ANDREW JAMES MACDONALD STEWART - AWARD OF MERIT RECIPIENT
After graduating from the University of Natal with a BSc Civil Engineering, he joined the then Natal Division of the Roberts Construction Company in 1963 and in 1972 became Area Manager in Pietermaritzburg.
He was elected President of the Pietemaritzburg Master Builders Association during 1976/7 and he also attended the Harvard Business School in Boston as well as becoming a Director of Roberts Construction (Natal) in the same year.
In 1979 he was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the former Durban Master Builders Association and then elected as President of the Durban Master Builders Association during 1981/2.
He was elected as President of BIFSA during the 1984/5 corporate year and during his term of office he was also promoted to Managing Director of Murray & Roberts (Natal).
He was awarded Life Membership of the Natal Association during 1993. He has also been awarded an MBSA Life Membership.
During his retirement he has continued with convening the adjudication of the Association’s building excellence awards, as a Trustee in the Building Industry pension and provident funds and as a co-opted Member of the Association's Executive Council.
