10/07/2026
Project showcases academia, industry’s investment in next-gen engineers.
The manufacturing process to build a Formula One-style race car by a team of mechanical engineering students from tertiary institution University of Pretoria (UP) is progressing steadily.
Fastener Technicalities
With fasteners (bolts) being a significant line-item and technical component, Bolt & Engineering Distributors Group has emphasised the provision of its best fastener products to ensure precision and compliance with safety standards.
The company’s precision engineering expertise, coupled with its fastener solutions, ensures that students have “exactly what they need” to build the car, says B.E.D. Tshwane director and operations manager Phil van der Westhuizen.
Building Future Engineers
Industry body Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) representative Storm Boshoff says that the institute's flagship engineering manual, known in industry as the ‘Red Book’ – has been adopted by UP to ensure high-quality engineering and safety standards, including International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards, ISO 898-1 and ISO 3506, as well as Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) and South African National Standards (SANS).
SAISC’s expertise in the steel industry enabled it to collaborate with long-term member B.E.D. as the product supplier, support provider and experts for the race car project.
Read more about it here;
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/race-car-project-showcases-academia-and-industry-building-next-generation-engineers-2026-07-10
https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/race-car-project-showcases-academia-and-industry-building-next-generation-engineers-2026-07-10
The manufacturing process to build a Formula One-style race car by a team of next-generation mechanical engineering students from tertiary institution University of Pretoria (UP) is progressing steadily. The bolts and bearings will be supplied by the Tshwane branch of engineering solutions company B...
