Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, on Thursday reopened the upgraded N12 freeway, which was upgraded at a cost of R485 million. MEC Vadi said the project entailed the rehabilitation and upgrading of the N12 from Eldorado Park to the...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) recently held the second National Investigative Project Showdown for South African universities’ civil engineering departments in Johannesburg. The civil engineering university research and...
More than 20 million of litres of water have been delivered to the North West Province through water tankering. Since the North West Province drought declaration, there have been constant coordination of integrated planning and actions including...
South Africa’s Competition Commissioner plans to seek “serious reforms” in the construction industry three years after some of the biggest companies were fined for colluding on stadium building ahead of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Commissioner...
Imagine a world where the physical and digital interact seamlessly; where creativity is the new corporate currency; and where business minds take lessons from children when it comes to innovation. Aurecon’s new blog, Just Imagine, provides a...
Innovation at its best. Nigeria’s floating school is located in one of Nigeria’s biggest informal settlements and house up to 100 students and teachers. The 100 year-old slum is home to thousands of people whose major source of income...
The 6th edition of Go Green in the City, the global business case challenge focusing on innovative energy solutions for smart cities, is well underway. From January 15th to April 15th, 2016, business and engineering bachelor, master or MBA students...
A ground breaking solar solution was inaugurated by Government officials in a ceremony at an off-grid school in the informal settlement of Palm Ridge on Wednesday. In 2015 the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) was approached with a new way of...
The eThekwini Municipality is set to commission the upgrade of the road infrastructure in the Umhlanga Ridge Town Centre. According to the municipality the upgrade is necessary to support development in the area and address the existing traffic...
South Africa’s capital, the City of Tshwane, will be the site of national and international knowledge sharing when it hosts the 10th annual Green Building Conference on 1 and 2 June 2016. The focus at Green Building16 will be on leap-frogging...
