PUBLIC SECTOR ENGINEERING CAPACITY & CAPABILITY

A M Peters Pr Eng BSc Eng MBA

CONTENTS

• Context for Service Delivery Improvement• Importance of Capacity• Assessment of Public Sector Capacity &

Capability• Challenges• Suggested Solutions

Context for Service Delivery Improvement

• Huge basic services backlogs• Poverty, unemployment & inequality• Premature erosion & failure of infrastructure assets• Fraud, corruption & collusion – cost of delivery• Dearth of technical capacity & capability in the public sector• Increased bureaucracy resulting from ineptitude and

corruption as a consequence of inappropriate skills (by design or default) – vicious cycle

• Low economic growth • NDP – Building a Capable State

WHY CAPABILITY?

SERVICE DELIVERY AS PRESCRIBED IN THE CONSTITUTION

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CAPABILITY - STRATEGIC CONTEXT

It stands though not optimally

CAPABILITY - STRATEGIC CONTEXT

It Collapses

Status of Government Technical Capability

• Lack of technical capacity in leadership positions– Almost all posts identified as having infrastructure

as their main function are not headed up by registered built environment professionals in the national & provincial spheres of government

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTRow Labels No. of

1. INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE MAIN FUNCTION (4)EnergyPublic WorksTransportWater and Sanitation

2. REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERFORM MAIN FUNCTION (16)Agriculture, Forestry & FisheriesArts & CultureBasic EducationCommunications (previously GCIS)Correctional ServicesDefenceCooperative Governance (through association with LG)Environmental AffairsHealthHigher Education & TrainingHuman SettlementsPublic EnterprisesSA Police ServiceSocial DevelopmentSport & RecreationTelecommunications and Postal Services

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTRow Labels No. of1. INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE MAIN FUNCTION (3)

Public WorksTransport Roads

2. REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERFORM MAIN FUNCTION (7)Agriculture and EnvironmentArts, Culture, Sports and RecreationEducationHealthLocal Government and Human SettlementsProvincial Treasury (oversight role)Social Development

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1. INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE MAIN FUNCTION (4)BuildingElectricityRoads and StormwaterWater and Sanitation

2. REQUIRES INFRASTRUCTURE TO PERFORM MAIN FUNCTION (2)Arts, Culture and SportParks and Recreation

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession

for service delivery – November 2007

Developed local government in 1989(Numbers & Needs – Allyson Lawless)

• Population served ~ 14 million

• Civil engineering professionals ~ 2500 +

• 21 + civil staff per hundred thousand population

• (Messina, Meyerton, Beacon Bay, Dispatch, Fishhoek full structures all <25000 population)

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession

for service delivery – November 2007

Local government since 2000• Population

served ~ 47 million

• Civil engineering professionals ~ 1300 +

• ~2.8 civil staff per hundred thousand population

Numbers and Needs in Local Government : Civil Engineering – the critical profession for service delivery – November

2007

Civil engineering staff in 2005

The pipeline

Registered by employment sector – 2001 to 2011

2014?

OUTCOMES

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Challenges

• Imbalance between private sector & public sector technical capacity

• Dearth of technical capacity in government• Lack of leadership • Lack of supportive systems• Ineffective structures

NEW CHALLENGES

WAVES OF INNOVATION New Pre-requisite

Source:UNESCO Report

Sustainability

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New Infrastructure Required

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Reinforcements

• Public Transport Strategy

• Waste Recycling etc.

• Time of Day Tariffs• Smart Metering• Smart City – Real Time

Info etc• Empowered customers

• Water & other non-technical Losses

• Integration Zones• Spatial Efficiencies

• Renewable Energy

• Wastewater recycling

DEMAND SCENARIOS• NDP, PGDS, SIP’s, IUDZ• Climate Change• Peak Oil• Landuse scenarios eg .

Integration Zones• Economic Regions• Economic Growth

scenarios• Smart City• Service Delivery priorities• Community Needs• SEA

Green Construction

Infrastructure Asset Management

DCM 8/10/2014: IIAMP 24

IIMM 2011

Develop Asset Management Policy

Forecast Future Demand

Understand the Asset Base (Asset Register)

Assess Asset Condition

Identify Asset and Business Risk

Define Levels of Service and Performance

Capital Works Strategies

Maintenance Strategies and Plans

OperationalStrategies and Plans

Financial and Funding Strategies

Lifec

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Asset ManagementPlans

Information Systems and Tools

Asset Management Service Delivery

Quality Management

Continuous Improvement

Asset Management Teams

Understand and Define Asset Management

Requirements

Develop Asset Management Life Cycle

Strategies

Asset Management Enablers

SOLUTIONS

INTERVENTIONS

• Individual– IDoEW– Alignment of Minimum Competency Legislation with EPA

& IDoEW Regulations– Duty Schedules, progressions, remuneration etc

reflective of IDoEW Regulations• Institutional

– Structures, progressions reflective of IDoEW Regulations– Culture change & appropriate values

• Enabling Environment

IDP... DP1: Portfolio Management

DP1-2 Programme ManagementDP1-1 Infrastructure Planning

Review Infrastructure Asset Management - prioritised MTEF

works list(incl portfolio level Work Plans)

Develop /review Constr

Proc Strat

Develop /review

IPMPManage Implementation

Authorise Implementation

Monitor & Control Close Out

DP2: Project Management

DP2-1 Implementation Planning

Prepare Packages

Define Packages

Develop/Review IPIPs (Prgr & Proj level)

DP2-2 Design

Design devlpmt

Detailed design

Compile MFC Info

DP2-3 Works

Construct / Deliver works

Handover works

DP2-4 Close Out

Contracts Close Out

Adminstr Close Out

DP3: Operations & Maintenance

DP3-1 Recognise & accept assets

DP3-2 Mobilisation for Facilities Mgt DP3-3 Operations DP3-4 Maintenance DP3-5 Demobilisation

of Facilities Mgt

Informed by: Long term PIPELINE and Infrastructure ASSET MANAGEMENT Principles

IDMS key delivery processes... 2

The IDMS

• Processes– Main delivery processes – Level 1– Sub delivery processes – Levels 2 and 3

• Decision Gates

• Procurement milestones

• Performance Management processes

• Triggers – an action to trigger a forward pass action to a future process.

DP1: Portfolio Management

DP1-1 Infrastructure Planning

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PC1

PF1.3

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STRUCTURES

• Regional Utilities• Regional Contracts• Regional BID committees

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