The South African Institution of Civil Engineering
The forerunner of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering was established in 1903 as a learned society aiming to improve and share knowledge about civil engineering developments of the day. The minutes of the proceedings of the then Cape Society of Civil Engineers mainly contained technical papers presented and discussed at the Society's meetings. Since then, and throughout its long history during which time it has undergone several name changes, the organisation has continued to publish technical papers in its monthly publication (magazine) until 1993 when it created a separate journal (the current journal) for the publication of such technical papers.
Following an initial selection/screening process, all eligible papers are peer-reviewed by at least two referees whose identities remain confidential (blind peer-review).
The Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering is available as an open-access publication on the following websites:
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Apart from inhouse archiving of published editions of the journal by SAICE, published papers are formally archived via the Portico system by SciELO.