{"id":18380,"date":"2026-02-23T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/?p=18380"},"modified":"2026-03-04T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:07:13","slug":"cesa-bce-mdp-a-vital-step-in-addressing-engineering-skills-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/cesa-bce-mdp-a-vital-step-in-addressing-engineering-skills-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"CESA BCE MDP a Vital Step in Addressing Engineering Skills Shortages \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><em>23 February 2026<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) secured its largest intake ever, amid unprecedented demand, for its School of Consulting Engineering (SCE) Business of Consulting Engineering Management Development Programme (BCE MDP) for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This highly specialised programme, aimed at further developing the industry\u2019s next-generation leaders, limits entry to just 30 places annually to ensure exceptional quality and personalised mentorship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme was fully subscribed well in advance, reflecting the urgent national need to increase engineering leadership expertise, amid a deepening maintenance crisis driven by eroded standards and sidelined capability, as well as the need to fast track infrastructure delivery, aimed at improving economic growth and prosperity,\u201d CESA CEO Chris Campbell highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>Renowned for transforming emerging engineering talent into strategic leaders, CESA\u2019s BCE MDP delivers intensive training across more than 60 critical subjects. The programme further equips consulting engineering and built environment professionals with essential non-technical skills in project delivery, legal and contract law, business and project finance and leadership to fast-track their careers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Click <\/strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/4aa460d15553ad1a481812177\/files\/500e574c-e509-c258-e02e-fff4d49da56e\/20260223_CESA_BCE_MDP_a_Vital_Step_in_Addressing_Engineering_Skills_Shortages_to_media.docx\" data-outlook-id=\"2f945f54-3341-4260-96f3-11ce3c7db807\">here<\/a><\/u><strong>\u00a0to download the full press release in a Word document format.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23 February 2026\u00a0\u2013 Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) secured its largest intake ever, amid unprecedented demand, for its School of Consulting Engineering (SCE) Business of Consulting Engineering Management Development Programme (BCE MDP) for 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cesa","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18380"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18383,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18380\/revisions\/18383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}