Government wants more solar water heaters
As part of its drive to ease the national grid by 10,000 Kilowatt-hours, government wants one million solar water heaters installed throughout South Africa. It wants 694,000 installed by 2015.
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Weekly state of reservoirs report
Weekly state of reservoirs report as at 22 April 2013. Click on the below link for the report: weekly
Human rights equate service delivery
Pictured: Manglin Pillay, CEO of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Human Rights Day has come and gone, and it was interesting to learn that over the past two years, 144 complaints concerning water, water quality and related...
The transfer and accumulation of trace metals from the Wonderfonteinspruit into the surrounding environment
The Wonderfonteinspruit flows through the richest gold mining region in the world and has subsequently been exposed to the related pollution for more than a century. The issue of pollution in the WFS catchment was raised in 1967 and lingered on...
Social and environmental sustainability
Pictured: Projects are often delayed or sometimes even stopped during construction due to environmental or social issues that have been neglected prior to site establishment The environmental management of construction, especially on complex,...
Western Aqueduct back on track
The multi-million-rand Western Aqueduct project is back on track following this week’s announcement that Cycad Pipelines has been selected as the successful contractor for the initial 7km sector of the water pipeline between Inchanga Station and...
Establishment of CESA litigation fund
The high level of fraud and corruption taking place without condemnation and fear of retribution related to procurement in the construction sector has necessitated the creation of a ‘War Chest’ by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA).The aim of...
Integrated approach to strengthening liveability of cities
Pictured: The philosophy underpinning HUB-id is the integration of economists, transport modellers, engineers, urban designers, and property professionals International engineering, management and specialist technical consultancy Aurecon has...
African construction growth out-paces global economic development
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is out-pacing the rest of the world with the region’s economy expected to grow by 6.1% in 2014. The economies of Cote d’Ivoire and Mozambique are at the helm of this growth, set to expand at a rate of 8% or...
Zeekoegat WWTW upgrade & expansion continues
Currently having reached stage 2 of the upgrade process, which involves the construction of the Sludge Management process, the upgrade of Zeekoegat is well under way, discovers Chantelle Mattheus on consultation with principal for Water &...
