 to 28 July 2011.

   

SAPICS-Director’s success

Offering local solutions to international challenges

2011 will see The Association for Operations Management of Southern Africa (SAPICS) Director Colin Seftel continue to share his insights with supply chain and operations professions from around the world, after his successful presentation at last year’s APICS Conference resulted in him being asked to present at the upcoming SMART Conference – Australia’s leading supply chain conference.
   

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