A R300-million Green Fund focusing on financing and supporting sustainable businesses and projects was recently launched by Risk financier Business Partners Limited (BPL). Criteria for the projects is that entrants need to positively impact on the...
Three people were killed and more than 20 injured when scaffolding for a bridge collapsed over Johannesburg’s main motorway on Wednesday, sending the share price of construction group Murray & Roberts, the contractor behind the project,...
A third person has died after Wednesday’s scaffolding collapse across the M1 highway, according to Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau. The scaffolding of a pedestrian bridge which was under construction over the highway collapsed yesterday...
In this edition’s Hot Seat, managing director Rocco Lehman provides insight into how Ammann SA ensures that its products and services are of optimal benefit to its customers, and how its unique ability to disseminate the best road building...
National Asphalt’s continuing focus on quality, innovation, and practical solutions has enabled it to become an integral part of the bus route projects, currently underway in the Durban and Tshwane metropolitan areas. All of the project’s call for...
Reliable, accurate and practical protocols for monitoring of biogas at landfill sites in South Africa is a significant component of due diligence for local authorities. Some progress has been made to formulate legislation governing air emissions to...
Twenty-five million tons of the world’s plastic pollution ends up in the ocean every year. An international foundation, Race for Water, is currently on a world wide scientific expedition to put together the first global assessment of plastic...
The City of Cape Town has started resurfacing the road along certain sections of the M3 and M5 freeways. The works to be carried out along the two sections of freeways are expected to last for four weeks affecting traffic flow. Transport for Cape...
Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu will on Monday, 12 October 2015 host a plenary session to discuss the implementation of Medium Term- Strategic Framework (MTSF) delivery protocols with The Banking Association of South Africa (BASA). The...
The current trend in the South African engineering sector appears to be one of rapidly transitioning young engineers into management and leadership positions without them having the necessary experience that comes from years of working on projects....