The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, (National Assembly) met on the 8th of February to discuss, amongst other issues, a briefing update on the July 2021 arson attack on UPL’s leased Cornubia warehouse, which led to a...
Compared to manual and semi-autonomous processes, fully automated road assessment methodologies achieve the best results. IMIESA speaks to Simon Tetley, director at ARRB Systems, about how the company’s latest technologies prove beneficial for...
The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has started with the process of rolling out two major road infrastructure projects for Mpumalanga province in 2022. Both projects are still at the design stage, which the engineers will finalise...
African Construction Expo, Southern Africa’s construction and built environment multi-award winning, flagship exhibition, has unveiled its refreshed and reworked identity. The event will run as The Big 5 Construct Southern Africa from 2 February...
Experts have warned just how bad of an impact the country’s shortage of liquid gas chlorine supply could have if it were to escalate. This comes after the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) sounded the alarm that the country’s main supplier...
Municipalities across the country owe water boards R14.6 billion. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), R9.2 billion of the money owed is older than 120 days, which is four months of failing to pay water bills. “The biggest...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) calls on the public to adopt wetlands and play an active role in ensuring that they are protected, preserved, restored, and sustained as they play a major role in water quality, stream flow regulation...
The world’s demand of energy is increasing rapidly, leading scientists into aggressively searching for alternative methods such as renewable energy to assist with energy supply. There are two methods used to convert biomass energy which are...
It has been said that every construction site is a crime scene waiting to happen. Not only are these properties relatively empty after working hours, but those left unoccupied for extended periods owing to work stoppages are even more vulnerable to...
Showcasing construction at its best, the iconic Ashton Arch, designed by AECOM, sets a new benchmark for innovation as South Africa’s first concrete tied-arch bridge constructed using a transverse launching method. The bridge programme was executed...
