SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS WITH OUR HELP AND EXPERTISE
AACE South Africa will enhance your skills and knowledge to improve cost and schedule performance predictability across the entire life cycle of your assets, programs, and projects. We provide technical guidance, educational products, events and eight professional certifications to address the diverse needs of our members and customers.
Our members work in various areas, including project/program management, estimating, planning and scheduling, cost engineering, decision analysis and risk management, earned value, claims, and dispute resolution.
About AACE South Africa
AACE South Africa has regular activities to encourage interaction and cooperation between industry participants. The following are some of the activities.
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AACE South Africa board
- Elections and appointment of board members
- Custodians of section funds
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Members support
- Online monthly technical meetings
- Certification exam preparatory courses on request
- Annual conferences
- Co-hosting technical sessions with vendors and peer associations
- Corporate-sponsored seminars and webinars
- Periodic newsletters and announcements
- Issuing of certificates for continued education hours for AACE South Africa section events
- Social events are open to all (AACE South Africa members receive discount)
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Social responsibility
- Interfacing with academic institutions
- Networking with local industries
- Working hand-in-hand with peer professional groups
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Local section group
We also subscribe the AACE South Africa members for membership for AACEI at no additional cost. To receive regular communication from AACE South Africa, please request it from info@aacei-za.org.
The AACE South Africa Section Board
President
Thato Mokgoro, MRICS, PMP
Vice-President
Martin Snyman, DRMP
Treasurer
Anton van der Merwe, CCP, PMP
Secretary
Ruben van der Merwe
Additional Board Member
Anel Cronje, CCP, EVP
Additional Board Member
Hendrik Louw, CEP
Vision and Mission
Our Vision
Our vision is to become South Africa's most preferred Professional Group in Total Cost Management areas and to enhance the Professional Cost Management Community while ensuring adherence to AACE International's Goals, Vision, Mission, Guidelines, Practices, Recommendations and leadership.
Our Mission
Ensuring AACEI's values by Professionalism through providing Technical Support and Educational Opportunities to the Cost Management Professional Community of South Africa. Integrating Cost Management interests of Industry Leaders, Practicing Professionals, Peer Professional Groups and budding Cost Managers.
Constitution & By-laws
AACE South Africa Section and its Board function under the auspices of AACE International. To ensure integrity and functional understanding, the AACE South Africa Section has devised By-Laws, which need to be referred to and followed.
Membership
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Technical Guidance
Get free access to AACEI’s Body of Knowledge: the TCM Framework® and Recommended Practices (RPs). Read the best peer-reviewed technical articles in the Cost Engineering journal. Search over 6,000 content materials in the Virtual Library.
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Connect
When you join AACEI, you’ll realise you’re not alone. Connect with people who do what you do and generously offer support and solutions. Participate in online communities, where discussions are organised around areas of practice and industry. Learn more about Committees and Groups, and join the South Africa Section.
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Learn
Whether you prefer learning in person, virtually, or both, bookmark our Upcoming Events calendar. See what’s happening worldwide and get the latest updates on our renowned annual Conference and Expo. Look through our Online Courses and leverage the AACE certification study guides.
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Discounts
Every product, program, or service we offer is either included for free with membership or discounted for members only. Perhaps the most notable feature is the AACEI certification examinations and recertifications.
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Training & Certification
Approved Education Providers
The AACE International Approved Education Provider (AEP) program is designed to provide cost and management professionals and their companies with a means of identifying suitable professional development courses in their geographic area.
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What the AEP Program Offers
- A Provider approval system with standards to ensure that continuing education programming is serving the needs of potential clients
- Continuous course improvement through course review and ongoing support from AACEi staff
- Ability to award Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
- Provider promotion and organizational recognition on the AACE International website
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Benefits
An AACEi AEP is entitled to:
- Publicize your organization as an “AACE International Approved Education Provider"
- Use the official AEP logo appropriately in registered and approved promotional and course materials consistent with AEP Program policies
- Promotion on the AACE International website list of Approved Education Providers with a direct link to the organization’s website
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Review and Approval and Application Criteria
For a complete overview of the Review and Approval process and the criteria for data submission as part of the application process, please review the AEP Terms and Conditions prior to completing the application form.
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AEP Audit Program
The AACE International Education Board ensures that Approved Education Providers continue to provide quality educational services and adhere to the Canons of Ethics. Because of this, all organizations participating in the AEP program are subject to a no-notice audit at any time. Organizations that fail to adhere to the tenets of the AEP Terms & Conditions Agreement are subject to removal from the AEP program.
Events
Past Events
2020 AACE-ZA Project Control Conference
Oracle Construction and Engineering hosted our first annual Project Control Conference in Midrand on 12 March 2020. It was a full day of great sessions, interesting debates and a lot of laughter. Both members and non-members well attended the event.
2019 Member Seminar
On 29 November 2019, we held our first member seminar at the beautiful Maslow Hotel in Time Square, Pretoria. It was great seeing old friends and making new ones. We had excellent technical sessions and the start of an industry dialogue on professional recognition for project control managers.
