ICTS has been contracted by the Engineering & Built Environment faculty to manage all of the Engineering CAD and Studio student computing labs. ICTS Lab Administrator, Hilton Kannemeyer, manages these labs and assists faculty staff and postgraduate students with lab bookings.
Access to the labs
| Lab | Who can use the lab? | Number of PCs | Location of lab |
| Undergraduate Architecture Lab | For use by undergraduate Architecture students | 48 | Centlivres building |
| Studio Lab 3 | May only be used by fifth-year postgraduate students | 20 | Centlivres building |
| Studio Lab 4 | May only be used by sixth-year postgraduate students | 20 | Centlivres building |
| Planning Lab | May only be used by Masters students. | 24 | Centlivres building |
| CEM Lab | May only be used by Construction Economics Management students | 56 | 1st floor, Snape Building |
Opening hours
| Lab | Term time | Times | Vacations | Times |
Undergraduate Architecture Lab Studio Lab 3 Studio Lab 4 Planning Lab | Monday-Sunday | Labs are open 24 hours. Office Hours: 08:00 - 16h30 | Monday-Sunday | Closed during June and December vacations |
| CEM Lab | Monday - Sunday | 07:00 - 17:00 | Monday-Sunday | Closed during June and December vacations |
Your lab administrators
| Lab Administrator | Hilton Kannemeyer Room 2.07, Cadlab, level 2, Centlivres Building Hilton.Kannemeyer@uct.ac.za 021 650 2184 |
| Assistant Lab Administrator | Naeema Less naeema.less@uct.ac.za |
What software is available in the EBE CAD and Studio labs?
The standard lab software is available in the labs. In addition, the following software is available in EBE CAD and Studio labs.
| Lab | Undergraduate Architecture Lab and Studio Labs 3 & 4 | Planning Lab | CEM Lab |
| Adobe CC Suite | |||
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | |||
| Affinity | |||
| ArchiCad | |||
| Audacity | |||
| AutoCad | |||
| AutoCad Blocks | |||
| Autodesk 3ds Max Design | |||
| Autodesk AutoCad | |||
| Autodesk Inventor 2026 | |||
| Autodesk Navisworks Manage | |||
| Autodesk Revit (architecture) 2026 | |||
| Autodesk Revit (Structure) | |||
| Autospec | |||
| Blender | |||
| CorelDraw | |||
| DaVinci Resolve | |||
| Google Chrome web browser | |||
| Google Earth | |||
| Lumion | |||
| MS Project | |||
| MS Visio | |||
| Notepad++ v8.8.6 | |||
| Nvivo | |||
| OpenStudio | |||
| PDF24 Toolbox | |||
| QGIS | |||
| QSPlus International | |||
| Revit SA Families | |||
| Rhinoceros | |||
| SketchUp Pro | |||
| Twin Motion | |||
| UltiMaker Cura | |||
| WinQS |