Article contributed by Jennifer Robertson from Mott MacDonald
From the 29th June to 17th July 2015 a team of four University of Cape Town students from EWB-SA were hosted at the Mott MacDonald Cape Town office. The students are part of a team that is designing a skate park in Langa. Mott MacDonald provided office space, equipment and mentoring to the students.
The project is currently in the feasibility stage and students spent most of their time developing a proposal, doing stakeholder engagement and deciding on material for the skate park. One of the major breakthroughs in the project was identifying a suitable site for the Skate Park.
The Mott MacDonald partnership with EWB has helped the students by giving them a space to get together and focus on the project. We also helped them meet up with people in the City of Cape Town Parks Department. In addition the three weeks gave them an insight into the various Civil Engineering disciplines and what office life was like. Feedback from the students and EWB was very positive who were very grateful for the time and energy that various staff members gave them.
Mott MacDonald is hoping to continue our involvement in the skate park project with EWB so there will be more news to follow.
Thanks to the Cape Town staff who all made an effort to make the students feel welcome.
